ESPA Research Consortium call Workshop
e-Science Institute, Edinburgh
Monday 4th – Wednesday 6th October 2010
This workshop will also be available via a live webstream. For further details and to register for the
webstream, please create an account at http://www.esi.ac.uk/espa/user/register and then register your
interest in the ESPA scheme http://www.esi.ac.uk/espa/node/add/interest
Posters will be displayed in the area available for refreshments.
DRAFT AGENDA
Day 1
Monday 4th October
09.00
Registration (Refreshments)
10.00
Introduction to ESPA. ESPA Programme Executive Board (PEB)
10.20
ESPA, part of the Living with Environmental Change Programme – Andrew Watkinson
10.40
11.00
ESPA Director – introduction to the Directorate, it’s role and activities, link between science
and impact – Paul van Gardingen
ESPA Science – Georgina Mace
11.30
Keynote Presentation. ESPA and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment – To Be Advised
12.00
Lunch
13.00
Introduction to the consortium call
Q&A – NERC
Breakout sessions along phase one funding streams, attendees to select which session to
attend and may move between sessions – Facilitators to be assigned
Strengthening Research
Partnership and Project
ESPA Programme
Capacity
Development
Framework
5 minute presentations
5 minute presentations on
on projects
projects
13.30
14:30
Group discussion of
underlying themes,
outcomes and their
relevance to the current
call.
Plenary
15.00
Coffee
15.30
Reporting back to workshop
17.00
Free time
19.30
Conference dinner
Group discussions on ESPA
science paradigm
Plenary
Plenary
ESPA Research Consortium call Workshop
e-Science Institute, Edinburgh
DRAFT AGENDA
Day 2
Tuesday 5th October
09.30
Building the ESPA paradigm and working as a global ESPA community.
Recap feedback from Monday’s breakout sessions - Paul van Gardingen
Refreshments
10.30
11.00
11.45
Breakout groups*: Discussion groups on Building the ESPA paradigm
Led by Directorate and PEB-go through the guiding principles and record key issues raised for
feedback during plenary
Feedback
12.10
“The essence of ESPA” – Georgina Mace
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Capacity building projects. Presentations on results and impact – 10 minutes each – Chair
Izabella Koziell
Refreshments
15.30
14.45
16.45
The Pathway to Development Impact – Research into Use, Communication and Evaluation
and plenary Q&A –Steve Morgan Paul van Gardingen, and Directorate Task leaders
Free time
19.00
Participants own arrangements for dinner (A list of restaurants will be available)
ESPA Research Consortium call Workshop
Playfair Library
DRAFT AGENDA
Day 3
Wednesday 6th October
09.00
Introduction to discussion groups, surgeries and networking
09.15
Breakout discussion: ESPA regions – Liz Carlile
09.45
Breakout discussion: ESPA themes – Liz Carlile
10.15
Reporting back from breakout sessions
10.30
Final remarks
Refreshments available from 11.00
11.00
13.00
Surgeries: – max 10 minutes per
person/question
ESPA Directors/Task Leaders
NERC
ESRC?
Lunch
13.30
Surgeries session – Including online availability and videoconferencing
16.00
Departures
Networking between projects