Opening Symposium: Illinois Research Data Initiative
September 27, 2011
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL

Program

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Christopher Lintott, Director of Citizen Science, Adler Planetarium, Chicago; Ph.D., University College, London; Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

Chris Lintott is a researcher at the University of Oxford, where he is also a Junior Research Fellow at New College, and Citizen Science Project Lead at Adler Planetarium in Chicago. He leads the team responsible for the Zooniverse collection of citizen science projects, which have involved more than 400,000 people in classifying galaxies, discovering planets and transcribing ancient papyri. He is passionately committed to promoting the public understanding of science, being best known as co-presenter of the BBC’s long-running 'Sky at Night' series, and as coauthor of 'Bang! : The complete history of the Universe' which has been translated into more than a dozen languages, including American.

More about Chris can be found at: http://chrislintott.net/

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Schedule (as of 9/7/11)

Welcome:  8:30–8:40 a.m.
Richard Wheeler, Interim Provost
 
Illinois Research Data Initiative: 8:40–8:50 a.m.
Paula Kaufman, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries; Chair, Campus Data Stewardship committee
 
Keynote: 8:50–9:45 a.m. 
Chris Lintott, Director of Citizen Science, Adler Planetarium
 
Questions and Discussion:  9:45–10:00 a.m.

Poster Session and Refreshments: 10:00–10:30 a.m.
 
Panel: 10:30–11:00 a.m. 
 
Questions and Discussion: 11:00–11:15 a.m.

Wrap Up: 11:15–11:45 a.m.
Carole Palmer, Director, Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship

Upcoming Events and Announcements: 11:45–12:00
The Opening Symposium: Illinois Research Data Initiative is presented by the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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