Specific timetable will be announced in the upcoming days
The first two days are intended for EvoKE members and those interested in any aspect of the Evoke project. The topics proposed for Evoke 2021 meeting are explained below.
The third day or ‘Evolution Day’ will be open to the public at large. Short-talks, round-tables, workshops, hands-on activities, etc., will be organised by the evolutionary biologists and science communicators attending the meeting to apply the experiences and activities we have shared. EvoKE 2021 meeting will also include social and cultural activities and will bring us the opportunity to build trust and get to know people in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Evolution Day day program will be announced soon, stay tuned!
Registration will be open until October 31st 2021 Register here
PLENARY TALKS
| Oded Rechavi Full Professor in the Life Sciences Faculty at Tel Aviv University, Israel | “Small RNA mediated transgenerational effects in nematodes, and how it challenges our most basic assumptions regarding the limits of inheritance and evolution”. Contributing to the topic: Interdisciplinarity, tradeoffs between specialization and explore new fields through collaboration with experts in other fields |
| Ute Harms Director at the IPN –Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education and Full Professor for Biology Education at the University of Kiel. | Talk TBD Contributing to the topic: “Challenges and opportunities to improve the scientific literacy on evolution through formal or informal education” |
| Dr. Elizabeth Hénaff Assistant Professor | NYU Tandon School of Engineering | Microbial Metrics and the Multispecies City Urban landscapes can be the context of strong selection pressures and evolution of microbial communities. These engineered landscapes sculpt ecosystems as sometimes unintentional side effects of design criteria implemented with human inhabitants in mind. Could adaptation in anthropogenic environments hold insights for collaborative survival on a damaged planet? Contributing to the topic: Interdisciplinarity, tradeoffs between specialization and explore new fields through collaboration with experts in other fields |
| Kostas Kampourakis University of Geneve (Section of Biology and IUFE) | Talk TBD Contributing to the topic: “Challenges and opportunities to improve the scientific literacy on evolution through formal or informal education” |
| A. Cecile J.W. Janssens Research professor of translational epidemiology of the Emory University, Atlanta. | Talk TBD Contributing to the topic: “The challenge of dealing with ideologies, interests, beliefs and evolutionary theory” |
| Robert Harris Frank Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and a professor of economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. | Talk TBD Contributing to the topic: Interdisciplinarity in evolution. Tradeoffs between specialization and explore new collaborations with other disciplines. |
ESPECIAL EVENT Leslea J. Hlusko Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California Berkeley / CENIEH, Spain. Featuring: Carola Ortiz, singer, clarinetist and composer active in jazz scenes, songs and musics of the world. | Science and live music conversation Contributing to the topic: Interdisciplinarity, tradeoffs between specialization and explore new fields through collaboration with experts in other fields |
PLENARY ROUND TABLES
| “Challenges and opportunities to improve the scientific literacy on evolution through formal or informal education”. | Kostas Kampourakis, University of Geneve (Section of Biology and IUFE). Ute Harms, Department of Biology Education at IPN, Kiel. Josefa González, Evolutionary and Functional Genomics Lab, Institut of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC – UPF). Sílvia Zurita, Bofill Foundation and Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Moderator: Dustin Eirdosh, Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. |
| “The challenge of dealing between ideologies, interests, beliefs and evolutionary theory“ | David Jou, Physicist and a poet, author of a wide literary, essay and scientific work. Harmit Malik, Director of Basic Sciences at Fred Huch, Seatle. Cecile Janssens, Research professor of translational epidemiology of the Emory University, Atlanta, USA. Yogi Jaeger, Associate Faculty, Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna. Moderator: Kostas Kampourakis, University of Geneve. |
| Education special topic “Evaluating the relevance of literacy in evolution during the COVID-19 crisis“ | Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature, Chief Editorial Advisor, Nature Portfolio. Fernando Simón Soria, Coordinator of the Spanish IHR Focal Point and GOARN, member of the Advisory Forum of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and National focal point for Scientific Advice and member of the Health Security Committee of European Union. Fernando Gonzalez, Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas UV-CSIC, I2SysBio, and Departamento de Genética. Universitat de València. Esther Vera, Director of Diari Ara (newspaper in Spain). Moderator: Cristina Pujades, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. |
WORKSHOPS
| Invited Workshop GENE ZINE: Collaborative Interfaces for the Multispecies City | Dr. Elizabeth Hénaff NYU Tandon School of Engineering New York |
| Invited Workshop Evolutionary Processes for Scientific Discovery | Johannes Jaeger Complexity Science Hub Vienna |
| EvoKE BCN 21 Workshop My Story-Evoard: Co-creation meeting between graphic artists and evolutionary scientists | Roberto Torres Science in Your World, Scicomm & Outreach Association, Barcelona |
| Selected Workshop The Water we Breathe: Implementing (in)formal science education in the Amsterdam Light Festival | Bart Groeneveld and Charlotte Clarijs Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
| Selected Workshop Designing for learning in citizen science projects in evolution | Tania Jenkins University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| Selected Workshop Biocreator: A distributed simulation for learning ecology and evolution | Sergi Valverde Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Barcelona |
| Selected Workshop From the lab to your audience’s screen: Creating an engaging science outreach campaign | Akanksha Raju and Siri Kellner Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin |
| Selected Workshop Characterization of knowledge, beliefs, religious beliefs, opinions and ideology using keywords, dialogs and two binary parameters. | Guillaume Lecointre Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France |
| Selected Workshop Communicating evolution in the media: Contacting media professionals, exploring different media channels, getting noticed and getting your message across. | Rita Ponce Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal |
SELECTED TALKS/PRESENTATIONS
| Agricultural Biotechnology and its role in Genetic Diversity (VIRTUAL) | Tatenda Muringo, Freelance, Zimbawe |
| Online Interactive Activities Regarding Human Evolution | Merav Siani and Anat Yarden, Weizmann Institute of Science and Herzog College |
| Citizen Fly Lab: a citizen science project studying genomics of adaptation in Drosophila | Miriam Merenciano, Insitut de Biologia Evolutiva |
| GENOGRAPHIC: the game of human genetic variability | Teresa Porta Fitó, Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| Learning about COVID-19 and coronavirus diseases in a simple and playful way (book and a game) | Teresa Nogueira & Margarida Duarte, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal |
| Perception of Evolutionary Biology teaching difficulties in secondary education | María Martín Peciña, University of Jaén, Spain |
| Molecular Plasticity, the relevance of the intrinsically disordered proteins in Covid 19 (ART, SCI & THECH theatrical performance) | Science in Your World, Scicomm & Outreach Association, Barcelona Roberto Torres, Laia Mora Pablo Volt, Sebastian Jara. Inmaculada Yruela, Aula Dei Experimental Station (CSIC). |
| Using arts and science to promote scientific literacy and understanding of evolution (VIRTUAL) | Tamara Milosevic, Rhizome Association |
