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

SCHEDULE

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 “Still under Construction” – How to develop Scientific Literacy on Evolution over time? 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. 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)	“Reconsidering the goal of evolution education: Is it evolution or evolutionary literacy?“ 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.	“The Case for Adding Darwin to Behavioral Economics” Contributing to the topic: Society, technology, and evolution
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. A. Cecile J.W. Janssens Emory University, Atlanta. Yogi Jaeger, Associate Faculty, Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna. Moderator: Elena Casacuberta, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF).
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. Moderator: Cristina Pujades, Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

SELECTED ROUND TABLES

Evolution and the humanities: The case of language evolution	Andrea Ravignani, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nederlands
Evolving Interdisciplinarity in Evolution Education: A Problem or Opportunity for Our Field?	Dustin Eirdosh and Susan Hanisch, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany
Learning Evolution in Europe: challenges, opportunities and results of EuroScitizen	Xana Sá-Pinto and Patricia Pessoa, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, and Giulia Realdon, University of Camerino

WORKSHOPS

Invited Workshop GENE ZINE: Collaborative Interfaces for the Multispecies City	Dr. Elizabeth Hénaff NYU Tandon School of Engineering New York
Invited Workshop “Survival of the Slickest: Evolutionary Metaphors 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
Evolutionary biology, eugenics and the public: opening the can of worms	Antonio Marco, University of Essex, UK
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