Crowd4SDG – the EU project aiming to promote the development of citizen science projects aiming to tackle the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on climate action, of which the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering of the Politecnico di Milano is a partner – is coming to a close with a final conference on March 17, 2023 at CERN, Geneva.

In preparation to the final conference there will be two days dedicated to coaching sessions with select teams from across all three Crowd4SDG GEAR Cycles, spanning three years of the project, and will be held at IdeaSquare, CERN’s innovation space. There will be representatives of finalists across all GEAR Cycles, with tailored coaching sessions to accelerate their projects. The presentations of results from these projects will be showcased during the Crowd4SDG final conference on March 17 and on the Geneva Trialogue on March 16.

Geneva Trialogue (March 16)

Crowd4SDG will also be participating on the Geneva Trialogue conference, which will be held on March 16 at the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN and IdeaSquare. Round tables will be each led by an organisation surrounding a defined challenge aimed to promote Open Innovation for Education and building on the work from previous Trialogues.

The Geneva Trialogue will highlight the accomplishments and projects of GEAR Cycle finalists. Crowd4SDG will have a notable presence during the event, showcasing finalists’ projects through a video. Members of the Crowd4SDG consortium will be distributed across the round tables according to the relevance of topics. The Geneva Trialogue, which is in partnership with and hosted by CERN, will precede and inspire the 2023 Open Geneva Festival.

Crowd4SDG Final Conference (March 17)

The culmination of three years of Crowd4SDG is shown during the Final Conference on March 17, delivering the results of Crowd4SDG and outlining plans for how ideas and projects can continue beyond the project’s end.  Composed of a series of short presentations, panel discussion and hackathons, the day is filled to the brim with content and activities relevant to all.

The Final Conference will include input from all partners of Crowd4SDG: CERN, Université de Genève (UNIGE), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IIIA-CSIC), Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI), United Nations Insitute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Université de Paris Cité.

For more information on the program and how to participate in the conference, visit the Crowd4SDG website.