Horizon 2020

Seminar: Communicating EU funded research

Join this seminar to learn about communication and dissemination strategies for EU funded projects, and be inspired by UiB colleagues' experiences.

SponGES is an international, EU funded research project coordinated by UiB. The whale with plastic bags in its stomach was discovered outside Bergen in January, and the news story went viral. Photos: SponGES (left) and Christoph Noever, UiB (right).

Main content

Communicating science is crucial to achieving impact in society. Communication and dissemination strategies are also required in Horizon 2020 projects.

The seminar is organized by the Communication Division and the BOA team for research advisers, communication advisers, researchers and others at UiB who are involved in Horizon 2020 proposals and projects.

The seminar is fully booked.

Preliminary program

08:30	Registration, coffee and tea
09:00	Welcome
09:05	The discovery of the "plastic whale" - a researcher's experience	Terje Lislevand
09:35	Introduction to the terms Impact, Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation in Horizon 2020	Kristof Vlaeminck
10:20	Coffee break
10:40	Communicating international sponge research - from proposal stage to running the SponGES project.	Martina Milanese and Joana R. Xavier
12:30	Lunch

Speakers

Terje Lislevand is a zoologist at the University Museum of Bergen, and one of the researchers behind the "plastic whale" discovery.
Kristof Vlaeminck is the head of the UiBs Brussels office.
Martina Milanese, Studio Associato Gaia, is Communication/dissemination partner in the UiB coordinated Horizon 2020 project SponGES.
Joana R. Xavier is the Scientific Manager of SponGES.

Event

28.03.2017 - 08.30–13.00

Scandic Bergen City, Håkonsgaten 2-7, Conference room "Sydneshaugen", 1st floor.

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