The 3rd Living Knowledge conference 'COmmunities building knowledge: innovation through citizens' science and university engagement' will take place in Paris from 30 August 30 till 1 September 2007. The conference will provide a forum where information on community based research, carried out in both community and academic settings, on new forms of partnerships between research and civil society and on new modes of innovation, can be shared and developed. It aims at disseminating and exchanging information on community based and participatory research, on citizens' science and cooperative innovation. Registration for the conference is open now! <http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3> www.livingknowledge.org/lk3. You can also submit a proposal for a contribution (workshop or presentation) within on of the five conference theme's. At the conference website you will find an overview of topics that can be addressed in the theme's. The (extended) deadline to submit a proposal is April 30. Proposals can be submitted online at the conference website <http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3> www.livingknowledge.org/lk3. Conference themes: * University engagement with communities * Citizens' science and social movements * Research policy - from local to global * Innovation and citizens - added values for communities * Participatory processes in science and technology For additional information about the conference you can contact <mailto:citizens-research-LK3@sciencescitoyennes.org> citizens-research-LK3@sciencescitoyennes.org I kindly request you to forward this announcement to your colleagues and in your networks. The conference organisation committee and the Living Knowledge Network hope to meet you in Paris this summer. Caspar de Bok ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ------------------------- 3rd Living Knowledge conference Communities building knowledge: innovation through citizens' science and university engagement Paris (Fr): August 30 - September 1, 2007 website: <http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3> http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3 email: <mailto:citizens-research-LK3@sciencescitoyennes.org> citizens-research-LK3@sciencescitoyennes.org The 3rd Living Knowledge conference Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron