Venue: Edifici Plaça Universitat. Faculty of Philology and Communication (UB). C/ Aribau, 6, 08011 Barcelona.
How to arrive: https://goo.gl/maps/iuAe2
Day 1 - October 30 (afternoon)
13:00 – 14:00 Standing Lunch & Registration
14:00 – 14:15 Welcome speech
Prof. Jordi Garcia (Vice Rector for Research, UB).
14:15 – 15:15 Getting to Know Each Other
Session lead: V. Viganò (UM), Ádám Toth (UU). Participants: all.
- Meeting overview, explanation on dynamics and goals (Vanessa Vigano, UM, 5 min).
- Game/icebreaker activity to get to know each other (all participants, 30 min).
- Stakeholders self-introductions (non-academic colleagues, 15 min).
- Favorite topic or research question (all participants, 10 min).
15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:30 European Funding Programmes and Open Calls
Speakers: Mireia Via (UB), Judit Mádl-Szőnyi (ELTE), José Francisco Garcia (UB).
- Presentation on European funding opportunities for water-related research proposals (Mireia Via, OPIR-UB, 30 min).
- W4A project proposal presentation (Judit Mádl-Szőnyi, ELTE; José Francisco Garcia, UB; 5 min).
16:30 – 17:45 Working On Water Research Proposals: Creating Collaborative Networks
Session lead: V. Viganò (UM). Facilitators: A. Toth (UU), J.F. Garcia (UB), V. Borrell (UM). Participants: all researchers.
- Wall of concept. Facilitators split researchers in 4 groups for researchers to brainstorm potential topics of proposals (all participants, 75 min).
18:30 – 19:30 Team-building activity
20:30 – 21:30 Dinner
Day 2 - October 31 (morning)
9:30 – 11:00 Working On Water Research Proposals: 1st Step towards Building Research Teams
V. Viganò (UM). Facilitators: A. Toth (UU), J.F. Garcia (UB), V. Borrell (UM). Participants: all.
- Pitch what happened. Participants pitch what each subgroup discussed (all participants, 15 min).
- Choose your branch. Every participant chooses a group/proposal (all participants, 15 min).
- Complete the template. Groups start to define together the proposal ideas (all participants, 60 min).
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Working On Water Research Proposals: 1st Step towards Building Research Teams (Continuation)
V. Viganò (UM). Facilitators: A. Toth (UU), J.F. Garcia (UB), V. Borrell (UM). Participants: all researchers.
- Complete the template (continuation). Groups start to define together the proposal ideas (all participants, 45 min).
- Pitch your idea. Groups pitch the ideas they developed (all participants, 45 min).
13:00 - 13:15 Wrap-Up and Next Steps
Facilitators present the three proposals, agreements and next steps.