Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2018

Citizen Science has grown rapidly over the last years in Austria. Since 2015 the Citizen Science Network Austria and its associated online platform "Österreich forscht" (www.citizen-science.at) organizes an annual citizen science conference, where researches, practitioners and interested citizens exchange experiences, discuss new methods and connect to each other. Under the motto "Generation Citizen Science" the focus of the conference in 2018 was on how people can participate in projects and what is needed to increase participation. This years conference was organized at the University of Salzburg and included workshops, panel discussion and presentations addressing the questions above in various fields of research.