Sensorica and Canadian Science Policy Center 2020

Sensorica has a long standing engagement with Canadian governmental institutions and is committed to open science.

In June 2020 Tibi, Fabio and Alena published this publication for the CSPC:

When thousands of citizens innovate: how policy-makers can contribute; by Valderrama, Alena; Brastaviceanu, Tiberius; Balli, Fabio

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic is a great challenge to our global society, exposing our limitations as well as new ways to generate adequate responses to global crises. Communities and individuals have spontaneously organized to deal with this crisis. Thousands of skillful individuals have engaged in the development of mechanical ventilators and masks, SARS-CoV-2 test kits, mobile applications for contact tracking and for coordinating mutual help and care, to name just a few. [...]

 The same month, Tim proposed a Panel, see working doc, which was subsequently rejected. But on 28 of September, the CSPC offered us the opportunity to submit an editorial:

“Every year an online conference featured editorial is published in which panellists are provided an opportunity to discuss a topic of their choosing in writing. We are inviting your panellists to submit an editorial; editorials must be 600-1000 words and you may include up to two figures to complement your piece. Please note that editorials can have multiple authors.” deadline is October 30th

Tim completed and submitted the editorial.

See also Sensorica at CSPC 2017