The GKC NSF Research Coordination Network grant is anchored by a “convergence conference” bringing together members of the knowledge commons research network, consisting first of researchers who contributed to the several GKC research products published to date.
The conference is “invitation only.”
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Dates
The GKC Convergence Conference
21-23 May 2025
Location
The Inn at Villanova University [includes directions]
601 County Line Road
Radnor, PA 19087
The Inn at Villanova University is close to the Villanova University School of Law in Villanova, Pennsylvania, on the “Main Line” in the west suburbs of Philadelphia, PA.
Schedule
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
6:30 pm to 7:45 pm: Informal welcome reception
Thursday, May 22, 2025
8 am to 9 am: Breakfast
9 am to 9:30 am: Welcome
9:30 am to 10:15 am: An overview of the Governing Knowledge Commons (GKC) Framework
10:15 am to 10:45 am: Break / coffee
10:45 am to 11:45 am: Emerging Scholars presentations
11:45 am to 12:30 pm: Lightning talks
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm: Environmental Knowledge Commons: a forthcoming GKC volume
2:45 pm to 3:15 pm: Break / coffee
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm: Educational Technology and Knowledge Commons: a forthcoming GKC volume
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm: Emerging Scholars presentations
5:30 pm to 6 pm: Break
6 pm to 7 pm: Cocktails
7 pm: Dinner
Friday, May 23, 2025
7:30 am to 8:30 am: Breakfast
8:30 am to 9 am: Welcome to day 2
9 am to 10:15 am: Corporate Knowledge Commons: a forthcoming GKC volume
10:15 am to 10:45 am: Break / coffee
10:45 am to 12 pm: Misinformation and Knowledge Commons: a recent GKC volume
12 pm to 1 pm: Lunch
1 pm to 2 pm: Works in progress presentations
2 pm to 3 pm: Methods discussion
3 pm to 3:30 pm: Break / coffee
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Future directions
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm: Reflections
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm: Closing reception
Attendees and Topics
The organizers are asking attendees to complete the following short survey as to their current and anticipated knowledge commons-themed projects.
A live updated list of survey results is available here, via a password-protected page.
More information will be posted shortly.