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WG4 meeting
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We are inviting members of the COST Action for a two-day WG4 meeting which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, on October 9th and 10th, 2023. The meeting will focus on a very important topic for our Action and more broadly for society: how do we raise awareness and advocate for medical and agricultural applications of RNA technologies. We are honored to have Thomas Crampton and Rob Blackie, experts from Greenlight Bioscience, sharing their knowledge on their study on attitudes of the general public towards RNA technologies and potential ways of improving the language we use to talk about our discoveries and technologies. The presentation will be followed by discussion with all the attendees on the experiences from their own countries to build mutual understanding and map a plan for future Action. Thus, we encourage the participation of senior researchers, in order to create mutual strategies on advocacy on exRNA research.
9th October
11:30 – 12:00 – Arrival of the participants and light refreshment
12:00-12:30 – Welcome note – Marjana Brkic and Amy Buck
12:30-13:00 – Round of introductions – Who is who in the room?
13:00-14:00 – Introduction to RNA Societal acceptance study by Rob Blackie and Thomas Crampton
14:00-15:00 – Workshop on RNA storytelling – Thomas Crampton and Rob Blackie
15:00-15:30 – How RNA is perceived by the public in Serbia? Introducing results of the survey- Marjana Brkic
15:30-17:00 – Discussion on RNA societal acceptance throughout the countries of network members
18:30 -20:00 – Panel discussion on RNA societal acceptance for general public
20:00-22:00 – Social evening
10th October
10:00-10:30 – WG4 activities overview – Guy Smagghe and Stefania Raimondo
10:30-11:30 – Discussion of future plans and activities of WG4
11:30-12:00 – Break for light refreshments
12:00-12:30 – How to illustrate science? – Monika Lang
12:30 – 14:00 – Work in groups led by illustrator on the development of new dissemination materials
14:00-15:00 – Discussion and conclusions of the meeting
