Digital Theme UK-Ukraine Twinning Initiative
UK-Ukraine Research Twinning Showcase and Networking
27-28 March 2025
The School of Law and Social Justice Building
The University of Liverpool
Registration is open, the Conference Programme will be announced in March 2025
Deadline for Registration and Accommodation Requests:
24 February 2025
Our objective is to help academics at Ukrainian Universities and Research institutes to integrate into the international research network.
The UK-Ukraine Networking and Research Twinning Showcase 2025 should help to
- encourage UK partners for more proactive interaction with Ukrainian academics,
- share experiences concerning the recent twinning research collaboration between Ukraine and the UK on individual/institutional/national levels,
- stimulate new forms of research collaboration across existing research activities and
- facilitate building new links and collaborative projects between universities capitalising on the current progress.
For the late registrations please send a request to <ukraine-twinning@liverpool.ac.uk>
Showcase Presentations:
UK Keynote talks will be given by academics and representatives of research/industrial organisations, foundations and support initiatives.
The presentations and networking event activities will be focused on stimulating new forms of research collaboration across existing research activities and facilitating the building of new links and collaborative projects between universities capitalising on current progress.
We hope that the presentations will be inspirational and valuable for establishing new forms of research cooperation between Ukraine and the UK.
Programme of Showcase Event
Location: The School of Law and Social Justice Building,
The University of Liverpool, Building 108, area 3E on the UoL campus map
27 of March (Thursday) afternoon - Invited Talks, Welcome Reception
12:30-13:30 Registration and networking
13:30-17:00 Invited presentations at the Lecture Theatre
28 of March (Friday) full day - Presentations, Poster session, Round Table and Working group discussion
8:30-9:00 Registration and Coffee
9:00-17:00 Showcase and Networking Programme
Deadlines
24 February 2025 - Registration and Accommodation Requests https://forms.office.com/e/yeUvRyttZn
25 February 2025 - Confirmation of registration and accommodation
Other Deadlines:
19 March 2025 AoE - Extended Abstracts and Poster Submission (links to upload your materials will be sent to registered participants on 10 March 2025)
20 March 2025 - Final Programme and notification about oral presentations
27-28 of March 2025 Research Twinning Showcase and Networking, poster sessions will be on 28th of March 2025.
Call for Posters and UK/Ukraine Highlight Presentations
We invite UK representatives to present the ideas of recently funded research twinning projects and promote innovative forms of UK-Ukraine Research Twinning.
We welcome all forms of research collaboration with academics and institutions in Ukraine for presentations. However, we are particularly interested in highlighting research activities that support Digitalization and Digital Transformation. Digital Transformation can be broadly interpreted and may encompass both science and art subjects.
The topics of presentions include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Innovative research programs with Ukraine
- Reports on joint research activities and projects
- Developed joint grant applications and calls for collaboration
- Bilateral and international research network development
- Co-supervision, research support and academic mentoring
- Research partnership initiatives and interdisciplinary projects
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Sustainable reconstruction of post-war Ukraine
Submission Server:
The extended abstract and poster submission will be collected in electronic format soon.
The collection of extended abstracts is planned to be published/distributed after the conference and the posters can be displayed at the event and also will be available from an online platform.
The extended abstract should be typeset using 11-point, in a single-column, single-space (between lines) format with ample spacing throughout and 2cm margins all around, on A4 paper size. The template is available here.
The Poster should be uploaded in
a .png or .jpg format with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The minimum width of the image should be 1000 pixels, while the minimum height should be 600 pixels. The maximum file size allowed is 3 MB. Posters will be presented at the event and the virtual gallery.
Formatting/Submission Instructions
Every submission can provide three forms of input: Extended Abstract, Poster, and Video presentation. We recommend submitting either 2 or all 3 parts. In addition to the Extended Abstract and Poster, we can allow submitting video presentations later by keeping the server open for updates.
- Extended Abstract (up to 5 pages). Upload the extended abstract of your presentation. The file must include a title, abstract, main part and bibliography (both source and pdf file should be submitted). Please use the extended abstract template.
- Poster. Upload your one-page poster. The poster file must be in basic image formats like png or jpeg. A poster file should be named as <yoursurname_poster.png> or <yoursurname_poster.jpg>
- Video presentation. A video with a 5-minute pitch presentation in mpeg, mov or wmv format can be uploaded in addition to printed material or instead of some other part. This video can be used instead for a virtual gallery during and after the event.
Other initiatives and plans
There are several initiatives which aim to support Ukrainian academics and help the Ukrainian academic community to integrate into international research networks. We list only a few such relative initiatives here that you can follow and provide your help. In the long term, the twinning conferences and events will be organised for different research subjects and we could be supported by industrial and academic sponsors.
UK-Ukraine Academic Mentoring Scheme
The UK academic mentoring scheme is run by Science for Ukraine UK volunteers as a rapid response to provide support to colleagues from Ukrainian universities directly affected by the invasion. We help Ukrainian colleagues integrate into the international research community and to navigate through UK academia.
What is mentoring?
Mentoring is a time-limited, goal-oriented relationship that supports skill and career development through confidential one-on-one conversations. It involves an experienced person (mentor) providing guidance and support to another person (mentee). Registration, matching and mentoring will commence via the
PushFar Platform which provides a wide range of opportunities to communicate online and offline, arrange meetings, etc.
If you want to get involved as a volunteer contact us at ukmentoring@gmail.com. Also, you can directly register as a Ukrainian mentee or a UK mentor.
#ScienceForUkraine
#ScienceForUkraine is a community group of volunteer researchers and students from academic institutions in Europe and around the world. Our mission is to support the Ukrainian academic community in surviving the Russia’s war and to help ensure the continuity of Ukraine's science and strengthen its presence in the international science arena. Read more about us and explore our recent report.
Digital Theme Ambassadors: We are inviting volunteers from UK, Ukraine and other countries to build a team of Digital Theme Ambassadors, who can help to promote the research twinning, establish new contacts between Ukrainian research groups and international academics and support the research collaboration with Ukraine.
CONTACT US
Sponsorship:
Sponsorship provides a unique opportunity to connect with academics, facilitate UK-Ukraine research collaboration and establish new partnership programmes between interested parties. For further inquiries, please contact: ukraine-twinning@liverpool.ac.uk
