ICAN is active on Twitter since August 2018 and has since gained 337 followers and while activity on social media varies and strongly relates to ICAN members taking part in events; ICAN gains on average 20 new followers and receives about 44 profile visits per month. The account reaches on average 4115 monthly tweet impressions, which refers to the number of times a tweet shows up in a twitter users timeline.
Themes
Numerous ICAN tweets to date are relevant to the UN Decade of Ocean Science and support associated dissemination of information and engagement with relevant topics. ICAN twitter audiences are gender balanced with 59% of the ICAN audience identifying as female according to Twitter analytics from June 2019.
Engagement
In May 2019, in support of the 1st Global Planning Meeting of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development in Copenhagen ICAN generated 20 organic tweets with 17 specifically using the hashtag #OceanScience or #OceanDecade to encourage and disseminate event specific information in addition to relevant retweets from event participants that use twitter. ICAN in that month reached nearly 8000 tweet impressions, which refers to the number of times a tweet shows up in a twitter users timeline. In return the networks twitter account received 100 profile visits demonstrating interest of attendees in finding out more about the network.
Next Steps
ICAN commits to the continued retweeting of relevant content related to the Decade as well as tweeting original content accompanied by Decade Tags where appropriate.
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ICAN 2025:Virtual Workshop
ICAN 2025: Building Knowledge, Taking Action
September 30, October 1-2 2025
Time: 10am-1pm EST, 2pm-5pm UTC, 4pm-7pm CEST
The 2025 International Coastal Atlas Workshop will be held online from September 30 to October 2, 2025, with a series of live and recorded content. The workshop will provide an opportunity to present and discuss recent innovations in atlases, how atlases can contribute to the goals of the UN´s Decade of Ocean Science and it will also investigate synergies with other initiatives around the world.
The Organizing Committee of ICAN 2025 invites abstracts for online live or recorded presentations for:
- Session I – Innovated Approaches to Atlas Development: Sharing creative approaches to knowledge production and encouraging action through atlas development
- Session II – Connections to the Ocean Decade: aiming to explore how our Atlases are contributing to athe UN Decade of Ocean Sciences
- Session III – Knowledge to Action: exploring how projects can encourage various types of actions around the worlds
Abstract submissions and workshop presentations may be made in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French, and all plenary sessions will be available in these four languages.
Submit your Abstract here
Registration for the conference is now open
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