The Programme Committee incorporates all members of the organising committee and some additional members. There are especially some more members from France in order to guarantee locally the good implementation of the conference.The programme committee is the main responsible for the programme, selection of abstracts and organisation of the parallel sessions. Project teams will be created for each of the five themes of the conference. Every abstract will be read by at least three people.
The international organising committee includes researchers and administrators of science shops, of Fondation Sciences Citoyennes, of INES and of divers universities coming from different European countries (Netherlands, Romania, France, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Northern Ireland), from the USA, Canada and South Africa.