Identifying and inviting participants. The audience of the first BODEGA showcase will consist mainly of members of or- ganisations directly involved in border management activities (e.g., border control au- thorities, law enforcement agencies, etc.). Representatives of travellers' and citizens' rights organizations/agencies will also be invited to the event. The rationale behind this particular target is to enable the collection of feedback allowing the consortium to tailor the activities scheduled for the second half of the project according to the end users' specific needs. Together with members of the end-user advisory board, the public nature of the showcase will allow to extend participation also to end-users who have not yet been involved in the project. Members of the end-user advisory board will be sent invitations by the Project Coordinator, with individual consortium mem- bers being in charge of inviting their affiliates and relevant contact network. Invitations will be sent also to a few domain experts to be identified by the BODEGA consortium, who will be requested to join the event as invited speakers. These may include high-level members of organisations involved in border control activities, whether at European or national level, and individuals with a recognised expertise in this domain (e.g., researchers, academics, etc.). In addition to providing valuable feedback on the work carried out during the BODEGA project, such participants will be asked to contribute to the showcase by either sharing relevant experience or pre- senting their research work. Traveling expenses and other costs incurred by external contributors in order to attend the event will be covered in full by the consortium. Table 1 below offers a preliminary list of organisations whose members may be invit- ed to the first BODEGA showcase.
Identifying and inviting participants. The audience of the second BODEGA showcase will be wider and less technical in scope than that of the first showcase. This is because the primary purpose of the event is to present the solutions and recommendations developed throughout the en- tire duration of BODEGA to all project stakeholders. In addition to the specific catego- xxxx of end-users targeted by the first BODEGA showcase (e.g., law enforcement agencies, travellers and citizens' associations, etc.), participation to the second showcase will be extended also to: - EU decision-makers/stakeholders (e.g. EU agencies, EU institutions, etc.); - Experts and researchers on human factors and ergonomics (e.g., uni- versities, research centres, etc.); - Members of the scientific community as a whole (e.g., universities, re- search centres, etc.) - Technology providers (e.g., private companies); 1 Table 3 below offers a preliminary, non-exhaustive list of the stakeholder organisa- tions whose members may be invited to the second BODEGA showcase.
Identifying and inviting participants. The workshop was aimed principally at participants from governments across Europe. Potential participants were identified through the professional networks of the project participants, through contacts to relevant government agencies, and through online searches for people in appropriate roles. Particular efforts were made to ensure a balance of genders and geographic origins.
