Communication & Dissemination

Objectives:

To communicate and disseminate the outcomes produced by INFRASTAR via presentations at local, national, European and international workshops, conferences, publications in peer-reviewed journals, and outreach activities targeting the general public, students, industries, and the scientific community.

Know more about Infrastar outreach activities: Public deliverable D5.16 – Outreach final report.

Know more about Infrastar dissemination activities: Public deliverable D5.17 – Dissemination / Exploitation plan.

What is the difference between communication and dissemination?

COMMUNICATION	DISSEMINATION
Covers the whole project (including results).	Covers project results only.
Starts at the outset of the project.	Happens only when results are available.
Multiple audiences: Beyond the project's own community, including the media and general public. Multiplier effect.	Specialist audiences: Group that may use the results in their own work, including peer groups, industry, professional organisations, policymakers.
Informing and engaging with society, to show how it can benefit from research.	Enabling the take-up and use of results.