Some quick thoughts
Hey, timely idea. Nice to see how you tie ongoing conversations with the event.
- I would say go specific more than broad: for example if you want to curate more sessions related to citizen science I say outlining broadly the theme should work initially (like above), but from past experiences articulating deep questions helps - it could mean getting in touch with each of the projects you have in mind and asking them to put forward their most important question they'd like to see answered. Those make for your key inquiries - sessions would aim to answer those. We can also check with @Amelia to see what topics, if any, are surfacing from the opencare discussions so far.
- Re: call for students - the way we are exploring now with WeMake team is that we launched an opencare Maker in Residence Challenge, and all contributions come in publicly, as stories. Similarly past students from Berlin did the same, going from raw design questions posted online into developing products and a real public exhibition. The incentives differ though, it depends on what's in it for them to participate.
- For citizen science, less technology oriented projects we could ask @ireinga who's working with Artshare if she knows someone at borders of disciplines who might want to partner up.