Towards Global Open Science: Core Enabler of the UN 2030 Agenda
United Nations Headquarters, New York, 19 November 2019
Provisional Programme
Venue: Conference Room 12 (Webcast here)
8:30 – 9:00 am Registration: speakers, panelists, participants arrive
9:00 – 9:20 am Opening and welcome remarks
9:20 – 10:00 am Opening keynotes
- Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin, Assistant Professor, Publishing Program; Associate Director of Research, Public Knowledge Project, Simon Fraser University: Policies and Incentives for Open Scholarly Communication
- Ms. Natalia Manola, Managing Director, OpenAIRE: Open Science Infrastructure in the European Union
10:00 – 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 – 10:45 am Morning break
10:45 – 11:45 am Panel One: Policy Makers
- Mr. Jean-Claude Burgelman, Open Access Envoy, European Commission
- Dr. Takashi Hikihara, Professor, Kyoto University; Chairperson, Expert Panel on Promoting Open Science, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
- Dr. Lisa Nichols, Assistant Director for Academic Engagement, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, United States of America
- Dr. Masha Cemma, Policy Advisor at the Office of Canada's Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada
Moderator: Ms. Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC
11:45 – 12:05 pm Discussion
12:05 – 12:15 pm Short break (panel preparation)
12:15 – 1:15 pm Panel Two: Open Science and Library Infrastructures
- Mr. Gerald Beasley, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, Cornell University
- Ms. Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services, Stellenbosch University
- Dr. Wolfram Horstmann, LIBER Special Advisor; Göttingen State and University Library
- Dr. Catriona MacCallum, Director of Open Science, Hindawi Ltd
- Dr. Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Mr. Ramu Damodaran, Chief of Service, United Nations Academic Impact
1:15 – 1:30 pm Discussion
1:30 – 2:15 pm Lunch break
2:15 – 3:15 pm Panel Three: Open Science Initiatives: Advancing Inclusive Globalization of Research and Scholarly Communications
- Ms. Mariya Badeva-Bright, Co-founder and Coordinator, African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII)
- Mr. Alberto Cabezas, Executive Secretary, LA Referencia
- Dr. Ana María Cetto, Founder and President, Latindex
- Mr. Abel Packer, Co-Founder, SciELO; Programme Director, SciELO / FAPESP
- Dr. Thomas Mboa, Founder of Project SOHA and leader of MboaLab
Moderator: Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin, Assistant Professor, Publishing Program; Associate Director of Research, Public Knowledge Project, Simon Fraser University
3:15 – 3:35 pm Discussion
3:35 – 4:00 pm Afternoon break
4:00 – 5:00 pm Panel Four: OpenCon Early Career Panel: Openness, Equity, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Developing Systems for Research and Education that Serve the World
- Dr. Erin McKiernan, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Dr. Khadidiatou Sall, founder of Science Education Exchange for Sustainable Development (SeeSD), Senegal
- Ms. Maryam Qonita, Founder of OA Indonesia; current graduate student at New York University
- Ms. Stacy Allison-Cassin, Expert on the intersection of libraries, infrastructure, and indigenous communities, York University
- Ms. Eunice Mercado-Lara, Former Deputy Director for Science and Technology Policy at the National Council for Science and Technology (Mexico) and current MPP candidate, McGill University
Moderator: Mr. Nick Shockey, Director of Programs & Engagement, SPARC; Director, Right to Research Coalition
5:00 – 5:15 pm Discussion
5:15 – 5:45 pm Open discussion on opportunities & the way forward
Moderator: Mr. Thanos Giannakopoulos, Chief Librarian, UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library
Including closing remarks by:
- Ms. Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC
- Mr. Thanos Giannakopoulos, Chief Librarian, UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library, and,
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