Now Available: Video and Slide Presentations From the United Nations Open Science Conference “Towards Global Open Science: Core Enabler of the UN 2030 Agenda”
UPDATED (Add) January 19, 2019 Meeting Report From OpenAire: Open Science for the Implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda
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The UN Open Science Conference took place on November 19, 2019 at UN HQ in New York City.
From the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Website:
The theme of the conference is “Towards Global Open Science: Core Enabler of the UN 2030 Agenda”. With a desire to elevate the discussion about open science and open research to the global level and to examine the role of open science in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the conference will bring together representatives of open science initiatives (OpenAIRE, Hindawi, LA Referencia, AfricanLII and others), early career researchers, library directors and policymakers.
The event was organized by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library in collaboration with the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).
Direct to Complete Conference Program
Some of the Many Presenters at the Conference included:
- Ms. Stacy Allison-Cassin, Expert on the intersection of libraries, infrastructure, and indigenous communities, York University
- Ms. Mariya Badeva-Bright, Co-founder and Coordinator, African Legal Information Institute (AfricanLII)
- Mr. Gerald Beasley, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, Cornell University
- Mr. Jean-Claude Burgelman, Open Access Envoy, European Commission
- Dr. Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Dr. Natalia Manola, Managing Director, OpenAIRE: Open Science Infrastructure in the European Union
- Dr. Erin McKiernan, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Physics, Department of Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Mr. Abel Packer, Co-Founder, SciELO; Programme Director, SciELO / FAPESP
Resources
Direct to Conference Video Recording and All Slide Presentations
Direct to Conference Photos
Direct to Outcomes Document
Direct to Concept Note
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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