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Description
Virtual Consultation on Open Science

Information about this online meeting and registration can be found on the UNESCO web page:

Agenda
  • Introduction to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
  • Panel discussion on Open Science in Europe and North America: Key Challenges and Opportunities
  • Open discussion on Key messages from Europe and North America for the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science

Draft Structure
Participants will be provided with the necessary background documents before the meeting and will be invited to submit their written inputs before, during and after the online meeting. A summary of inputs submitted before the meeting will be shared with the invited participants before the meeting. This will form the basis for the online discussion.
 
Consolidation of inputs after the online session
The draft report of the meeting will be shared with the participants after the online discussion. Participants will be invited to provide further written inputs on the draft report within one week. The final report will be posted on UNESCO Open Science website. The inputs from the meeting will subsequently be incorporated in the draft text of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. 
The outcomes of the consultations will also be presented in the context of ESOF in September 2020.


This meeting is a satellite event of ESOF 2020 (https://www.esof.eu/en/) and is organized in collaboration with EuroDIG.

Material

UNESCO Regional Consultation on Open Science for Western Europe and North America | (smr 3513)
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  • Thursday, 23 July 2020
    • 15:00 - 15:15
      Location: Virtual
      • 15:00 Opening session 15' 
        Welcome by UNESCO and ICTP
Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO
Atish Dabholkar, Director ICTP

Introduction to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
Peggy Oti-Boateng, Director, Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO
    • 15:15 - 16:35  Session 1
      Location: Virtual
      • 15:15  Open Science in Europe and North America: Key Challenges and Opportunities  1h15' 
        Panel discussion with:
• Mr Jean Emmanuel Faure, Senior Policy officer, Open Science, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Mr Marin Dacos, Open Science Advisor to the Director-General for Research and Innovation, Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France
• Ms Masha Cemma, Policy Advisor, Office of the Chief Science Advisor, Canada
• Mr Alex Kohls, Group Leader Scientific Information Service at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN
• Ms Uta Wehn, Citizen Science & Open Science Community of Practice, Citizen Science Global Partnership
• Ms Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences, USA

Moderated by Mr Jonathan Baker, Regional Advisor for Science and Head of the Science Unit, UNESCO’s Regional Bureau for Sciences and Culture for Europe.
      • 16:30 Break 5'
    • 16:35 - 18:00  Session 2
      Location: Virtual
      • 16:35 Key messages from Europe and North America for the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science  1h20' 
        Open discussion with participants and panellists:
• Mr Ian Coltart, Manager Copyright, Licensing and External Publications, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Ms Vinciane Gaillard, Deputy Director for Research and Innovation, European University Association (EUA)
• Ms Mangala Srinivas, Chair of the Young Academy of Europe
• Ms Alexa McCray, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• Ms Vanessa Proudman, Director of Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Europe
• Ms Catriona MacCallum, Director of Open Science, Hindawi Ltd
• Mr Johan Rooryck, Open Access Champion of cOAlition S
• Mr Barend Mons, Strategic Director of GOFAIR
• Ms Lorna Williams, Professor Emerita of Indigenous Knowledge and Learning, University of Victoria, Canada
• Mr Greg Tananbaum, Director, Open Research Funder Group
• Ms Ashley Farley, Knowledge & Research Services, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Ms Lyne Sauvageau, President, Association de promotion et défense de la recherche en français (ACFAS), Canada
• Mr Glenn Hampson, Executive Director, Science Communication Institute (SCI), Program Director Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) 

Moderated by Ms Ana Persic, Programme Specialist, Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO
      • 17:55 Conclusions  5'
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