OS Policy Symposium "Enabling the Open Science Modus Operandi in Europe"
Field: Open Science
Date: 29 November 2018
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Organizer: Frontiers and SwissCore
The open science platform Frontiers and SwissCore (the Swiss Contact office for Research, Innovation and Education), in cooperation with the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU, have the pleasure to invite you to the Open Science Policy Symposium: "Enabling the Open Science Modus Operandi in Europe".
The symposium takes place on Thursday 29 November 2018 in Brussels at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel from 16:00 to 19:30 and will be followed by a networking reception.
The symposium aims to discuss key enablers of the open science modus operandi in Europe, including:
how to transition to immediate open access swiftly and foster a transparent and competitive scholarly communication sector;
rewards and incentives for embedding open science in research practices, promotions and assessments.
Confirmed speakers already include:
Jean-Claude Burgelman Head of Unit Open Science, European Commission
Michael Hengartner President of swissuniversities and Rector of Zurich University
Stephan Kuster Secretary General of Science Europe
Kamila Markram CEO Frontiers
Ingeborg Meijer Senior Researcher and Research Evaluation Consultant, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS)
Gareth O’Neill President of the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers
Florian Pecenka Head of Unit, Austrian Permanent Representation to the EU
Falk Reckling - Head of Department Strategy, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Alexis Walckiers Invited Professor in Microeconomics, Université Libre de Bruxelles