International Open Access Week 2023: Community over Commercialization | Editage Insights

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Events and Resources

24th

October

Panel discussion

Collaborative research communities in a diverse open access landscape

Time

2:00 PM UTC  |  10:00 AM ET  |  7:30 PM IST

Guest experts

  • Lindsay Morton - Senior Manager of Open Science Community Engagement, Public Library of Science (PLOS)

    Lindsay is a librarian and publishing professional with over 15 years’ experience. As Senior Manager in charge of Open Science Community Engagement with PLOS, she focusses on empowering researchers to engage in Open behaviors and leverage opportunities to maximize the reproducibility, rigor, and reach of their research.

  • Sarah Hyder Iqbal - Science Engagement Consultant

    Following her Masters and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford, UK, and postdoctoral research at The Scripps Research Institute, Florida, USA, Sarah worked at the Indian science funding agency, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance) as their first Communications and Public Engagement Lead. She is currently working as consultant for the not-for-profit, Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (FAST India) in New Delhi, as well as serving as a strategic adviser to their India Science Festival (ISF), a consultant researcher with Pivot Collective (South Africa) on an international project funded by Wellcome Trust (UK) and a co-founder and lead of public engagement initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Superheroes Against Superbugs. She has been the founding editor of the Oxford University Biochemical Society journal – Phenotype.

  • Amelia (Millie) Newman - Senior Managing Editor, ACS Au Community Open Access Journals at American Chemical Society

    Amelia Newman is a part of the Global Editorial Strategy team at ACS since March 2021. She works closely with ACS’ academic editors to develop and execute the OA journals’ strategies and workflows, and with authors during their open access publishing journeys. Prior to joining ACS, Millie got her Masters in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield (UK), and worked in various publishing roles at the Royal Society of Chemistry for 4 years.

  • Dr. Haseeb Irfanullah - Associate Editor at Learned Publishing and a Chef of The Scholarly Kitchen

    Haseeb is an independent consultant in environment, climate change and research system, and a visiting research fellow at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka. He is a biologist-turned-development facilitator. Over the past 24 years, Haseeb has worked for different international environment/development organizations, academic/research institutions, funders, and government agencies in different capacities. Currently, a Council Member of European Association of Science Editors (EASE), an associate editor of Learned Publishing, an associate at INASP, and a Chef of The Scholarly Kitchen, Haseeb advocates for sustainability, climate action, and resilience of scholarly publishing ecosystem.

  • (Moderator) Christopher Leonard – Director, Strategy & Innovation, Cactus Communications.

    Christopher has worked in a variety of editorial, technology and product roles for over twenty years. He is passionate about building a better, more supportive publishing space for researchers and his current role at Cactus Communications enables him to pursue his passion of redesigning academia by placing the researcher at the center.

 

Interview

The latest developments of OA policies and mandates in India

Guest expert

  • Dr. Sridhar Gutam - Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research; Founder, Open Access India

    Alongside his scientific research, he is a passionate advocate for Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education. Dr. Gutam is the founder of 'Open Access India', a dedicated community that promotes the accessibility of publicly funded research information and data. He played a proactive role in the adoption of Open Access policy by the ICAR. He also have a keen interest in intellectual property rights and has actively pursued professional development in this area. Through his research, advocacy, and active community engagement, Dr. Gutam strives to advance the dissemination of knowledge and foster collaboration within the agricultural research community.

Podcast

In conversation with Ashley Farley from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to address the sustainability of the Article Processing Charge model, explore the potential of AI in publishing, and shed light on making academia more inclusive.

Guest expert

  • Ashley Farley - Associate Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    Ashley Farley is an Associate Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In this capacity, she focuses on the foundation’s Open Access Policy’s implementation and associated initiatives. This includes overseeing Chronos, a platform and service used by the foundation to manage grantee's research outputs. Also, she’s leading the work of Gates Open Research, a transparent and revolutionary publishing platform.

Resources

  • An introduction to community-driven open science initiatives
  • How publishers and journals can encourage OA submissions from underserved groups
  • How does open access benefit the scientific enterprise and public understanding of science?
  • How can open access be made truly “open” and “accessible”?
  • What every researcher should know about open access: A quick and dirty guide

Watch this space for updates. We'll also share details on email.

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Why is it so important to invest time in developing a deeper understanding of open access?

  • Open sharing of research findings has become crucial to advancing knowledge and applying it for societal benefit.
  • Research is published open access through multiple routes, most of which have pros and cons.
  • Open access publishing based solely on article-processing charges is not a sustainable long-term option, and the scholarly community needs to address this problem soon.

This is only the tip of the iceberg! This Open Access Week we are going to touch upon many more relevant topics and will bring to you different perspectives from various industry experts!

Holistic theme coverage, thought-provoking discussions, diverse experts, multiple resources on critical open access subjects specially curated for this event! Don’t miss out on all this.

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Testimonials

 

The depth of the discussion. Talking about climate change is crucial. And Allison and Harini in particular were very insightful.

Yagnaseni Mitra, Editor
 

The way speakers expressed the covid19 impact on climate change research esp. clarifying impact of research works.

Isirabahenda Gonzague, Babes-Bolyai University
 

I am impressed by the way the topic was discussed, the webinar was well organized and i can say it was a middle ground for different aspects of the topic.

Nakouri Salma
 

Yes indeed, I loved our the speakers presented and provided key information. It was quite an interesting and informative interaction.

Charles Chilumba, Project lead at Youth Focus Innovation and Technology
 

The topic of discussion is very relevant especially in this age where we are fighting climate change. The panel touched into very important points such as the inequality in publishing open access which does not favor the less developed countries and also that waivers cannot really create that equality.

Tumeletso Lekgoba, Technician - Chemical Engineering

Frequently Asked Questions

International Open Access Week is a global, community-driven, week-long event to encourage accessibility to research. Organizations, institutions, and individuals around the world come together to discuss the pre-decided theme of the year, typically borne of current dialogs around open access. This year’s theme is Community over Commercialisation.
It's simple! Just sign up to join us for the International Open Access Week 2023 event (October 23-29) using this form. With a single sign-up, you will:
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International Open Access Week is organized since 2008 by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), which is a non-profit advocacy organization, in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. The official hashtag of Open Access Week is #OAweek.

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