What the live panel discussion is about

For a while now, the scholarly publishing community has been talking about Open Science and you may have heard about how the “open” concept helps nurture scientific development. But what does Open Science really mean and how is it relevant to you as an author? Also, what are some of the most important discussions around Open Science that you need to be aware of? What can you, as an author, do to make science more “open”? To seek answers to these questions and to learn why developments in Open Science matter to you, join our panel discussion on October 25, 2018, at 10 am EDT.

Register for the panel discussion organized by Editage with knowledge partners Kudos, FOSTER, and EIFL to explore various aspects of Open Access—mandates, accessibility, platforms, and new formats.

Date and Time: October 25, 2018, 10 AM EDT

Panelists:

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager

Iryna Kuchma is the Open Access Programme Manager for EIFL. She coordinates training activities in the two pan-European projects - OpenAIRE (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) and FOSTER (Fostering the practical implementation of Open Science in Horizon 2020 and beyond). Iryna is also a member of Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Advisory Board, DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) and the NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) Board of Directors. In 2013, Iryna received the Electronic Publishing Trust (EPT) for Development Annual Award, in recognition of her ‘efforts in the furtherance of open access to scholarly publications in the developing and emerging countries’.

Description of Iryna’s session:

Iryna will provide an overview of the recent open science developments in Europe and present free online FOSTER training courses that put open science into the practice of researchers in life sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Helene Brinken, University of Göttingen, FOSTER project officer

With a background in information science, Helene Brinken is project officer at the University of Göttingen in Germany. She works for two EU-funded projects, FOSTER (Fostering the practical implementation of Open Science in H2020 and beyond) and FIT4RRI (Fostering improved training tools for responsible research and innovation). In both projects, she is responsible for outreach and dissemination activities. Also, she is creating new training materials and coordinates its production, e.g. the Open Science Training Handbook.

Description of Helene’s session:

Helene will introduce you to the Open Science Training Handbook, which is a guide on how to spread the word about Open Science, and was created in the frame of FOSTER Plus to support Open Science advocates around the globe.

Satyajit Rout, Head, Research Communication Services, Editage