Open Access to Science Publications--Policy Perspective, Opportunities and Challenges
One-day conference on Open Access
Open Access to scientific literature means the removal of barriers, including price and legal barriers, from accessing scholarly work. With the advent of the internet, widespread and easy access to scientific information is facilitating research and innovation, crucial in today‘s knowledge based society. Open Access is not only changing the nature of scholarly communication but even that of scientific work.
To take stock of the current developments as regards Open Access and to highlight some of the issues that would need to be addressed to enable a wider access to scientific information, the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) is organizing a Conference on 'Open Access to Science Publications: Policy Perspective, Opportunities and Challenges' on 24 March 2009 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
The conference will cover the emerging global trends in Open Access and focus on what needs to be done in India. This event would be of interest to scientists, social scientists, policy makers, funding agencies, heads and senior managers of academic and research institutions, editors of research journals, etc.
The Conference will have sessions focused on:
- Open source and changing research
- Research Impact through Open Access
- Open Access around the World
- The Economics of Open Access
Date and Time
24 March 2009; 9.00 am - 5.30 pm
Venue
India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
Speakers
Speakers at the event include:
- Leslie Chan, University of Toronto and Bioline International http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~chan/
- John Willinsky, Stanford University and Public Knowledge Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willinsky
- Samir K Brahmachari, CSIR http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/aboutcsir/leaders/DG/igib/bio1.pdf
- Subbiah Arunachalam, Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore http://cis-india.org/about-us/people/distinguished-fellows
Please see the programme below for names of the other speakers.
Contact
Dr Naresh Kumar
Head, R&D Planning Division
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
2 Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 110 001
Fax: (+91) 11 23710340, 23713011
Phone: (+91) 11 23710453, 23713011
Email: [email protected]Programme
| 0900 – 1000 | Registration |
| 1000 - 1100 | Inaugural Session |
| 1000 – 1005 | Lighting of Lamp |
| 1005 - 1010 | Welcome: Naresh Kumar |
| 1010 - 1025 | Inaugural address: Open Source
& changing research
Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari, DG,CSIR and Secretary DSIR |
| 1025 - 1100 | Keynote address 1: Global
and Local Support for Making Research and Scholarship Publicly Available:
Prof. John Willinsky, Stanford University, USA |
| 1100 - 1130 | Tea |
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| 1130 - 1300 | Plenary Session I : |
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Chair: Prof. Surendra Prasad |
| 1130 - 1205 | Keynote address 2: From
Institutional Repositories to a Global Knowledge Commons:
Prof. Leslie Chan, University of Toronto, Canada |
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Presentations: |
| 1205 - 1225 | Eight facts and myths about
open access journals: An experience of eight years and eighty journals:
Dr. D. K. Sahu, Medknow Publications |
| 1225 - 1240 | Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Director, National Institute Technology-Rourkela : |
| 1240 - 1300 | Chair & Q&A |
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| 1300 – 1400 | Lunch |
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| 1400 – 1530 | Plenary Session II : |
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Chair: Dr. Gangan Prathap |
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Presentations: |
| 1400 - 1420 | Prof. V. N. Rajasekaran Pillai, VC , IGNOU |
| 1420 - 1440 | Prof. Mangala Sunder Krishnan, (NPTEL), IITM |
| 1440 - 1500 | S. Arunachalam: |
| 1500 - 1530 | Chair & Q&A |
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| 1530 – 1600 | Tea |
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| 1600 - 1700 | Panel Discussion on “Open Access to Science and Scholarship” |
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Moderator: Prof. Leslie Chan |
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Prof. John Willinsky |
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Prof. K L Chopra |
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Prof. A S Kolaskar |
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Dr. RR Hirwani |
| 1700 – 1730 | Valedictory : Dr. Naresh Kumar / Dr. R. R. Hirwani |
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