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Conference "Open Access in Action"

Organized in cooperation with ZHAW, the conference “Open Access in Action” took place on October 19, 2020. Due to the challenging situation regarding Covid-19, it was conducted entirely on-line and it was attended by around 200 participants.
Under the title “Open Access in Action”, the conference explored different thematic areas of Implementation of Open Access thus providing an opportunity for the steadily growing Open Access and Open Science community in Switzerland to discuss them.
All the presentations given at this event are now available for you to download below. We are currently working on video recordings of the presentations and will upload them here as soon as possible.
Presentations & Videos
Keynote: Today’s Open Access challenges Vanessa Proudman, Director of SPARC Europe | |
Results and lessons learned from the implementation of the action plan | Presentation |
Project highlights | |
- SONAR, Miguel Moreira, Director at RERO | Presentation |
- SwissCoss, Nicolas Sartori, Head of Acquisitions & Collection Development at University Library Basel | Presentation |
- NIE-INE, Roberta Padlina, Project planning, software development | Presentation |
Digital Lunchbreak-out sessions | |
- «The unforgettable role of academic publishers in scholarship certification (DH)» (Claire Clivaz) | Presentation |
- «Open Access run by and for professional scientists – Experiences with SciPost» (Jean-Sébastien Caux) | Presentation |
- «Do-it-yourself OA - intercomverlag in Zurich» oder «Open Access selber machen - Erfahrungen aus dem intercom Verlag» (Tina Asmussen, Nils Güttler, Niki Rhyner) | Presentation |
Announcement of the Open Access call for projects Patrick Furrer, Programme coordinator, swissuniversities | Presentation |
Keynote: The future role of libraries in Open Access | Presentation |
Details of the conference
About this Event
The conference will explore different thematic areas of Implementation of Open Access thus providing an opportunity for the steadily growing Open Access and Open Science community in Switzerland to discuss them.
Agenda*
Hosts:
Micaela Crespo Quesada, Responsable Open Access, University of Lausanne
André Hoffmann, ZORA / Langzeitarchivierung / OpenAIRE2020 / HOPE, University of Zurich
10:00-10:10 | Welcome and Introduction |
10:10-10:50 | Keynote: Today’s Open Access challenges Vanessa Proudman, Director of SPARC Europe |
10:50-11:30 | Results and lessons learned from the implementation of the action plan |
11:30-12:10 | Project highlights - SONAR, Miguel Moreira, Director at RERO - SwissCoss, Nicolas Sartori, Head of Acquisitions & Collection Development at University Library Basel - NIE-INE, Roberta Padlina, Project planning, software development |
12:10-13:30 | Lunch break (at your free disposal) or Digital Lunch (12:30-13:00) with break-out sessions in separate virtual rooms:
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13:30-14:15 | Announcement of the Open Access call for projects Patrick Furrer, Programme coordinator, swissuniversities |
14:15-15:00 | Keynote: The future role of libraries in Open Access Jeannette Frey, Director BCU Lausanne and President of Liber |
15:00-15:15 | Break |
15:15-16:15 | Panel discussion: Challenges to come - Research assesment, alternative forms of publications, rewards, incentives With
Host: Daniel Wyler, Representative of swissuniversities at the EUA Expert Group on Science 2.0/Open Science |
16:15-16:30 | Closing remarks and end of the conference Patrick Furrer, Programme coordinator, swissuniversities |
*Changes reserved
Participants
The conference will be of interest to institutional leaders, academic staff, researchers, students and policy makers interested in possibilities, conditions and perspectives of scientific publishing. This includes employees of libraries and other scientific infrastructure facilities as well as scientists and members of the scientific administration and other interested individuals.
General information
The conference is organized by swissuniversities and in cooperation with the ZHAW. It will be held in English and the participation is free of charge. The link to the event will be sent to all registered participants by e-mail a few days before the event. If you have any questions about the event, please e-mail us at open-access@swissuniversities.ch.
Webinar Video Disclaimer
Please note that this event will be recorded. The recordings will be used by swissuniversities for publicity in our publications, on our website and in social media or in any third party publication. By joining this webinar session, you automatically consent to such recordings.
Organisational committee
Elena Šimukovič, ZHAW
Patrick Furrer, swissuniversities
Anisa Graf, swissuniversities
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