Challenges of open science - Celsius research group- DCU
Challenges of open science
The Celsius research group are pleased to announce their annual Science//Society seminar will take place on 30th and 31st January 2014 in the 1838 Club, DCU. The symposium will explore issues surrounding open access to data and research, open source of design, open peer review and open data.
The symposium opens with a public keynote lecture from Dr Alma Swan, director of Key Perspectives Ltd, and Director of Advocacy Programmes for SPARC Europe and Convenor for Enabling Open Scholarship, the organisation of universities promoting the principles of open scholarship in the academic community. Her work covers market research and business modelling, project management and evaluation, research communication practices and behaviours, and the study and promotion of new forms of scholarly communication in the age of the web.
On the second day of the conference, Celsius will host sessions on 'Open laboratories and citizen science' and ''Towards an open research university'
To register for the seminar, please contact padraig.murphy@dcu.ie
THURSDAY, 30 JANUARY, 6.00-7.30PM
Who’s afraid of open access?
Alma Swan, Convenor of Enabling Open Scholarship, an international network of universities committed to open scholarship; Director of Advocacy, SPARC Europe (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), an alliance of academic libraries promoting more open scholarly communication.
Patricia Clarke, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Research Board; Co-chair, National Steering Committee on Open Access
Alessandro Delfanti, Research fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Author, Biohackers – the politics of open science (Pluto Press 2013)
Chair: Brian Trench, Celsius group, Dublin City University
FRIDAY, 31 JANUARY, 10-11.45AM
Open laboratories and citizen science
David Slawson, newly appointed Director of OPAL (Open Air Laboratories), former Head of Plant Health Public Engagement, Food and Environment Research Agency, UK)
Panel of open science/citizen science practitioners:
David McKeown (UCD, Science Hack Day)
Karin Dubsky (Coastwatch Europe)
Cathal Garvey (Cork, DIYBio)
Lynn Scarff (Science Gallery)
Chair: Padraig Murphy, Celsius group, Dublin City University
FRIDAY, 31 JANUARY, 12.00-12.45PM
Towards an open research university
Rick Holliman, Champion for Public Engagement with Research, Open University, UK
Chair: Padraig Murphy, Celsius group, Dublin City University