[Advisory] Draft program for the Berlin 13 Open Access Conference on 21/22 March 2017

[Vanessa Proudman]

Dear Ralf, 

SPARC Europe very much looks forward to supporting you on the Advisory Board
for Berlin 13. 

The programme looks very sound. I will look at it more closely and provide
you with my final comments shortly.

Best regards, Vanessa

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Vanessa Proudman
Director, SPARC Europe


From:  Advisory <advisory-bounces at oa2020.org> on behalf of "Dr. Ralf
Schimmer" <schimmer at mpdl.mpg.de>
Date:  Friday, 25 November 2016 at 18:46
To:  "advisory at oa2020.org" <advisory at oa2020.org>
Subject:  [Advisory] Draft program for the Berlin 13 Open Access Conference
on 21/22 March 2017

Dear members of the B13 Advisory Board,
 
first of all, we would like to thank everyone of you for your willingness to
become a member of the Advisory Board of the Berlin 13 Open Access
Conference. We are convinced that with your support the program of Berlin 13
will fulfill everybody’s expectations and the conference will turn out to be
an informative and constructive exchange.
 
Attached to this email, please find a text description of B13 plus a draft
program. At this point in time, we would like to discuss with you only the
description, the structure and perhaps the time allocation of the
conference. As we would like to put this up on the conference homepage, we
would like to receive your feedback by December 7.
 
We do already have some speakers in mind; but, generally, we would like to
discuss speakers, moderators and additional details as a next step. For
this, we will again provide a basis for discussion.
 
As this advisory board is composed of people from a maximum variation of
time zones we will try to avoid virtual meetings as much as we can. Ideally,
we want to base our discussion on emails via this listserv plus perhaps a
few individual or small group phone calls. All in all, we don’t want to take
too much of your time but still try to be inclusive and efficient. In any
case, your ideas and suggestions are welcome at any time.
 
For your first review it may be helpful to have some additional background
information:
 
In the context of Berlin 12 the idea was discussed to build up a network of
national contact points for OA2020, similar to the NCP network of SCOAP³.
Hereby an inspired network capable of acting shall emerge to coordinate,
push and promote the necessary next steps for a successful transformation to
Gold Open Access in the countries concerned. The cooperation in the NCP
network shall support the regular exchange of experience and shall channel
and facilitate mutual assistance.
 
On this basis, our wish for Berlin 13 is the further strengthening of such a
network integrating interested colleagues from as many countries as
possible. We are aware that in most of the countries further steps are to be
taken to obtain a somewhat ‘official’ mandate as NCP by the national science
system. Especially for this reason we consider a close cooperation among the
proponents and supporters of our emerging NCP network to be helpful and
necessary.
 
Berlin 13 offers a good opportunity for those who are interested in
supporting OA2020 and volunteering as NCPs to get to know each other better
and to improve the trust-based relationship. In order to give this the room
it requires, we propose the first day of the conference to be restricted to
the intended audience and to conclude the day with a joint dinner (plus
perhaps a small social activity).
 
The second day, on the other hand, will be organized as an open forum for
everyone who is interested in OA2020, including e.g. non-science
organizations, political representatives and publishers. The program for
this day will begin with a status report on OA2020. Then various concepts of
transformation will be presented and discussed, statements of
representatives from several countries and organizations shall round up the
program.
 
At the end of day two, we plan to have a closed wrap-up session for one hour
with a small working party of NCPs, which we hope to establish on day one.
This working party could be the starting point of a broader governance
structure that could emerge over time.
 
 
Again, we are grateful for your support in preparing Berlin 13, and we look
forward to your feedback on our program ideas.
 
With best regards,
Ralf Schimmer
 
P.S.: I also re-circulate the member list of this Advisory Board – with Falk
Reckling and Georg Botz as additional entries.
 
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