[Open-access] [open-science] Looking for Open Access Speakers

Fri Jan 24 18:45:18 UTC 2014

Actually, registration is free and extremely difficult. I had to enter
three capchas before it would accept my biography.

On 24 January 2014 18:33, Peter Suber <peter.suber at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michelle,
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> The Open Access Directory (OAD) has long maintained an OA speakers bureau.
> http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_speakers_bureau
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> Some potential speakers might not know about it and therefore might not have
> signed up. But wouldn't it be better to enlarge OAD list than start a new
> one?
>
> OAD is a wiki. To prevent spam, contributions are limited to registered
> users, but registration is free and easy.
>
>      Peter
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> Peter Suber
> bit.ly/petersuber
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> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Michelle Brook <michelle.brook at okfn.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I'm creating a list of people who are happy to talk about Open Access at
>> events. This will act both as an internal resource for us (the Open
>> Knowledge Foundation receive a lot of requests for speakers) and an
>> external/online resource for people who are looking to put on events and
>> don't know who to approach.
>>
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation will be catalysing more events about Open
>> Access in the UK over the next few months, and hopefully we can do the same
>> around the world. Having a list of people we can approach to talk is a great
>> start to doing this!
>>
>> A short blog post and link to the form can be found here:
>> http://access.okfn.org/2014/01/24/looking-for-open-access-speakers/
>>
>> Please pass it on among your networks - and do sign up yourself. It
>> commits you to nothing right now :-)
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Michelle
>>
>> --
>>
>> Michelle Brook
>>
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