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

Fri Jan 24 18:51:12 UTC 2014

Hi Mike. Thanks for the alert. I'll let the OAD tech people know.

     Peter

On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:

> 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,
> >
> > The Open Access Directory (OAD) has long maintained an OA speakers
> bureau.
> > http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_speakers_bureau
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Peter Suber
> > bit.ly/petersuber
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >> Science and Open Access
> >>
> >>  | @MLBrook
> >>
> >> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> >>
> >> Empowering through Open Knowledge
> >>
> >> http://okfn.org/  |  @okfn  |  OKF on Facebook  |  Blog  |  Newsletter
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> open-science mailing list
> >> open-science at lists.okfn.org
> >> https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-science
> >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-science
> >>
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > open-access mailing list
> > open-access at lists.okfn.org
> > https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-access
> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/open-access
> >
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/open-access/attachments/20140124/9f72ef21/attachment-0002.html>