[open-science] Fwd: "Open Science Works!" Next Tuesday in European Parliament 9am to 11am: Text and Data mining, open access and open research

Thu Oct 10 11:15:44 UTC 2013

Thanks Jonathan!
If anyone can attend and wouldn't mind reporting back via the open science
blog, please get in touch :)

Jenny

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> FYI - just in case anyone will be in/around Brussels next week.
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> From: <david at davidhammerstein.org>
> Date: 9 October 2013 17:12
> Subject: "Open Science Works!" Next Tuesday in European Parliament 9am to
> 11am: Text and Data mining, open access and open research
> To:
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> Dear Friends,
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> We would like to invite you to the conference “Open Science Works!” in the
> European Parliament on October 15th from 9:00 to 11:00 (room PHS 5B001)
> under the auspices of MEP Marietje Schaake with the support of the
> TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD).
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> “Open”, “access” and “new innovation models” are becoming new buzz words
> in many quarters of academia, business and civil society. Nowhere is this
> discussion as vigorous as in the field of scientific and academic research.
> Intense debate and new proposals of legislation are increasingly present on
> these subjects in EU Institutions.
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> We shall consider “open access scientific publishing”, "text and data
> mining”, “open science” and “open education”. These all pose difficult
> questions concerning the protection of the public good, scientific
> responsibility and the adaptation of science to the digital age. Also at
> stake are promoting new business models, saving public money and, even,
> saving lives.
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> Programme
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> Introductory remarks by MEP Marietje Schaake
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> Christoph Bruch, Helmholz Stiftung, Berlin:  "Text and Data Mining: the
> way forward in the EU."
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> Alma Swan, SPARC, "The EU´s new Open Access Policy: making it happen."
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> Dr. Tim Hubbard, Human Genome researcher, "The importance and potential of
> Open Science".
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> The European Commission will be represented by DG Connect.
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> The discussion will be moderated by Mr. David Hammerstein, Senior
> advocate, TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue, Brussels.
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> We would kindly ask you to confirm your attendance to
> openscience.works at gmail.com by 11 October 2013.
> Should you require a badge to access the European Parliament, please do
> not forget to provide us with your full name, nationality, passport/ID
> number and date of birth.
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> Jonathan Gray
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