[open-science] OpenCon 2015 details announced!

[Joseph Mcarthur]

Hi all,

We’ve just announced the details on OpenCon 2015, the follow up to the
successful first OpenCon meeting held last year in Washington, DC.  Please
see below for more details, including how to apply and sponsorship
opportunities.

Thanks!

Today 11 organizations announced OpenCon 2015: Empowering the Next
Generation to Advance Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. Slated for
November 14-16 in Brussels, Belgium, the event will bring together students
and early career academic professionals from across the world to learn
about the issues, develop critical skills, and return home ready to
catalyze action toward a more open system for sharing the world’s
information. The full announcement is available at
http://opencon2015.org/blog/opencon-2015-details-announced.

OpenCon seeks to convene student and early career academic
professionals—regardless of their ability to pay for travel costs. The
majority of participants will receive full travel scholarships. Because of
this, attendance is by application only. Applications will open on June 1,
2015.

To receive the latest OpenCon news, including a notification when
applications open, sign up for updates here
<http://www.opencon2015.org/updates>.



OpenCon 2015’s three day program will begin with two days of
conference-style keynotes, panels, and interactive workshops, drawing both
on the expertise of leaders in the Open Access, Open Education and Open
Data movements and the experience of participants who have already led
successful projects. The third day will take advantage of the location in
Brussels by providing advocacy training followed by the opportunity for
in-person meetings with policymakers. Participants will leave with a deeper
understanding of the conference’s three issue areas, stronger skills in
organizing local and national projects, and connections with policymakers
and prominent leaders.

Speakers at OpenCon 2014 included the Deputy Assistant to the President of
the United States for Legislative Affairs and the Associate Director for
Data Science of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. OpenCon 2015 will
again feature leading experts. Patrick Brown and Michael Eisen, two of the
co-founders of PLOS, are confirmed for a joint keynote at the 2015 meeting.



A call for partners to host satellite events is also now open and available
at http://www.opencon2015.org/satellite. OpenCon satellite events are
independently hosted meetings anywhere in the world that mix content from
the main conference with live presenters to localize the discussion and
bring the energy of an in-person OpenCon event to a larger audience. In
2014, satellite events reached hundreds of students and early career
academic professionals in nine countries across five continents and it’s
hoped this year satellites will allow enable everyone who applies to attend
an event.

To support the meeting, a variety of sponsorship opportunities are
available and will be critical to ensuring that dedicated students and
early career academic professionals across the globe are able to attend.
For more information, see http://www.opencon2015.org/sponsor.

Applications for OpenCon 2015 will open on June 1st. For more information
about the conference and to sign up for updates, visit
www.opencon2015.org/updates.

We hope you’ll consider applying to attend OpenCon this Fall in Brussels or
to host a satellite event in your area.  You can also join in OpenCon
activities year round through the discussion list, monthly calls, and
webcast series of the OpenCon community: http://opencon2015.org/community.

Nick Shockey and Joseph McArthur

Right to Research Coalition

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Joseph McArthur
Assistant Director: Right to Research Coalition <http://righttoresearch.org>

Co-Lead/Founder: Open Access Button <http://openaccessbutton.org>
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