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From: Colin Steele <Colin.Steele--anu.edu.au>
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The National Scholarly Communication Forum for 2007, supported by the
Department of Education, Science and Training, will be held at the Shine
Dome, Australian Academy of Science on July 16 2007. Details of the
Forum "Improving Access to Australian Publicly Funded Research -
Advancing Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy" are available at:
http://www.humanities.org.au/Events/NSCF/NSCF2007/NSCF2007.htm.
This Forum, as with the 2004 and 2005 Forums, focuses on high level
policy discussions and limits attendance in order to facilitate that
aim, and to allow for interactive discussion periods. There will be no
registration fee, but those wishing to attend should register their
interest as soon as possible with the Convenor of the NSCF Forum, Colin
Steele, Emeritus Fellow, ANU by emailing: colin.steele_at_anu.edu.au or
calling (02) 6125 8983.
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"Improving Access to Australian Publicly Funded Research - Advancing
Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy"
The 2007 Forum seeks to review and consolidate access to Australian
publicly funded research and thereby maximise the economic and social
returns on public investment. The NSCF will bring together appropriate
policy makers and researchers in Canberra to:
* Review existing and potential government and university
mechanisms for managing (accessing, coordinating and disseminating)
publicly funded research in the digitally networked information
environment.
* Identify issues to enable improved access to publicly funded
data and information through appropriate strategic frameworks.
* Identify and analyse institutional, economic, policy and legal
issues in relation to public access to and use of publicly funded
information.
* Examine and develop innovation strategies and structures to
increase benefits from public sector research.
Speakers
The 2007 NSCF keynote speaker is Paul F. Uhlir, Director of
International Scientific and Technical (S&T) Information Programs at The
National Academies in Washington, D.C, and Director U.S. National
Committee for CODATA. Uhlir's current area of research is on S&T data
management and policy, and on the relationship of intellectual property
law in digital data and information to R&D policy. An excellent
introduction to the Global Information Commons for Science initiative
can be found at
http://www.codata.org/wsis/GICSI-prospectus.html.
Professor John M. Unsworth, Dean and Professor Graduate School of
Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign
is the other international speaker. He is the principal author and
editor of the recent major report ' Our Cultural Commonwealth'. The
Report of the American Council of Learned Societies'Commission on
Cyberinfrastructure for Humanities and Social Sciences-
(
http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/acls.ci.report.pdf)
Professor Warwick Anderson, CEO National Health and Medical Research
Council.
Dr Evan Arthur, Group Manager, Innovation and Research Systems,
Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST); Monika Binder,
Director Productivity Commission; Professor Brian Fitzgerald, Head Law
School, Queensland University of Technology; Professor John Houghton,
Professorial Fellow, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria
University; Dr Richard Jefferson, CEO Cambia; Dr Phil McFadden Chief
Scientist, GeoScience Australia; Dr Mike Sargent, Chair eResearch
Coordinating Committee and the National Collaborative Research
Infrastructure Committee
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Colin Steele
Emeritus Fellow
Copland Building 24
Room G037, Division of Information
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Australia
Tel +61 (0)2 612 58983
Email: colin.steele--anu.edu.au
University Librarian, Australian National University (1980-2002) and
Director Scholarly Information Strategies (2002-2003)
Received on Mon May 07 2007 - 13:50:44 BST