Berlin8 Open Access Conference First Announcement
April 20, 2010
Berlin 8 Open Access Conference (Berlin 8), jointly hosted by Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China, and Max Planck Society, Germany, will be held
in October 25-27, 2010, in Beijing, China.
In today¡¯s world, access to information is a critical factor for the
survival, development, and competition for institutions, communities, and
citizens. Open access to information becomes a major means to ensure the
widest distribution of information and public rights of access to
knowledge. As the newest one of the Berlin Open Access Conferences, Berlin
8 aims to share and explore the strategies, policies, implementation
approaches, supporting mechanisms, and international collaborative
efforts, for open access, by governmental and funding agencies, research
and educational institutions, scholarly communications agencies,
libraries, and open access researchers and practitioners, among others.
As the first Berlin Open Access Conference to be held outside the European
continent, Berlin 8 hopes to attract the newcomers of open access in
emerging and developing countries, as well as veterans of open access from
Europe, North America, and other countries.
1. Themes
The main theme of Berlin 8 is:
Berlin Declaration: Implementation Progress, Best Practices, and Future
Challenges.
The following sub-themes are suggested but not limited to:
Trends in international scholarly communications and open access
Strategies and policies of funding agencies
OA strategies, policies, and implementations at R&D institutions
Open Data, Open Educational Resources, and Open Science
Current Research on Open Access, including legal issues, economy, impact,
user participations, and others
Administrative and operational issues in implementing OA
Supporting mechanisms for sustainable OA
OA in developing countries and in the world
2. Registration
Berlin 8 welcomes all those interested in open access to participate. You
can register at Berlin 8 Conference website
http://www.berlin8.org.
Regular registration fee for international participants would be 300
euros, and the early-bird registration before August 20 is 240 euros. The
registration fee will cover the conference sessions and a free access to
post-conferences sessions, lunches for Oct. 25-27, the reception, and one
local cultural visit on Oct. 27,2010.
3. Presentations
Formal presentations on the themes and other closely related topics are
welcomed. We are inviting speakers from governmental and funding agencies,
research and educational institutions, scholarly communications agencies,
libraries, and open access researchers and practitioners. At the same
time, we welcome proposals for presentations from all interested.
Deadlines:
June 15: Proposals for presentations due.
July 15: Acceptance of presentations due.
August 15: Abstract of presentations due.
September 30: Full presentations (in full-text or in power-point
presentation) due.
The proposals can be sent to Berlin 8 Secretariat at the following
Berlin 8 Secretariat
Room 604
National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
33 Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian District, Beijing, 100190, China
Email: berlin8_at_mail.las.ac.cn.
Tel: 86-10-82626611-6604, 86-10-82626683
Fax: 86-10-82626600 (please indicate in the cover ¡°for B8 conference¡±)
4. Poster session
Posters will be invited to be displayed during the conference at the
conference venue. A special Call for Posters will be issued soon.
5. Organization of Berlin 8
Co-hosts:
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China,
Max Planck Society (MPS), Germany.
Local organizer:
National Science Library, CAS, Beijing, China
Venue:
National Science Library, CAS, Beijing, China
Honorary Chairs of the Organizing Committee:
Professor Lu Yongxiang, President, CAS
Professor Peter Gruss, President, MPS.
Chair of the Organizing Committee:
Professor Li Jinghai, Vice President of CAS
For more information about Berlin 8 Open Access Conference, please visit
Berlin 8 conference website:
http://www.berlin8.org.
6. Attached: Draft B8 Conference Program
Berlin 8 Open Access Conference
Draft Program 1.0 (April 20, 2010)
Berlin 8 Open Access Conference, co-hosted by Chinese Academy of Sciences,
China, and Max Planck Society, Germany, to be held at the National Science
Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Day One October 25, 2010, B8 Conference
09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony£ºWelcome speeches by the organizers and
others
09:30-10:30 Keynote Speeches
10:30-11:00 Tea Break
11:00-12:30 Session 1: National Open Access Strategies and Policies
(1)
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 2: National Open Access Strategies and Policies
(2)
15:30-16:00 Tea break
16:00-17:30 Session3:
Strategies and policies of funding agencies Session4:
OA strategies, policies, and implementations at
R&D institutions
18:00-20:00 Reception
Day Two October 26, 2010, B8 Conference
09:00-10:30 Session 5:
Open Repositories Session 6:
Open Access Publishing
10:30-11:00 Tea Break
11:00-12:30 Session7:
Open Data, Open Educational Resources, and Open Science Session8:
Open Access in Developing Countries and the World
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session9:
Legal and Economical Issues in OA Session10:
Supporting Mechanisms and Services for Sustainable OA
15:30-16:00 Tea break
16:00-17:00 Panel Discussion: Future Challenges for Open Access
17:00-17:30 Invitation to B9 in 2011
18:00-20:00 Dinner
Day Three October 27, 2010, Post-Conference Sessions
09:00-10:30 Case Study 1: Open Access Journal Operations
10:30-11:00 Tea Break
11:00-12:30 Case Study 2: Open Repository Tools and Operations
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Case Study 3: Open Access Policies by Publishers
15:30-16:00 Tea Break
16:00-17:30 Case Study 4: Open Research and Open Access
18:00-19:00 Dinner
Day Three October 27, 2010, Local Cultural Visits (Half day)
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