http://www.nitrc.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=3973 <p>For the past 10 years, the Open Access movement has been defending the principle of free accessibility to scientific literature for everyone.<br /> <br />Who are the Open Access players ?<br />What are the economic models and their stakes ?<br />Why publish in Open Access ?<br />How do institutions pay for Open Access publications ?<br /> <br />These questions will be addressed from various points of view (publishers, academic institutions, investors and authors) through lectures.<br /><br />Speakers will include:<br />Benoît Deveaud-Plédran, Dean of Research, EPFL<br />Dr Dagmar Meyer, Policy Adviser, European Research Council<br />Dr Xenia van Edig, Business Development, Copernicus<br />Dr Meloney Bartlett, Head of Journal Publishing, Royal Society of Chemistry<br />Catriona McCallum, Advocacy Project Manager, PLoS<br />Pierre Devaud (MSc) and Dr Alain Borel, Scientific Librarians, Bibliothèque de l'EPFL<br />Dr Kamila Markram, Co-founder and Chairman and CEO, Frontiers<br />Pr. Hilal Lashuel, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroproteomics, EPFL<br />Dr Daniel Höchli, Director of the Admistrative Offices, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)<br /><br />This event is intended for the scientific community, publishing and information professionals as well as everyone interested in the Open Access movement. It will be held in English.<br /><br />For the full programme please visit the EPFL Library's event page, at:<a class="external-link" href="http://library2.epfl.ch/conference_open_access/eng" target="_self" title=""> http://library2.epfl.ch/conference_open_access/eng</a><br /><br /> <br />Organizers: <br />EPFL Library Team, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.</p> en-us Copyright 2000-2026 NITRC OSI Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:51:07 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss NITRC RSS generator