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New Delhi, India – November 20-21, 2023

Open Science is a movement to make scientific research available to all – making it more useful, transparent and greatly increasing the impact of research. Open Science contributes to advancing many of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals and in November 2021, UNESCO members unanimously adopted a Recommendation on Open Science which provides a framework for advancing open science at the national level and has been instrumental in helping to progress open science policies and infrastructures around the world.

Bi-annually, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and a local Asian host organize a meeting to support information sharing and collaboration on open access and open science across Asian countries. This is part of the Asia OA Community of Practice that is hosted by COAR.

This year, the meeting is being jointly organized by COAR and the All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society College of Engineering (AISSMS), in conjunction with UNESCO. This will be an in-person meeting and take place at UNESCO offices in New Delhi.

Organising Committee

Dr Vrushali Sainath Dandawate, AISSMS, India
Su Nee Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Masashi Kawai, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Iryna Kuchma, eifl
Kathleen Shearer, COAR
Kazu Yamaji, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Registration

Registration will be open from September 18 – October 31, 2023

Spaces are limited!

Registration fees are ₹2,500 Rupees for Indian participants, €30 EUR for participants coming from outside of India.

Indian participants register here

Foreign participants can register here

Programme overview (the full programme will be available shortly)

November 20, 2023	November 21, 2023
Welcome by UNESCO, AISSMS, COAR	Current repository landscape in India: case studies
Keynote: Open Science and the Sustainable Development Goals	Strengthening the global repository network: why and how?
Researcher Panel: The value and promise of open science for research	COAR Community Framework for Good Practices in Repositories
Lunch	Lunch
Open science models from G20 countries	Interlinking and discovery of Indian research in repositories
Panel: The role of institutions in advancing open science	Next steps and community building – audience discussion
	Closing remarks

Speakers

Join this meeting with government and university policy makers, researchers, research managers, and librarians to discuss how institutions and repositories can foster open science through repository best practices to advance United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Indian Visa

Many nationalities need a visa to enter into India. To apply for a visa, you will need a letter of invitation and the official government approval letter for the conference to apply for your visa. If you need to apply for a visa, please fill in the registration form and indicate you need a visa and the local organizers will send you the documents.