International conference will be held on Friday, the 28^th of October. The main topics of the conference are will be: the experience of different organizations and countries in implementing Open Access principles; Open Access regulations; Open Access in Estonia. The conference will culminate with a panel discussion. The conference will be held in Estonian and English; simultaneous interpretation is available into both languages. The conference is sponsored by the Research and Innovation Policy Monitoring Programme.

28^th of October

University of Tartu Library conference hall

10.30-11.00 Coffee

Moderator Merit Burenkov, University of Tartu Library

11.00 Opening words. Malle Ermel, University of Tartu Library Acting Director

Session 1: Open Access regulations and business models – the international experience

11.05 Gaining Momentum for Open Access. Bas Savinije, SPARC Europe (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)

11.25  Open access policies in EIFL partner countries: Best practices and lessons learnt. Iryna Kuchma. EIFL-OA project manager (The Electronic Information for Libraries)

11.45 Open Access in a national context - the Swedish experience. Jan Hagerlid, Senior Executive officer of the National Library of Sweden

12.05 ENCES and copyright regulations on OA on the European level. Karin Ludewig, ENCES (European Network for Copyright in support of Education)

12.30-13.00 Coffee break

 Session 2: Open Access in Estonia

13.00 Open Access in Estonian politics of research. Estonian Ministry of Education and Research.

13.20 Research and Innovation Policy Monitoring Programme. Urmas Varblane, University of Tartu professor

13.40 Copyright law as the tool for promoting knowledge about Open Access. Aleksei Kelli, University of Tartu associate professor

13.55 Financing the publishing of the UT textbooks and journals under the name of the university – implementing Open Access principles. Martin Hallik, University of Tartu Vice Rector for Academic Affairs

14.10 Studia Humaniora Tartuensia: an Estonian example of open access journal. University of Tartu research fellow