9.30-10.00       Registration.

 10.00- 10.05   Welcome

 10.05-10.35     The importance of open access operational research to the developing world

                         Dr. Gabriel Fitzpatrick, Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine

 10.35-10.55     Working collaboratively: the European Association of Palliative Care bereavement taskforce

 Orla Keegan Head of Head of Education, Research & Bereavement Irish Hospice Foundation

 10.55-11.15     Experiences of Open Access in the non-profit sector

 Zoe Hughes, Policy & Research Officer, Care Alliance Ireland

 11.15-11.30     DIT Libraries: developments in Open Access

Yvonne Desmond, DIT Faculty Librarian, Central Services Unit

 11.30 – 12.00  Collaborative research in pharmacy – a practitioner’s view

 Dr. Tamasine Grimes (TBC)

 12.00 – 12.15  Q & A Discussion

12.20 – 12.30  HSE Open Access Research Advisory Group & Lenus Working Group meet & greet