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SUMMARY:SPARC and the World Bank Co-Host Open Access Week 2012 Kickoff
  Webcast and Reception
DESCRIPTION:October 22, 2012 in Washington, DC and Online\n\nWashingt
 on, D.C. – September 24, 2012 - SPARC (The Scholarly Publishing and 
 Academic Resources Coalition) and the World Bank are pleased to announ
 ce the speakers for their co-sponsored kickoff event for Open Access W
 eek 2012. The event will take place Monday, October 22, 4pm - 5:30pm, 
 at the World Bank in Washington, DC.  The distinguished panel of speak
 ers is comprised of experts from the broad range of stakeholders in th
 e Open Access movement: researchers, students, policy makers, publishe
 rs and academics. The following speakers will discuss why Open Access 
 is an imperative to them, and to their work: • Michael Carroll, Prof
 essor of Law, American University and founding Board Member, Creative 
 Commons • Matt Cooper, President, The National Association of Gradua
 te-Professional Students • Maricel Kann, Assistant Professor, Univer
 sity of Maryland and member, PubMed Central National Advisory Committe
 e, NIH• Carlos Rossel, Publisher, The World Bank• Neil Thakur, Spe
 cial Assistant to the Deputy Director, Extramural Research, National I
 nstitutes of Health (NIH) The 90-minute panel will be moderated by Hea
 ther Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC, with ample time for questions 
 from audience members. Immediately following the question and answer s
 ession, SPARC will sponsor a reception for those attending and partici
 pating in the panel discussion. Registration is only required for in-p
 erson attendance and can be done by emailing Andrea Higginbotham at SP
 ARC by October 18. To view the webcast and participate in the live blo
 g, simply go to the World Bank’s Live portal.  Open Access Week is n
 ow in its sixth year, and offers an opportunity for the academic and r
 esearch community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of
  Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to 
 help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new 
 norm in scholarship and research. Last year’s Open Access Week featu
 red events in more than 130 countries. This year’s theme, “Set the
  Default to Open Access,” will continue to advance the global conver
 sation, and showcase the many steps taken all over the world towards O
 pen Access initiatives. For information about Open Access week events 
 and information please go to http://www.openaccessweek.org.\n\nFor mor
 e information visit http://legacy.openaccessweek.org/events/sparc--wor
 ld-bank-oa-week-2012-kickoff-webcast
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CATEGORIES:advocacy, open, access, webcast, blog
LOCATION:Online and Washington, DC
WEBSITE:http://live.worldbank.org/
URL:http://live.worldbank.org/
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:SPARC and the World Bank
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