The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, will be holding two events to celebrate Open Access Week 2013:

1. PRESENTATION (23 OCTOBER 2013)

TOPIC:   RAISING YOUR SCHOLARLY PROFILE: THE BENEFITS OF OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING

DATE :    23 OCTOBER 2013

TIME :    11.00 TO 12.00

VENUE:   WITS MEDICAL SCHOOL, LT 2, LEVEL 5, PARKTOWN CAMPUS JOHANNESBURG.

RSVP:  Please confirm whether you will be attending this important event via email to Denise.Nicholson@wits.ac.za or ring her on 011-717-1929 before 21 OCTOBER 2013.

SPEAKER:  Ms Johanna Kuhn (BA Marketing) is the Senior Sales Executive at BioMed Central. She has been working with Open Access at BioMed Central since 2008. She informs librarians and academics in Germany and other parts of Europe, and many African countries,  about BioMed Central’s initiatives, advocates Open Access and provides support to organisations that would like to work with Open Access institutionally.  She is promoting Open Access scholarly publishing and will share her knowledge and expertise at this event on our Health Sciences campus in Parktown.  She will be accompanied with her Manager, Ms Natalia Timiraos.

2.  OA SEMINAR AT WITS MAIN EAST CAMPUS, BRAAMFONTEIN, JOHANNESBURG - 13 NOVEMBER 2013 (4 SPEAKERS) - DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.