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Open Science, Open Data, and Open Scholarship In-Person
UP Open Access Colloquium 2021, "It Matters How We Open Knowledge: Building Structural Equity”, 26 October 2021
The Department of Library Services will host Professor G.J.M. Meijer, the Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany (since 2002), and Dr. Sepo Hachigonta, a Director in the Strategic Partnerships Unit at the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa.
Participating in UP’s 2021 Open Access Symposium will be as simple or involved as you like. It will be a chance to learn the full rein of Open Science from a regional and global perspective from the experts, hear about their Open Science perspectives on leading initiatives, and an invaluable chance to connect the global momentum toward open sharing with the advancement of policy changes on the local level.
- Date:
- Tuesday 26 October 2021
- Time:
- 10:30 - 12:30
- Time Zone:
- Central Africa Time (change)
- Campus:
- This is an online event
- Audience:
- DLS Staff Doctoral Information Specialists Masters Post-Doctoral Professional Staff Researchers Students
Date: Tuesday 26 October 2021 from 10:30-12:30
View the programme here
Join and participate by completing the registration form
Speakers:
G.J.M. Meijer: Director and Scientific Member, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany
Michael Pepper: Director, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Director, SAMRC Extramural
Unit for Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Professor, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria (UP)
Sepo Hachigonta: Director, Strategic Partnerships Unit, National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa
Moderator:
Lazarus Matizirofa: Deputy Director, Scholarly Communication, Digital Services and Systems, DLS, University of Pretoria
Target audience: All
Inquiries: veliswa.tshetsha@up.ac.za