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3rd UN Open Science Conference Programme

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

9.00¨C9.20 a.m.  Welcome and opening remarks

• His Excellency, Mr. Csaba K?r?si, President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Ms. Melissa Fleming, UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Department of Global Communications
• Ms. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

9.20¨C10.20 a.m.  Opening keynote

• Dr. Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Moderator: Dr. Ana Persic, Programme Specialist, UNESCO

10.45¨C11.45 a.m.  Panel: Strengthening the science-policy-society interface (policy-making)

• , Program Scientist Transform to Open Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Presentation: 2023 NASA's Year of Open Science
• , Executive Director for Strategy, Planning and Partnerships, National Research Foundation, South Africa
• , Biochemist, Former Director, Indian Institute of Science
• Moderator: , Research Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada 

12.15¨C1.15 p.m.  Panel: Strengthening the science-policy-society interface (Open Data)

• , President, CODATA. Presentation: Open Science = FAIR science
• , Associate Professor of Water Innovation Studies, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education. Presentation: Data and knowledge co-creation and sharing: a Citizen Science perspective
• , Managing Director, Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN). Presentation: ASREN
• Moderator: , Acting Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health

1.15¨C1.30 p.m.  Closing remarks

Thursday, 9 February 2023

9.00¨C9.15 a.m.  Opening remarks

9.15¨C10.20 a.m.  Keynote

• , Executive Director, Redalyc (Network of Scholarly Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal). Presentation: The unique opportunity to advance Science as a Global Public Good: Open Science in a world of contrasts
• Moderator: , Head, Scholarly Communications & Collections Strategy (SCCS), MIT Libraries

10.45¨C11.45 a.m.  Panel: Reforming scientific publishing

• , Director, Karisma Foundation. Presentation: Why should we reform scientific publishing?
• , CEO, Africa Journals OnLine. Presentation: Reforming scientific publishing - Sound models for this already exist
• , Executive Director, Training Centre in Communication, University of Nairobi. Presentation: Open Science African Perspectives Through Strategic Partnerships & Its Impact on Democratizing Knowledge
• Moderator: , International Library Consultant, Chair, American Library Association - United Nations SDGs Subcommittee

12.15¨C1.15 p.m.  Panel: Equity in open scholarship

• , Professor of Native American Studies and Language, Literacy and Sociocultural Studies, University of New Mexico
• , Researcher & Project Manager, , Group Leader and Senior Researcher, TU Graz and Know-Center GmbH. Presentation: Cumulative advantage in open environments: risks and solutions
• , Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Science, Technology and Society, Drexel University. Presentation: Towards Better Science: The Case for Open Science Hardware
• Moderator: , Assistant Director, Open Climate, Creative Commons

1.15¨C1:30 p.m.  Closing remarks

Friday, 10 February 2023

9.00¨C9.05 a.m.  Opening remarks

9.05¨C9.15 a.m.  Virtual Address

• , President, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network

9.15¨C10.20 a.m.  Keynote

• , CEO, PLOS. Presentation: Scientific Publishing: A Pathway to Radical Change
• Moderator: Ms. Astra Bonini, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

10.45¨C11.45 a.m.  Panel: Reforming scientific publishing

• , Independent Consultant. Presentation: Scholarly publishing is broken. How do we fix it?
• , Professor, University of Illinois, Representative of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
• , Professor Emeritus of Intellectual Property Law, University of Amsterdam, European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA). Presentation: ALLEA statement on open access publication under ¡°Big Deals¡± and the new copyright rules ¨C December 2022
• Moderator: , Executive Director, Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA)

12.00¨C1.15 p.m.  Panel: Reforming scientific publishing (Global Science Commons for the SDGs)

• , Executive Director, Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR). Presentation: Scientific Research is an enormous driver of human wellbeing
• , Director, African Open Science Platform (AOSP). Presentation: Towards a continental Open Science Vision [Open Science Diplomacy and Cyberinfrastructure]
• , Senior Director, Head of the Centre for Science Futures, International Science Council (ISC)
• Moderator: , Executive Director, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

1.15¨C1.25 p.m.  Virtual address

• , President, Heinrich B?ll Foundation, and Co-Chair of the Independent Group of Scientists drafting the 

1.25¨C1.30 p.m.  Closing remarks

• Mr. Maher Nasser, Director, Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications, United Nations
• Mr. Thanos Giannakopoulos, Chief Librarian, UN Dag Hammarskj?ld Library