This exciting international conference is a must-attend event for researchers, academics, educators and anyone with interests and expertise in open access that recognises the need to remain current in this highly progressive field. Attendees will benefit from encountering new ideas, forming research networks and taking part in stimulating discussion that aims to inspire and inform.
In the last ten years the way knowledge is created and disseminated has undergone significant change. The capacity of ICT and the rise of a rich text, highly interactive, user generated and socially active Internet (Web 2.0) have seen linear models of knowledge production replaced by more diffuse open ended and serendipitous knowledge processes.
As a result there has been a worldwide move towards establishing frameworks which can optimise access to research as well as the reuse of research, especially that which is publicly funded. This has been supported by the development of open access repositories, new publishing tools, new publishing models and a more strategic management of copyright at the individual and institutional level.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
Day 1. Wednesday 24 September |
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| 8:00 – 8:45am | Conference Registration |
| 8.45 – 9.00 | Opening Address
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| 9.00 – 10:30 | Session 1 : The Future of Knowledge
Commentators: Dr Terry Cutler and Prof Mary O’Kane |
| 10:30 – 11:00pm | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 2 : Open Access : The Next Five Years
Commentators: Prof Tom Cochrane (DVC TILS, QUT) and Derek Whitehead (Swinburne University) |
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 3.00 | Session 3 : Collaborative Innovation: Data Access and Re-Use
Commentators: Anne Fitzgerald (OAK Law) and Dr Peter Crossman (Qld Treasury) |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm | Coffee break |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Session 4 : Computation Technology and the Power of Open Access
Commentators: Prof Paul Roe (QUT) and Prof Bernard Pailthorpe (UQ) |
| 7:00pm | Conference Dinner: River Room, Stamford Plaza |
Day 2. Thursday 25 September |
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| 9:00 – 10:30 | Session 5 : Open Access and Research Quality
Commentators – Paula Callan (QUT) and Survey (OAK Law Project) Scott Kiel-Chisholm (QUT) and Arthur Sale (University of Tasmania) |
| 10:30 – 11:00am | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session 6 : A Legal Framework Supporting Open Access
Commentators: Prof Susy Frankel (Victoria University, NZ) and Ben Searle (Office of Spatial Data Management, Federal Government) |
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 3:00 | Session 7 : Sharing Data Infrastructure
Commentator: Cathrine Harboe-Ree (Monash University) |
| 3:00 – 3:30pm | Coffee break |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Session 8 : Transitioning to Open Access : The Role of Funders and the Role of Institutions
Concluding Comments: Prof Tom Cochrane (DVC TILS, QUT) |
Day 3. Friday 26 September - Optional Workshops |
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| 9:30 – 12:00 | OA: Making it Happen Cultural Change |
| 9:30 – 12:00 | Managing the Legal Issues Practical steps for handling copyright, IP and other legal issues |
| 9:30 – 12:00 | Research, Access and Innovation: Workshopping the Future of Scholarly Communication and PublishingLed by Colin Steele, Adj Prof Roger Clarke and Prof John Houghton |