2016 Sessions

Thursday, May 19, 2016
4:00 - 4:30
Registration (outside University Union rooms 333A and 333B)
4:30 - 5:30

Live-streaming OA at UC Press: Lessons Learned, and How the Landscape Has Already Changed (joint keynote with Library Publishing Forum)

Moderator/Organizer:: Martin Halbert Presenters: Dan Morgan
5:30 - 6:30
Joint reception
6:30 - 7:00
Charter buses to downtown Denton
7:00 - 9:00
Dine-arounds or dinner on your own in downtown Denton
9:00 - 9:45
Charter buses back to hotels and to campus
Friday, May 20, 2016
7:30 - 8:15
Registration and refreshments
8:15 - 8:30
Welcome (in Willis Library Forum)
Moderator/Organizer:: Martin Halbert
8:30 - 9:00

Why Science is Better with Communism? The Case of Sci-Hub

Presenters: Alexandra Elbakyan
9:00 - 10:00

From Subscription to Open Access: A Roadmap (keynote)

Moderator/Organizer:: Martin Halbert Presenters: J.E.C.V. (Johan) Rooryck
10:00 - 10:30

Making an Open Information Age: Power, Freedom and Inequality in an Age of Bits

Moderator/Organizer:: Kevin S. Hawkins Presenters: Rufus Pollock
10:30 - 10:45
Break and sign-up for birds-of-a-feather discussions
10:45 - 12:15

Sustaining Open Access

Moderator/Organizer:: Ron Chrisman Presenters: Kevin Stranack, Daniel Paul O'Donnell, Nancy Maron
10:45 - 12:15

Perceptions of Open Access

Moderator/Organizer:: Pamela Andrews Presenters: Warren Burggren, Sarah Baker, Jayati Chaudhuri, Joslyn Sandlin
12:15 - 1:30
Lunch (birds-of-a-feather discussions begin at 12:30 p.m.)
12:30 - 1:30

Strategies for facilitating a welcoming atmosphere in the open-access community (birds-of-a-feather discussion)

Moderator/Organizer:: Chealsye Bowley, Brett D. Currier
1:30 - 2:30

Improving Openness and Reproducibility in Scholarly Research and Communication (featured speaker)

Moderator/Organizer:: Kevin S. Hawkins Presenters: Brian Nosek
2:30 - 3:15

First Steps to Promoting Open Access for Research Data and Publications on Campus

Moderator/Organizer:: Pamela Andrews Presenters: Anjum Najmi, Dillon Wackerman, Phillip Reynolds
2:30 - 3:15

SHARE in Open Science and Open Access

Moderator/Organizer:: Martin Halbert Presenters: Tyler Walters
3:15 - 3:30
Break
3:30 - 4:30

Open Data: Academia and Beyond

Moderator/Organizer:: Daniel Alemneh Presenters: Chealsye Bowley, Sarah Melton, Douglas Burns, Allyson Rodriguez
3:30 - 4:30

Open Educational Resources: Reducing Costs, Expanding Access, and Improving Efficacy

Moderator/Organizer:: Kevin S. Hawkins Presenters: Nicole Allen
4:30 - 5:00

Reflections on the Symposium ... and the Library Publishing Forum

Moderator/Organizer:: Kevin S. Hawkins Presenters: Peter Berkery, Marcia Stockham, Kate Pitcher
5:00 - 5:15
Open forum
Moderator/Organizer:: Martin Halbert