Webinar on Open Science on Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 3 pm

[STI Secretariat]

Dear All,

You are most cordially invited to the ICTP Webinar jointly organized by 
the Science, Technology and Innovation Unit and the Marie Curie Library on:

"*Pitfalls of Open Science and possible solutions*"


*Tuesday 17 May 2022 at 15:00 hrs (Rome time)*

Advance registration is required at:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CgU5_rsiQA2ilZET3FtEaA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing 
information about joining the webinar.


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*Dr. Tony Ross-Hellauer* (Leader of the Open and Reproducible Research 
Group at Graz University of Technology)

and

*Prof. Jean-Sébastien Caux* (Professor of Low-Dimensional Quantum 
Condensed Matter at the University of Amsterdam)


will speak about**********Open Science in their talks on:

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***Open science, done wrong, will compound inequalities: Reflections on 
dynamics of cumulative advantage and threats to equity in open 
environments (i)*****and on **SciPost and the reform of scientific 
publishing** (ii).


ABSTRACTS

(i) ********T. Ross-Hellauer****

Open Science holds the promise to make scientific endeavours more 
inclusive, participatory, understandable, accessible, and re-usable for 
large audiences. However, making processes open will not per se drive 
wide re-use or participation unless also accompanied by the capacity (in 
terms of knowledge, skills, financial resources, technological readiness 
and motivation) to do so. These capacities vary considerably across 
regions, institutions and demographics. Those advantaged by such factors 
will remain potentially privileged, putting Open Science’s agenda of 
inclusivity at risk of propagating conditions of “cumulative advantage”. 
This talk will summarise work done within the EC Horizon2020 project 
ON-MERRIT (2019-2022, https://on-merrit.eu/) to investigate these risks, 
especially as they relate to the stratifications of publishing becoming 
visible as a result of Open Access models predicated on Article 
Processing Charges.

(ii) *J.-S. Caux*

SciPost is a not-for-profit publishing initiative conceived, implemented 
and run by professional scientists. Leveraging the idea of openness, it 
aims to increase the utility and meaningfulness of the peer refereeing 
process. Committed to scientific quality, it aims to offer high-quality 
publishing venues, thereby bringing control of publishing into the hands 
of active academics.
SciPost also implements a cost-slashing, institutions-backed consortial 
business model deprecating subscription fees or article processing 
charges, and aiming to shield scientists from the pernicious influence 
of profit-making in the publishing industry.
This talk will summarize operations since the launch of the portal in 
2016, share experiences gained, and provide perspectives for future 
developments in the reform of scientific publishing.


The webinar will be followed by a question/answer session.

Further information available at: 
https://indico.ictp.it/event/9942/<http://indico.ictp.it/event/9883/>

We look forward to seeing you online!


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