A Panel Discussion on Open Data – Moving Science Forward Or A Waste Of Time and Money?

Date: Wednesday 4th November 2015

Time: 7pm – 10pm

Venue: Lecture Theatre 0, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street.

Register: http://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=332&catid=1015&prodid=1405

Have you heard about new funders’ requirements for sharing research data? Will Open Science and sharing research data benefit society, and help move science forward? Or is Open Data a waste of time and money?

Come to the Open Data panel discussion and take part in a conversation led by:

• Rafael Carazo-Salas - Group Leader, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge

• Sarah Jones - Senior Institutional Support Officer from the Digital Curation Centre

• Frances Rawle, - Head of Corporate Governance and Policy, Medical Research Council

• Tim Smith - Group Leader, Collaboration and Information Services, CERN/Zenodo

• Mark Thorley  Research Councils UK Open Access Policy, and Natural Environment Research Council

Programme:

• 7.00 – 7.25 pm: Registration

• 7.30 – 8.00 pm: Introduction from the panellists

• 8.00 – 9.15 pm: Panel discussion: - An opportunity for the audience to ask questions directly to the panel of experts.

• 9.15 -10 pm: Networking session, accompanied by drinks and light refreshments.

If you have any queries please contact the Open Data Team

Tel: (Mon-Fri) 01223 333138; (Tue-Thu) 01223 761652; Email: info@data.cam.ac.uk