For the past 10 years, the Open Access movement has been defending the principle of free accessibility to scientific literature for everyone.

Who are the Open Access players ?
What are the economic models and their stakes ?
Why publish in Open Access ?
How do institutions pay for Open Access publications ?

These questions will be addressed from various points of view (publishers, academic institutions, investors and authors) through lectures.

Speakers will include:
Benoît Deveaud-Plédran, Dean of Research, EPFL
Dr Dagmar Meyer, Policy Adviser, European Research Council
Dr Xenia van Edig, Business Development, Copernicus
Dr Meloney Bartlett, Head of Journal Publishing, Royal Society of Chemistry
Catriona McCallum, Advocacy Project Manager, PLoS
Pierre Devaud (MSc) and Dr Alain Borel, Scientific Librarians, Bibliothèque de l'EPFL
Dr Kamila Markram, Co-founder and Chairman and CEO, Frontiers
Pr. Hilal Lashuel, Associate Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Neuroproteomics, EPFL
Dr Daniel Höchli, Director of the Admistrative Offices, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

This event is intended for the scientific community, publishing and information professionals as well as everyone interested in the Open Access movement. It will be held in English.

For the full programme please visit the EPFL Library's event page, at: http://library2.epfl.ch/conference_open_...


Organizers:
EPFL Library Team, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.