[IRTalk] First UN Open Science Conference on 19 November 2019

[African Open Science Platform]

This is a friendly reminder that the first *United Nations Open Science
Conference* will be held on 19 November 2019 at UN Headquarters in New
York, organized by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library <https://library.un.org/>
in collaboration with the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources
Coalition (SPARC <https://sparcopen.org/>).



Registration to attend the conference in person is now closed, but we
invite you to join us remotely and follow the *livestream*:



http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/towards-global-open-science-core-enabler-of-the-un-2030-agenda/5707881735001



The link to the livestream will be activated at 8:45 am New York time, 15
minutes before the conference begins.



The theme of the conference is *“Towards Global Open Science: Core Enabler
of the UN 2030 Agenda”*.  With a desire to elevate the discussion about
open science and open research to the global level and to examine the role
of open science in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
<https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/808134?ln=en>, the conference will
bring together representatives of open science initiatives (OpenAIRE
<https://www.openaire.eu/>, Hindawi <https://www.hindawi.com/>, LA
Referencia <http://www.lareferencia.info/en/>, AfricanLII
<https://africanlii.org/> and others), early career researchers, library
directors and policymakers.



*Keynote speakers*:  Natalia Manola (OpenAIRE) and Juan Pablo Alperin
(Public Knowledge Project, Simon Fraser University)



For more information and the detailed programme, please visit the
conference website:



http://research.un.org/conferences/openscienceun



Please use the *hashtag #OpenScienceUN* when posting about the UN Open
Science Conference on social media.



We hope you will join us!



Ramona Kohrs

Coordinator, Outreach and Professional Development

Room L-0218B

Tel.:  +1 212-963-8727

kohrs at un.org

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