[IRTalk] University of Pretoria - Open Access Colloquium, 26 October, 2022

[Gallant Matizirofa]

The UP 2022 Open Access Colloquium is an opportunity for the academic and
research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of
Open Access, Open Data - Open Science, to share what they’ve learned with
colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open
Access and contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals a new norm in
scholarship and research.

Date:    Wednesday, 26 October 2022 Time:    13:30 – 17:00
Target audience:  All University of Pretoria postgraduate students,
supervisors, and researchers.

13:50 – 14:00
Programme Director
Dr Heide Hackmann, Director, Future Africa, University of Pretoria, South
Africa
14:00 - 14:10
Institutional Guest Speaker: Welcoming
Prof. Maharaj, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and
Postgraduate Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa
14:10 -14:35
National Guest Speaker: The South African Open Science: Policy perspectives
for HEIs
Mr. Daan du Toit, Deputy Director-General: International Cooperation and
Resources: Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
14:35 – 15:05
International Guest Speaker: Prof.Geoffrey Boulton, Regius Professor of
Geology Emeritus, Ordinary Member of the ISC Governing Board 2021 – 2024,
Past Ordinary Member of the ISC Governing Board 2018-2021, Chair of the ISC
Project ontheFutureofScientificPublishing, ISC Fellow.University of
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
15:05 - 15:30
Faculty Guest Speaker: Using technology to promote open science: the case
of the South African SDG Hub
Prof. Willem Fourie, Economic and Management Sciences, University of
Pretoria, South Africa
15:30 - 15:40, Break 15:40 – 16:10
International Keynote Speaker: Open Science transformation
Prof.KlausTochterman, Director. ZBW LeibnizInformation Centre for
Economics, Germany
16:10 - 16:35
International Guest Speaker: Data Communities: Data Sharing from the Ground
Up
Dr. Danielle Miriam Cooper, Director, Libraries, Scholarly Communication,
and Museums, Ithaka S+R, USA
16:35 - 17:00
Faculty Speaker: Why Research Visibility and Impact Matters to the Faculty
of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at UP? Ms. Jessika Samuels, Research
Manager. Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of
Pretoria, South Africa
17:00 - 17:05
Summary of the proceedings
Mr. Lazarus Matizirofa. Deputy Director: Scholarly Communications, Digital
Services, and Systems, DLS, University of Pretoria
17:05 - 17:10
Closing Remarks
Ms. Lindiwe Soyizwapi, Director, DLS, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Enquiries:  veliswa.tshetsha at up.ac.za
Venue:   Hybrid Event (a Zoom link will be supplied), Onsite: Javett Art
Centre, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria, Corner of Lynnwood Road
and RoperStreet, Hatfield

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*Lazarus Gallant Matizirofa *

*Deputy Director*

*Head of Scholarly Communications, Digital Systems & Services*

*Department of Library Services *

Tel +27 (0)12 420 2021, Fax: +27(0) 12 363 5182

Email matizirofa.lazarus at up.ac.za

www.library.up.ac.za

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