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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5597'>* Apologies for cross-postings. Please share with interested parties. All welcome! Many thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Invitation to a series of webinars on "Incentives for sharing research data" - An </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/">African Open Science Platform</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> initiative</span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>The Open Science movement – focused on making research data, software code and experimental methods publicly available and transparent - is steadily gaining momentum. According to<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2F5597'><a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v529/n7584/full/nj7584-117a.html?foxtrotcallback=true"><span style='color:#2F5597'>Gewin (2016)</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>, “[A]a spirit of openness is gaining traction in the science community, and is the only way, say advocates, to address a 'crisis' in science whereby too few findings are successfully reproduced. Furthermore, they say, it is the best way for researchers to gather the range of observations that are necessary to speed up discoveries or to identify large-scale trends.”<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Although many researchers are already sharing their raw data and data sets, there are researchers who still question why they should share their data, and what benefits are in it for them. In other words, how will they be incentivized, when others use the outputs of their hard work. These issues also apply on national and institutional levels. What do research institutions have to gain by embracing Open Science? Will the associated data expertise and opportunities for collaboration outweigh the perceived loss of intellectual capital that, if closed, can be exploited ahead of rivals? Similarly, on the national level: is there a strong incentive for poorer nations not to be left behind as science is transformed by the digital revolution? Or will open data and open science merely lead to data assets in the ‘South' being more quickly exploited by better resourced researchers in the 'North'? Very few countries and institutions have policies in place regarding the management (incl. curation) and sharing of data as an outcome of funded research projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>The above just some of the issues the </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://africanopenscience.org.za/">African Open Science Platform</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> would like to address during this series of webinars, to be presented during </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.openaccessweek.org/">International Open Access Week 2017</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Presenters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>We are very excited to bring you 3 experts on this topic, to share their perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=540 height=503 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.png@01D34114.84A20B80"></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left><tr style='height:14.25pt'><td width=1 style='width:.75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:14.25pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Registration (free)<br clear=all></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>If you are interested in attending any one/all of the webinars, please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSft0WgCJNSTSkQOV6ryTfAqDOA5rLfW9t14icb-LYFPDvD2IQ/viewform?usp=sf_link">complete the registration form</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>by<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>20 October 2017</b>. The webinars are presented free of charge. Once you have registered, we will provide you with the login details and further instructions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>We are looking very much forward welcoming you to the above!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'>Ina (on behalf of the AOSP Project Team)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span 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