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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">FYI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">For more information:
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.mboalab.africa/2019/05/08/african-institute-of-open-science-hardware/">http://www.mboalab.africa/2019/05/08/african-institute-of-open-science-hardware/</a> and
<a href="http://africaosh.com/aiosh/">http://africaosh.com/aiosh/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">The African Institute of Open Science & Hardware is here! Our goal is to build capacity and stimulate research around <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/openscience?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDCXWHSDVEPwBteQ6hQWUEwE6j4MHa3zmHI99XDLuOmMaz6kGti0yMD82KI8iTK7Vgn2D6dsIDtjkkKd6E22ZCPiBi7Sr8Le_Hv6ID_fCYpc6paF_4Mz2sssh5QUBBph_JHRdhYJtr_QbOc3vAe9N2_T0mqFFSb4dvBI3QNQxdwCX8ZIVXSwvieegNmGsoSsDSNz4s17nYIYbQIeH5FYsT1IdPV97Ap5tCwnIZ11Hg3cMXMsRuqxcMwKHXXmzmr20OJXUtoRvS8s6CwOAENFgekh04PJBKGX_XksAv0IRSbkWc4OMXBeNooOxB35O3an3QFt09PY5iPiLkmUO4rghA&__tn__=%2ANK-R"><span class="58cl"><span style="color:#4796B3;text-decoration:none">#</span></span><span class="58cm"><span style="color:#4796B3;text-decoration:none">openscience</span></span></a> and
hardware in the African context.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#096484;font-weight:normal">Preamble<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">Africa Open Science & Hardware (Africa OSH) is a grassroots effort that brings together researchers, technologists, hacker hobbyists, educators, government officials, and start-up
innovators from around the world. Our goal is to create a conversation and set of actions on OSH, among African actors, and between them and the international community, in order to adopt OSH principles and practices appropriate to our context. After two editions
of the Africa OSH Summit, it is time to take another step forward in our community’s development strategy. We are delighted to launch the <b>African Institute of Open Science & Hardware</b>, with its main campus in Yaoundé, Cameroon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#096484;font-weight:normal">Mission<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">The mission of the Institute is to meet current research and training needs in the field of Open Science. This choice is part of the contextualisation of the<a href="http://openhardware.science/global-open-science-hardware-roadmap/"><span style="color:#4796B3;text-decoration:none"> Global
Open Science Hardware Roadmap</span></a> which lays out recommendations to make open hardware ubiquitous in science by 2025. This would be pursued through (i) activities that enable anyone to gain knowledge and find information about OSH and/or the community
(Learn section) and (ii) actions aimed at creating the necessary enabling conditions for the present and future of the OSH community (Support section).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#096484;font-weight:normal">Audience & Research Areas<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">The African Institute of Open Science & Hardware welcomes anyone interested in Open Science in the African context, regardless of race, gender, language or nationality. With
an interdisciplinary approach, the Institute will focus on:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">– Fabrication of Open Source Hardware<br>
– Biotechnology and DIYbio<br>
– Publishing and Scholarly Communication<br>
– AI, IoT and Robotics<br>
– Entrepreneurship and Open Innovation<br>
– Intellectual Property and Open Licensing<br>
– Social Sciences (Critical Studies of Open Science)<br>
– Fair Open Science and Ethics of Openness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#096484">Opening</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#096484;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">The institute will open its doors on June 3, 2019, with an open residency in Biotechnology and DIYbio. For more information, please contact us at organisers@africaosh.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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