<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">This is a friendly reminder that the first <b>United
Nations Open Science Conference</b> will be held on 19 November 2019 at UN
Headquarters in New York, organized by the UN <a href="https://library.un.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Dag Hammarskjöld Library</a> in collaboration with the
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (<a href="https://sparcopen.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">SPARC</a>). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Registration to attend the conference in person is now
closed, but we invite you to join us remotely and follow the <b>livestream</b>:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/towards-global-open-science-core-enabler-of-the-un-2030-agenda/5707881735001" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/towards-global-open-science-core-enabler-of-the-un-2030-agenda/5707881735001</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The link to the livestream will be activated at 8:45
am New York time, 15 minutes before the conference begins.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The theme of the conference is <b>“Towards Global Open
Science: Core Enabler of the UN 2030 Agenda”</b>. 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 <a href="https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/808134?ln=en" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development</a>, the conference will bring together
representatives of open science initiatives (<a href="https://www.openaire.eu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">OpenAIRE</a>, <a href="https://www.hindawi.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Hindawi</a>,
<a href="http://www.lareferencia.info/en/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">LA Referencia</a>, <a href="https://africanlii.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">AfricanLII</a> and others),
early career researchers, library directors and policymakers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Keynote speakers</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">: Natalia Manola (OpenAIRE) and Juan Pablo Alperin (Public
Knowledge Project, Simon Fraser University)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">For more information and the detailed programme,
please visit the conference website:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://research.un.org/conferences/openscienceun" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">http://research.un.org/conferences/openscienceun</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please use the <b>hashtag #OpenScienceUN</b> when
posting about the UN Open Science Conference on social media.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">We hope you will join us!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 0.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:navy">Ramona
Kohrs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
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Outreach and Professional Development</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 0.75pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:navy">Room
L-0218B</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
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+1 212-963-8727</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></span></p>
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