Commemorating with the International Open Access Week during 24th - 30th October 2011, I am glad to inform you that CSIR-NAL would be celebrating the Open Access Day on 24th October 2011. The program is as follows: VENUE : KTMD SEMINAR HALL 01.30 - 01.40 pm - Welcome 01.40 - 01.50 pm - Road show on 'Open Access Initiatives' 01.50 - 02.00 pm - Director Address 02.00 - 02.45 pm - Lecture by Prof. P. Balaram Director, IISc, "Science Publishing: Issues of Access" 02.45 - 03.30 pm - Lecture by Dr. L. Venkatakrishnan Head, EAD, CSIR-NAL, "Open Access: Promised Utopia Or Eventual Reality?" 03.30 - 03.35 pm - Vote of Thanks (Poornima Narayana) Head, ICAST. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.