Seminar on “Open Access in Research Area: A Strategic Approach” 22 December 2015 | Seminar Hall, IHC. Lodhi Road, TERI, New Delhi Free Registration ! Limited Seats upto 50 on First-come-First served basis Open Access has become central importance to advancing the interests of researchers, scholars, students, business, and the public as well as librarians. Increasingly, research institutions require researchers to publish articles that report research findings openly accessible in open domain. Open Access pursues to yield scholarly publishing to spread knowledge and allow that knowledge to be built upon. Price barriers should not stop researchers from getting access to research data. Open Access, and the open availability and search ability of scholarly research that it entails, will have a significant positive impact on everything from education to the research practice in various fields. To explore why Open Access is so important to a number of groups, TERI Library along with The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) as Knowledge Partner is organizing a half day seminar on Open Access in Research Areas: a Strategic Approach” on 22 December 2015 at TERI Seminar Hall, IHC, Lodhi Road, New Delhi Why you Should Attend The Seminar will focus on: • Wider access to scientific publications and research data • Open access typically focuses on access to scientific information and • Challenges and Opportunities of Research Data Programme Outline 13.45 – 14:00 hrs Registration and Networking 14:00 – 14:10 hrs Welcome Address Mr Prabir Sengupta, Distinguished Fellow and Director, KM Division, TERI 14:10 – 14.20 hrs Special Address Dr Sumandro Chattopadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet & Society 14:20 – 14:35 hrs Keynote Address Dr K R Murali Mohan, Advisor, Big Data Initiatives Division, DST 14:35 –14:50 hrs Inaugural Address Dr Chandrima Shaha, Director, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 14:50 – 15:00 hrs Setting the Theme and Vote of Thanks Dr P K Bhattacharya, Fellow and Area Convenor, LIC, TERI Tea and Refreshments 15:00 – 15:30 hrs Plenary Session 15:30– 17:15 hrs Chair: Dr Ramesh Sharma, Director CEMCA 15:30 – 16:00 hrs Mr Puneet Kishore, Science, Data and Creative Commons* 16:00 – 16:45 hrs Dr Beth Sandore Namachchivaya, Associate Dean of Libraries and Professor University of Illinois Topic: “Developing services, infrastructure, and best practices to conserve and provide access to research data: challenges and opportunities” 16:45 – 17:15 hrs Dr Usha Mujoo Munshi, Librarian, Indian institute of Public Administration *Invited For Registration please contact: Reeta Sharma TERI Tel. +91 11 2468 2100, 2468 2111 Fax +91 11 2468 2144, 2468 2145 E-mail reetas@teri.res.in Regards, Nihal Alam TERI -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.