26. February 2025

B17 agenda

AGENDA AND PRESENTATIONS
17th Berlin Open Access Conference

PRE-CONFERENCES
4 February

OA2020 SUMMIT OF CHIEF NEGOTIATORS

GUIDING PERSPECTIVES ON OPEN ACCESS NEGOTIATONS:
An orientation for delegates

Docents
Ádám Dér, Max Planck Digital Library, Germany
Mathew Willmott, California Digital Library, USA

DAY 1
5 February

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

OA2020 welcome and opening remarks
Colleen Campbell, OA2020 Initiative, Max Planck Digital Library, Germany [address]

Max Planck Society welcome
Richard McElreath, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society Presidential Advisor on Open Science, Germany

Conference co-Chair opening remarks
Ulrich Pöschl, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany [address]
Gerard Meijer, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany

DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE OF OPEN ACCESS:
Enabling author rights

Moderation
Rich Schneider, University of California, USA [slides]

Panelists
Chris Bennett, Cambridge University Press
Victoria Eva, Elsevier
Guido Herrmann, Wiley
Steven Inchcoombe, Springer Nature
Ellie Souster, Taylor & Francis

BREAKING DOWN PAYWALLS:
Fair and equitable terms for open access publishing

Moderation
Alicia Kowaltowski, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Ellen Tise, Stellenboch University, South Africa

Panelists
Rod Cookson, The Royal Society
Gemma Hersh, Elsevier
Malavika Legge, OASPA
Abel Packer, SciELO [slides]
Sarah Tegen, American Chemical Society

UNPACKING TENSIONS IN THE OPEN ACCESS TRANSITION:
Speed, growth, and publication ethics

Moderation
Curtis Brundy, Iowa State University, USA
Susan Reilly, Irish Research E-Library (IReL), Ireland

Panelists
Adam Day, Clear Skies
Chris Graf, Springer Nature
Miriam Maus, IOP Publishing
Bernd Pulverer, EMBO Press
Michael Streeter, Wiley

FROM TRANSFORMATION TO COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY:
A conversation among actors engaged in the OA transition

Kumsal Bayazit, Elsevier
Liz Ferguson, Wiley
Kazuhiro Hayashi, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Japan
Brigitte Kromp, University of Vienna, Austria
Carolyn Honour, Springer Nature
Günter Waibel, University of California / California Digital Library, USA

FROM TRANSFORMATION TO COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY:
Community reflections

DAY 2
6 February

REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CURRENT STATE IN THE OA TRANSITION

Deepali Kuberkar, Tata Memorial Hospital, Department of Atomic Energy, India [slides]
Xiwen Liu, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China [slides]
Arnold Mwanzu, Kenya Libraries and Information Services Consortium (KLISC), and Aga Kahn University, Kenya [slides]
César Pallares, Consortia Colombia [slides]
Arja Tuuliniemi, FinELib Consortium, The Finnish National Library, Finland [slides]
Keith Webster, Carnegie Mellon University, USA [slides]

FINANCIAL FLOWS AND COST SCENARIOS FOR AN OPEN FUTURE

Max Planck Digital Library case study
Ádám Dér, Max Planck Digital Library, Germany [slides]

Bibsam Consortium case study
Niklas Willén, Bibsam, Sweden [slides]

OA2020 Working Group case study
Celeste Feather, Lyrasis, USA
Mathew Willmott, California Digital Library, USA [slides]

PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES TO MOVE OA FORWARD
Strategy session

POST-CONFERENCE
7 February

ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES FOR GREATER IMPACT