AGENDA
15th Berlin Open Access Conference
To facilitate global participation, the B15 conference spanned over two tracks, A and B.
Day 01
Welcome & opening remarks
Speakers
Colleen Campbell, OA2020 Partner Development, Max Planck Digital Library, B15 Conference Host
Michael V. Drake, M.D., President, University of California
Ellen Finnie, Director of Shared Collections, California Digital Library, University of California, B15 Conference Host
Gerard Meijer, Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, B15 Track B Conference Chair
Martin Stratmann, President, Max Planck Society
Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, California Digital Library, University of California, B15 Track A Conference Chair
Plenary 1
Open access and cost reduction: Competing priorities?
Moderator
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, University Librarian and Professor, University of California Berkeley
Panelists
Ahmed Bawa, CEO, Universities South Africa
Anna Lundén, Head of National Coordination of Libraries, National Library of Sweden
Astrid Söderbergh Widding, President, Stockholm University
Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services, Stellenbosch University
Plenary 2
Equal opportunity to publish open access
Moderator
Colleen Campbell, OA2020 Partner Development, Max Planck Digital Library
Panelists
Jagadish Aryal, Librarian, Social Science Baha Library, Nepal Library and Information Consortium, Nepal
Romy Beard, Licensing Programme Manager, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL)
Rachel Bruce, Head of Open Research, UK Research and Innovation Strategy, UK
Nicolás Duque, Library Director, Universidad de Caldas, Colombia
Arnold Mwanzu, Regional Librarian, East Africa at Aga Khan University, Kenya Libraries and Information Services Consortium (KLISC), Kenya
Closing Remarks
Speakers
Ellen Finnie, Director of Shared Collections, California Digital Library, University of California, B15 Conference Host
Gerard Meijer, Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Track B Conference Chair
Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, California Digital Library, University of California, B15 Track A Conference Chair
Social event
Day 02
Opening remarks
Speakers
Gerard Meijer, Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Track B Conference Chair
Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, California Digital Library, University of California, B15 Track A Conference Chair
Plenary 3
The range of open access transition models
Moderator
Rich Schneider, Professor, University of California San Francisco
Panelists
Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing, Cambridge University Press
Susan King, Executive Director of Rockefeller University Press
Ruth Wilson, Publishing Director of the Nature Research Journals
Poster session
Plenary 4
The B15 Journey
Track A
Moderator
Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, California Digital Library, University of California, Track A Conference Chair
Panelists
Gerard Meijer, Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Track B Conference Chair
Catherine Foley, Chief Scientist of Australia, Australian Government
Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon University
Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Track B
Moderator
Gerard Meijer, Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Track B Conference Chair
Panelists
Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, California Digital Library, University of California, Track A Conference Chair
Jun Adachi, Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division Professor/Deputy Director General, Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE)
Joana Novais, Manager, Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (b-on), FCCN, Portugal
Closing remarks
Speakers
Gerard Meijer, Director and Scientific Member at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Track B Conference Chair
Günter Waibel, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, California Digital Library, University of California, Track A Conference Chair