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</font><font><span style="font-style: italic; color: navy; ">The Value of Shared Access and Reuse of Publicly</span> </font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><em><i><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="color: navy; ">Funded Scientific Data.</span></font></i></em><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="color: navy; ">
The event is being organized by the National Research Council's Board on Research </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); ">Data and Information, and will be held on the afternoon of December 1 in Washington, DC. A formal invitation </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); ">with the summary description of the symposium, the location, and RSVP instructions may be found below.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="color: navy; ">Please feel free to forward this invitation to others who you think may be interested. More complete information </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); ">about the event and the Board on Research Data and Information is at:
<a href="http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi" target="_blank">http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi</a>.</span></font></p></div>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="color: navy; ">The audio proceedings of the symposium will be archived, if you cannot attend in person, but unfortunately not </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); ">live at the time of the meeting</span></font></p>
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The Value of Shared Access and ReUse of Publicly Funded Scientific Data</span></font></b><b><font color="navy" size="4" face="Perpetua"><span style="font-family:Perpetua;color:navy;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold"><br>
A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM<br>
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Board on Research Data and Information</span></font></b></p>
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(<a title="http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi" href="http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi" target="_blank">http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi</a>) </span></font></b><br>
<b><font color="#990000" size="5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:#990000;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold">Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 2:00-4:</span></font></b><b><font color="#993300" size="5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:#993300;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold">20</span></font></b><b><font color="#990000" size="5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:#990000;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold">
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Street Conference Center</span></font></b></p>
<p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><font color="#990000" size="5" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:#990000;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold">Conference Room B, 20 F Street, NW, Washington, DC</span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-size:12pt">This symposium will examine some of the research, economic, and social benefits that can be derived from providing online access
to publicly-funded scientific data, as well as how such benefits can be evaluated. The event will include presentations on the scientific data sharing and reuse policies of the federal government; compelling examples of the value of free online access and
unfettered reuse of data; methods of assessing the value and effects of shared access and reuse on research, the economy, and society; and prepared comments by Board members. The symposium is open to the public, but advance registration is requested (contact:
Cheryl Levey, <a href="mailto:clevey@nas.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#b77a37"><span style="color:#b77a37">clevey@nas.edu</span></font></a> or call 202-334-1531).</span></font></p>
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<p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="black" size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-size:12pt">Michael Lesk</span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">,
Rutgers University and Board Chair</span></font></p>
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<em><i><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri">(invited)</span></font></i></em></span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="black" size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-size:12pt">Rod Atkinson and Jan Johansson, Congressional Research Service</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="black" size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-size:12pt">Neil S. Buckholtz, National Institute on Aging, NIH</span></font></p>
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Michael Carroll, Washington School of Law, American University</span></font></p>
<p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="black" size="3" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-size:12pt">Paul David, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri"></span></font></p>
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RSVP to Cheryl Levey at </span></font></b></span></font><a title="mailto:clevey@nas.edu
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<b><font color="#000099" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:#000099;font-weight:bold">For additional information about the program, please visi</span></font></b><b><font color="blue" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:blue;font-weight:bold">t
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<b><font color="#000099" face="Calibri"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:#000099;font-weight:bold">or contact Paul Uhlir, the Board Director, at
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