<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><b><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><i><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"></div>[Apologies for cross-posting]</i><b><br></b></div><br><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"></div>OpenCon 2014 Delhi Satellite Event</b><br><br></div><b>Date:</b> November
25, 2014<b>, </b>at 14:00 - 17:00<b><b><br><br></b>Venue</b>: Room No. <span>227</span>, CSSP, SSS-1 Building, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi - 110067, India<br><br></div><b>Registration Fee</b>: Nil<br><br></div><b>Theme</b>: <b>Open Science, Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data</b><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p>OpenCon 2014 is the student and early career researcher conference on
Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data held during November
2014 at Washington, DC. It was organized by the <a href="http://www.opencon2014.org/apply" target="_blank">Right to Research Coalition</a>, <a href="http://sparc.arl.org" target="_blank">SPARC</a> (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), and <a href="http://www.opencon2014.org/about/organizingcommittee" target="_blank">an Organizing Committee of students and early career researchers from around the world</a>.</p>
<p>The meeting had convened students and early career researchers from
around the world who serve as a powerful catalyst for projects led by
the next generation of scholars and researchers to advance OpenCon's
three focus areas—Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data. <br></p><p>OpenCon 2014 Delhi Satellite event is being held in partnership with the main conference (more on OpenCon 2014 <a href="http://www.opencon2014.org/" target="_blank">here</a>).
As it
is important to allow more of those interested to participate, this satellite event is being organized locally to reflect the fact that the conversation around these
issues can be very different depending on where they’re had.</p><p></p><p>OpenCon 2014 Delhi will feature leading speakers from across the Open
Access, Open Education, and Open Data movements, including a
combination of live speakers and videos from the OpenCon 2014 Washington
event.</p><p>The talks will be interspersed with interactive group discussions themed around the session topic.</p><h3>Format of the event</h3><p>OpenCon 2014 Delhi is a half-day event hosted at Centre for Studies in Science Policy (<a href="http://www.jnu.ac.in/SSS/CSSP/" target="_blank">CSSP</a>), Jawaharlal Nehru University (<a href="http://www.jnu.ac.in" target="_blank">JNU</a>) by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/oaindia/" target="_blank">Open Access India</a> in collaboration and support with CSSP, <a href="http://www.jnu.ac.in/library/" target="_blank">JNU Central Library</a> and <a href="http://www.rockyourpaper.org/" target="_blank">Rock Your Paper</a>.</p><p><b>14:00 - 14:15</b> : Arrival and registration</p><p><b>14:15 - 14:20</b> : Welcome and Introduction</p><p><b>14:20 - 15:00</b> : Session 1: Open Access - talks and video session (#227, CSSP)</p><p><b>15:00 - 15:15</b> : Coffee Break</p><p><b>15:15 - 15:45</b> : Session 1 group discussions (#227, CSSP)</p><p><b>15:45 - 16:00</b> : Session 2: Open Education & Open Data - talks and video session (#227, CSSP)</p><p><b>16:00 - 16:15</b> : Coffee Break</p><p><b>16:15 - 16:45</b> : Session 2 group discussions (#227, CSSP)</p><p><b>16:45 - 17:00</b> : Summary and end of day</p><p></p><p>To secure your place please <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/opencon-2014-delhi-tickets-14286341833" target="_blank">register</a> for a free ticket - and we look forward to seeing you on the 25th Nov. 2014!</p><p></p><h3>About OpenCon 2014 (Washington main event)</h3><p>OpenCon
2014 is the student and early career researcher conference on Open
Access, Open Education, and Open Data being held on November 15-17, 2014
in Washington, DC. It is organized by the <a href="http://opencon2014.org/apply" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Right to Research Coalition</a>, <a href="http://sparc.arl.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SPARC</a> (The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), and <a href="http://opencon2014.org/about/organizingcommittee" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">an Organizing Committee of students and early career researchers from around the world</a>.</p><p>The
meeting will convene students and early career researchers from around
the world and serve as a powerful catalyst for projects led by the next
generation of scholars and researchers to advance OpenCon's three focus
areas—Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data.</p><p>See the <a title="OpenCon 2014" href="http://opencon2014.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OpenCon2014 website</a> for more details.</p><p>Facebook Event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/638403039602358/638403046269024" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/638403039602358/638403046269024</a><br></p><p>Thanks & Regards</p><p>Sridhar<br></p><p>On Behalf of the OpenCon 2014 Delhi Satellite Event</p><p></p></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1">Sridhar Gutam, PhD, ARS<br>Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology)<br><a href="http://icarrcer.in/" target="_blank">ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region</a> Research Centre Ranchi<br>Tata Road, Rajaulatu Post, Plandu, Ranchi 834010, Jharkhand, India<br>Phone: +91-651-2260207; Fax: +91-651-2260141<br>Mobile:+91-8002678768/9005760036<br>Publications: <a href="http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/" target="_blank">http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/</a></font><div><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><font size="1">Convenor, Open Access India</font></div><div><font size="1"><a href="http://oaindia2013.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://oaindia2013.wordpress.com/</a><br></font></div><div><font size="1"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/oaindia/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/oaindia/</a><br></font></div><div><font size="1"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/oaindia/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/oaindia/</a></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>