<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-904e3616-7fff-2048-7150-80961b5c7865"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The program for the </span><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2019 OASPA Conference </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">has now been finalised. </span><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The conference will be held at the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen on 24-26th September 2019.</span></font></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">A Q&amp;A session with the new OA Champion for cOAlition S entitled &quot;Plan S – the road ahead&quot;, has just been added to the program and we open with a ‘Funders’ panel chaired by Robert Kiley (Head of Open Research at The Wellcome Trust), a discussion between representatives of international funders with an extended Q&amp;A.</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif">There is a wide range of panels and keynotes covering topics including Inclusive Globalisation, Emerging Research, Research Culture, Radical Futures and Open Access Books. As always, we will host a broad range of interdisciplinary global perspectives in panels and keynotes, and offer a number of networking opportunities for further discussion and collaboration between attendees.</font></span></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please browse the full program on the OASPA website </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Fconference%2Foaspa-2019-conference-program%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C686a5d772d8149bf413508d7264b551a%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=qslnMf2uAC4bRmTkkRKyKb09gTsoFxkRJ6wKJtGg0NY%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/conference/oaspa-2019-conference-program/" shash="gT0CmCEHkVZS1ceV2vFES2fqvGuQtQNVy0GCNWvvr8BUvD8F0qVd33H4Ox8AaJgPTCXUaQoSz1Za0Hyfgjyw9l4pmK27aSA9f95f2e7qENi2fI2K6eE1I6B30Hrdvso8zWY+Lr55u9B+3uEFCsaX/U9quR6KEs46NJi9Nn7Ok+s=" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Registration details can be found </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwebforms.copernicus.org%2FCOASP2019%2Fregistration%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C686a5d772d8149bf413508d7264b551a%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=xNWgaCiBtDcRTXxDEkAMohoEm8NZWv9cfwWE77Mh4L4%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://webforms.copernicus.org/COASP2019/registration/" shash="AhwOBPD7PgyMZXCHmQ+HDpkoeCmHsYEd+IxVJkzXZCNzB/DO628DStEs1ft/gIm2ydt3GnE0mksskF+ezSX5vQq3JnfiL5wXo2OI0HCvExRmFYU9qFQtgmKIaMOUpToo47Cqe8ioPo3FDIF6nZNiB2qJhtF/S1W7rDV7zzwItRw=" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Registrations have surpassed last year’s total with three weeks left until registration closes. It promises to be an interesting and stimulating event - please register soon if you wish to join us.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(32,32,32);white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(32,32,32);white-space:pre-wrap">We hope to see you in Copenhagen.</span><br></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Bernie Folan</font></span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#666666">Bernie Folan</font></b><div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications Coordinator, OASPA</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:bernie.folan@oaspa.org" target="_blank">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>