<div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>The main Open Repositories Virtual 2020 meeting will take place on June 1-4, 2020 starting at 3PM UTC each day. Sessions will be recorded for later viewing. <div><br></div><div>Participants are asked to register for each day and for each workshop they wish to attend. Registration and a schedule may be found at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2For2020.sun.ac.za%2Fconference-programme%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C68c6c970b2724abbc61508d80483f691%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=tFw1N%2Bd8TWZyGNFv1kMPtwDxDHEm5x7hmoo11oTKgts%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://or2020.sun.ac.za/conference-programme/" shash="oQWPIbbyTqmD3E9mEPTdNCjVPyJ3V9ZviLCVDP88tD/ygNRUOonU9zd+D/l6r57zQLA0lqZYM+gGKrjC5Xvs4SsNJ3FF+x2M1WQCjvwJdXxl+ZPc92F9AEq7cEZ/oUdvXDKrwWjZyXmbVDBn427p3wd6qVfIYlqRzCetaduWSV0=" target="_blank">https://or2020.sun.ac.za/conference-programme/</a>. <br><br>Registration is free!<br><br>The program includes: <br><br>A Keynote on Monday June 1st at 3PM UTC from Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), titled: “Reframing the conversation: applying the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion to scholarly communications”. <br><br>Repository Rodeo on June 2nd at 3PM UTC: <br><ul><li>Dataverse: Danny Brooke, Harvard University</li><li>DSpace: Maureen Walsh, The Ohio State University</li><li>EPrints: John Salter,  University of Leeds</li><li>Fedora: David Wilcox, LYRASIS</li><li>Haplo: Tom Renner, Haplo</li><li>Invenio: Lars Holm Nielsen, CERN</li><li>Islandora: Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University</li><li>Samvera: Jon Dunn, Indiana University</li></ul>A OR2020 Virtual Poster Session may be viewed and commented on at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2For2020.sun.ac.za%2Fvirtual-poster-session%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C68c6c970b2724abbc61508d80483f691%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=UakGKm9NjYxq2qmI2avtJ5i1i8Y%2B3VjhYA3VwD7%2BI9I%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://or2020.sun.ac.za/virtual-poster-session/" shash="QTzMYu4E6+vGoplI/v8SLHzF+6MDsk53VwFBm8cU92bQ5WyYrTblZ6WopbAEA0i/2mGgEuamFZJGCpS9gYNZ4n9YJIS8jXNHKhlK446l+XfxHedMBgEHQcvvlE3+A07UBx5MQwPszD4CiYVUy83C+V2XF8sJSH4ciPsq07p+Uks=" target="_blank">https://or2020.sun.ac.za/virtual-poster-session/</a> between June 1-5, 2020 with a discussion session on Tuesday June 2nd, 4.30pm – 5.30 pm  UTC. <br><br>“Aligning repository networks to support international sharing of COVID-19 resources” panel organized by COAR, on Wednesday, June 3rd, will present several national approaches to managing and sharing COVID-19 resources from around the world (Africa, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Asia), followed by a discussion about how we can work more closely across countries and regions to ensure that content can be integrated internationally.<br><br>The Idea Challenge 2020 – 2021 kicks-off as an online social gathering on Thursday, June 4th <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2For2020.sun.ac.za%2Fa-year-long-idea-challenge%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C68c6c970b2724abbc61508d80483f691%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=yqy7C9Fko%2B3zYP9%2FrjEB4VEEpD6FhPivxIprInCWqno%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://or2020.sun.ac.za/a-year-long-idea-challenge/" shash="tTiF5bgI4lQRKzzbOSmNld3WJmWNbekUczuhl2i6bRSkZcsGhqpsgiLNvNKijEw4tP3Qzn7/ydVUr3TQb8d+vcgJDBlPeR2HEfX+IMwI6zY4UtF4qhi/ivOPU40qGnrQ76FhQvkLAKchlJhCvXqZQYogFkEIKYXJ20+B7IfVJ/Y=" target="_blank">https://or2020.sun.ac.za/a-year-long-idea-challenge/</a>, where we will brainstorm new ideas around the four topics: Access &amp; Discovery: Repositories and different types of content and material; Inclusivity: supporting researchers and practitioners, no matter where they live and the language they speak; Integration: systems, machines, open knowledge resources, people; and Policies, licensing and copyright management. <br><br>Please see the program at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2For2020.sun.ac.za%2Fconference-programme%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C68c6c970b2724abbc61508d80483f691%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=tFw1N%2Bd8TWZyGNFv1kMPtwDxDHEm5x7hmoo11oTKgts%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://or2020.sun.ac.za/conference-programme/" shash="oQWPIbbyTqmD3E9mEPTdNCjVPyJ3V9ZviLCVDP88tD/ygNRUOonU9zd+D/l6r57zQLA0lqZYM+gGKrjC5Xvs4SsNJ3FF+x2M1WQCjvwJdXxl+ZPc92F9AEq7cEZ/oUdvXDKrwWjZyXmbVDBn427p3wd6qVfIYlqRzCetaduWSV0=" target="_blank">https://or2020.sun.ac.za/conference-programme/</a> for more details on additional sessions and workshops. And join conversations on Twitter using the hashtag #OpenRepos2020.<br><br>We hope to see you online in June and in Stellenbosch in 2021: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?ur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