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<div><Apologies for cross posting></div>
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In celebration of Open Access Week, the Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG) and the Australian National University (ANU) invited the Chief Executive Officers of the two government funding agencies to a panel discussion about their open access policies.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Professor Aidan Byrne, CEO of the Australian Research Council (ARC), and Professor Warwick Anderson, CEO of the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) spoke about their open access policies, and then participated in a Q&A session that was moderated
by ANU Vice Chancellor, Professor Ian Young.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The session was recorded and is available on the ANU You Tube Channel - <span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kcj8j3LyBQ"><span style="color: blue; ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kcj8j3LyBQ</span></a> </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">A blog on the AOASG site <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2013/10/20/arc-nhmrc-oawk-panel-discussion">http://aoasg.org.au/2013/10/20/arc-nhmrc-oawk-panel-discussion</a>/ has a summary of the discussion and includes time stamps of different parts
of the recording for ease of use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Happy Open Access Week 2013.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Danny</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Dr Danny Kingsley</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Executive Officer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Australian Open Access Support Group</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">w: wwww.aoasg.org.au</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">t: @openaccess_oz</p>
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