<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><Sorry for the cross-posting></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="wrapper" style="background-color: rgb(245, 247, 250); font-family: TrebuchetMS; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><div class="wrapper" style="background-color: rgb(245, 247, 250); 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line-height: 32px; text-align: center;"><em class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 100, 120);" class=""><strong class="">The role of collaboration in building a global knowledge commons</strong></span></em></h1><p class="size-14" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="font-roboto"><span style="" class="">The <b class="">Confederation of Open Access Repositories</b> (COAR) and the <b class="">University of Vienna</b> are pleased to announce the upcoming COAR Annual Meeting and Conference, which will take place at the University of Vienna on April 12 & 13, 2016.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="size-14" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="font-roboto">The major themes for this year's meeting are <b class="">new roles for repositories</b> and <b class="">international collaboration</b>. The conference will offer participants the opportunity to learn about international trends in open science/open access, engage with colleagues from around the world, and pursue collaborative projects with international partners.</span></p><p class="size-14" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="font-roboto">The discussions will lay the foundation for COAR's work in 2016-17 around new functionalities for repositories, value-added services, and improving the flow of research knowledge.</span></p><p class="size-14" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="font-roboto"><span style="" class="">Registration fees are very affordable:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 24px; padding: 0px;" class=""><li class="size-14" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="font-roboto">€50 Euros (for members of COAR and e-Infrastructure Austria)</span></li><li class="size-14" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span class="font-roboto">€80 Euros (for non-members).</span></li></ul></div><div style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(96, 102, 109); margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" class=""><div class="btn btn--flat" style="margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://coar.cmail20.com/t/i-i-dijyhjk-l-r/" data-width="91" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-top-left-radius: 4px; border-top-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; display: inline-block; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.1s ease-in; background-color: rgb(68, 168, 199); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; padding: 12px 35px; text-decoration: none !important;" class="">Register now</a></div></div><div style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;" class=""><h1 class="size-20" style="font-size: 20px; color: rgb(68, 168, 199); font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px;"><span class="font-roboto"><em class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 100, 120);" class=""><strong class="">Conference themes and speakers</strong></span></em></span></h1><p class="size-15" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 168, 199);" class=""><strong class="">Next generation repositories:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class=""><font color="#606060" class="">The meetings will kick off with two thought-provoking speakers talking about new technologies and roles for repositories.</font></span></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24px; padding: 0px;" class=""><li class="size-14" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#606060" class="">Pandelis Perakakis, Open Scholar and University of Granada</font></span></li><li class="size-14" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 21px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#606060" class=""><span class="">Herbert Van de Somp</span><span class="">el, Los Alamos National Laboratory</span><span class=""> </span></font><font color="#60666d" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></font></span></li></ul><p class="size-15" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 168, 199);" class=""><strong class="">Focus on China</strong>:</span><span class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(96, 102, 109);"> </span><font color="#606060" class="">There will be a session offering an overview of the current state of open science in China.</font></span></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24px; padding: 0px;" class=""><li style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#606060" class="">Xiaolin Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences</font></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#606060" class="">Dr. Liping Ku, Chinese Academy of Sciences</font></span></li></ul><h2 class="size-15" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong class="" style="color: rgb(68, 168, 199);">International collaboration:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><span class=""><font color="#606060" class="">Several presentations will report on existing international, collaborative work.</font></span></span></h2><ul style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24px; padding: 0px;" class=""><li style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#606060" class="">Daisy Selematsela, National Science Foundation, South Africa</font></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#606060" class="">Gerald Beasley, University of Alberta, Canada</font></span></li><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><font color="#606060" class="">Plus speakers from Latin America, Europe and the United States</font></span></li></ul><p class="size-15" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: roboto, tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;"><span class="font-roboto" style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 168, 199);" class=""><strong class="">Improving the flow of knowledge</strong>:</span><span class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(96, 102, 109);"> </span><font color="#606060" class="">The conference will close with an open, interactive discussion about how we can improve the flow of knowledge around the world.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></span></span></p></div><div style="font-size: 14px; 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