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OpenCon 2016 Highlights
OpenCon 2016 Highlights
OpenCon 2016 had amazing talks, panels, workshops and unconference sessions . We've collected them all below. Please spend some time exploring and sharing them.
Project Presentations
OpenCon Project Presentations showcase the quality and breadth of work powered by students and early career researchers in the community.
Workshops
Check out this year's workshop content: from using Open to advance your career to making sure your projects are inclusive and diverse!
Unconference Sessions
These are sessions proposed and run by participants, from discussions around global health to regional-based initiatves
Pre-conference Webcasts
These introductory webcasts provide basic information baout Open issues so that everyone arrives with similar expertise level.
R2RC Award Winner
Find out who the Right to Research Coalition Next Generation Leadership Award 2016 was awarded to, and why.
Photos
Explore our gallery of photos of our participants and sessions from the weekend and Adovcacy Day in Washington, DC!
Day One
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Keynote - Brewster Kahle from the Internet Archive
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Leveraging Open Data for Sustainable Development: Pinkie Chan - Culture Change Panel, Part 1
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Open Educational Resources: David Wiley - Culture Change Panel, Part 2
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Open Data and Culture Change at CERN: Achintya Rao - Culture Change Panel, Part 3
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Promoting a culture of preprinting in biology: Jessica Polka - Culture Change Panel, Part 4
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Open Access Nigeria: Ahmed Ogunlaja - Culture Change Panel, Part 5
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Katie Steen - Successful Participant Projects Panel, Part 1
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DOAJ: a Latin American perspective: Ivonne Lujano - Successful Participant Projects Panel, Part 2
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Fight for Better Legislations: Chris Hartgerink - Successful Participant Projects Panel, Part 3
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No Librarian is an Island”:Making Connections for Open Advocacy: Lauren Collister - Successful Participant Projects Panel, Part 4
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Road from OpenCon 2014 to OpenCon 2016: Arslan Inayat - Successful Participant Projects Panel, Part 5
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Open Data in the Healthcare Sector: Natalia Norori - Succesful Participant Projects Panel, Part 6
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Day Two
Day Two saw our unconference and project presentations. You can read and build on the sessions and notes from unconference sessions here , simply find a session your interested in and view the "sesion notes". You can explore the projects presented here .
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Let’s Make ‘Open’ Count: Erin McKiernan - Research Evaluation Panel, Part 1
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What's your Impactstory?: Heather Piwowar - Research Evaluation Panel, Part 2
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Open Education at KPU: Rajiv Jhangiani - Research Evaluation Panel, Part 3
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What Works to Foster the Adoption of Openness and Transparency Practcies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Soziac Elise Wang Sonne - Research Evaluation Panel, Part 4
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Imagine a Better Way: Heather Coates - Research Evaluation Panel, Part 5
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Statement from Mike Eisen
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Mark Puente - Equity & Open Panel, Part 1
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April Hathcock - Equity & Open Panel, Part 2
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Penny Andrews - Equity & Open Panel, Part 3
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Audience Q&A - Equity & Open Panel