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About OpenCon: conference, satellites & communityOpenCon is more than a conference. It’s a platform for the next generation to learn about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data, develop critical skills, and catalyze action toward a more open system for sharing the world’s information—from scholarly and scientific research, to educational materials, to digital research data.. |
Organized by the Right to Research Coalition & SPARC
OpenCon is organized by SPARC, the Right to Research Coalition, and a Organizing Committee of students and early career academic professionals from around the world. You can support OpenCon by .
We’re working to make online research & educational materials free to read, share, and modify for all.
Research Papers
We believe in Open Access—the free, immediate, online availability of research articles—to ensure that anyone with an Internet connection can read, use, and build upon research findings.
Research Data
We advocate for Open Research Data so that anyone can freely download, copy, analyze and re-process data. We believe Open Data encourages transparency and collaboration among researchers, accelerates discovery, and allows the public to engage with publicly funded data.
Education
We believe in Open Education to maximize the power of the Internet to make educational materials more affordable, more accessible and more effective for learners. We advocate for Open Education so that teachers can share, adapt, and build off existing materials.
What the community is saying about OpenCon
OpenCon 2014 was the best conference I have ever been to. The presentations, speeches, and workshops as well as all the connections I made at OpenCon educated me about the exciting developments occurring not only in Open Educational Resources, but Open Access and Open Data as well. I left informed and inspired to continue on as an open advocate. Full of word class attendees, organizers, and presenters, OpenCon was a once in a life time opportunity that I will never forget.
Chardaye Bueckert, President of the Simon Fraser Student Society
OpenCon was the most energetic and intellectually stimulating conference I have attended. Meeting people so immersed in Open Access, Open Data and Open Education was inspiring and has since motivated myself and Martin Bentley to start Open Access South Africa: A Student Network. I am honoured to be a part of a community so fully committed to access to education and research across the world.
Uvania Naidoo, Open Access South Africa Co-founder, MA Candidate (UCT)
Blog and News
Upcoming Events
November 2018 Librarian Community Call
This call brings together all librarians working with, or learning about, all things Open--and gives folks an opportunity to connect with each other to better their work and librarianship.
Many libraries are in the process of identifying and formally defining their values. Join us for a discussion of how a group of librarians did just this. Lillian Rigling, Emily Carlisle, and Courtney Waugh will discuss the process they used at the University of Western Ontario to develop a values-based open access statement. Read their publication in In the Library with the Lead Pipe for additional background (http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/oa-statement/) We look forward to hearing your thoughts and questions
Call Agenda
You can find all the proposed agendas and minutes from the Librarian community calls in one place, right here.
Joining details
To join the conference call from your computer, go to https://www.uberconference.com/SPARCconference.
To join the conference by phone within the US, dial 855 277 1599. To join the conference by phone outside of the US, see https://www.uberconference.com/international. This page provides local dial-in numbers for 50 countries. If available, you can dial into the local number for your country then enter our conference line information when prompted (phone number: 855 277 1599). If a local dial-in number isn’t available for your country, we suggest you either login from your computer using the instructions above or dial the US number using Skype.
What to expect
Community calls are always friendly, and we love new faces. The more you participate, the more you'll get out of it! No doubt there will be a lot of this too.
OpenCon 2018 Ecuador
La 1ra Edición de OpenCon Ecuador 2018 se celebrará el 24 de noviembre de 2018 en el Hemiciclo Politécnico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) en Quito.
La conferencia anual OpenCon Global convoca a los estudiantes más prometedores y profesionales académicos en primeros años de carrera que impulsan el acceso abierto, datos abiertos, recursos educativos abiertos, y muchos otros aspectos de la cultura científica y de educación abierta.
OpenCon Ecuador es un evento satélite organizado por la Red Ecuatoriana de Datos Abiertos y Metadatos (REDAM), que busca reunir a estudiantes, profesionales, académicos, investigadores y a todos aquellos que enfrentan los desafíos y estén interesados en proponer soluciones del acceso abierto, los datos abiertos y los recursos educativos libres.
El evento tiene como objetivo forjar nuevas conexiones entre organizaciones e individuos para coordinar los esfuerzos nacionales y mundiales de promoción de estos temas. Además, esperamos que nuestro evento conduzca a colaboraciones inter sectoriales que beneficiarán a los sectores de ciencia y tecnología en Ecuador y aumentarán la visibilidad de la investigación ecuatoriana.
OpenCon Ecuador tendrá charlas, paneles y talleres sobre Acceso Abierto, Educación Abierta y Datos Abiertos.
AUSPICIOS O PANELISTAS
Si tu institución quiere participar o tienes alguna propuesta de panel escríbenos a info@datosabiertosecuador.org
REGISTRO ABIERTO
AGENDA TENTATIVA
Fecha: Sábado, 24 de noviembre de 2018
Hora: 9h00 - 14h00
Lugar: Hemiciclo Politécnico de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN) - Quito
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8h45 - 9h00 |
Registro de participantes |
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9h00 - 9h15 |
Apertura y Bienvenida Carolina Zambrano - SENESCYT Julio López - Presidente de la REDAM / OpenCon Global 2016 Alumnus |
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9h15 - 9h45 |
Charla Magistral “Los avances del acceso abierto, los datos abiertos y los recursos educativos abiertos en Ecuador” Nelson Piedra, PhD - Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja | UTPL · Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación |
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9h45 - 10h30 |
Ponencia sobre Licenciamiento y Acceso Abierto Ivan Lasso (CC Ecuador) - Andrés Delgado (CC Ecuador/REDAM) |
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10h30 - 11h00 |
Ponencias sobre Datos Abiertos en Ecuador Andrea Llerena (Económica/REDAM) Margarita Yépez (Datalat) Robert Enríquez (Universidad Central del Ecuador, Data Center) IAEN Irma MINTEL |
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11h00 - 11h30 |
Refrigerio |
Charla relámpago Búsqueda de Revistas Científicas de Acceso Abierto de Alto Impacto |
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11h30 - 12h00 |
Ponenciasl sobre Repositorios Académicos en Ecuador Freddy Sumba (Red CEDIA) |
Taller práctico de Apertura de Datos Julio López (Datalat/REDAM) Andrés Delgado (CC Ecuador/REDAM) |
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12h00 - 12h30 |
Ponencias sobre Educación Abierta Vahid Masrour (Wikimedistas del Ecuador) |
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12h30 - 14h00 |
Círculos de aprendizaje
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OpenCon 2018 Haiti
It will be a space for conferences on Open Science, Open Access to scientific knowledge in the South as Haiti, the digital transformation, the negative perception of local knowledge, epistemological alienation and cognitive justice. The theme for this satellite event is: The enhancement of Haitian scientific heritage through the development of digital media.