MedOANet European Conference | Mediterranean Open Access Network | Medoanet

"The National Documentation Centre, in conjunction with MedOANet Project, is pleased to announce the 2013 International Open Access Conference @ EKT, the third in a series of international conferences on Open Access organized by the National Documentation Centre since 2008. The event will take place at the National Documentation Centre / National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, Greece, from 16 to 18 October 2013. The Conference brings together specialists on open access, research policy-makers, such as research funders and research performing institution administrators, students and interested individuals to explore current trends in Open Access in Europe. The first part of the international Conference (16th October) focuses on the trends and developments in Open Access in Greece, and specifically public sector information, open government and open education/open research. The second part of the conference (October 17th and 18th) is MedOANet European Conference. The final conference of MedOANet project will serve to present the results of the project, placing them in the wider European perspectives on Open Access policies, and providing a forum for the current debate on Open Access policy implementation practices within the EU. Specifically, the MedOANet final conference will focus on best practices in policy implementation among research funders and research performing institutions, as well as a discussion of open access within the European Research Area. More information about the event available at: http://openaccess.gr/conferences/conference2013/?language_id=1 Online registration prior to the event is required: http://openaccess.gr/conferences/conference2013/registration.dot The tentative program of the conference including the speakers will be available at the end of July."