Open Science – The Amsterdam Call for Action | MMU Research and Knowledge Exchange Blog

"Our good friends at UKRO have provided a great article on the recent ‘Open Science – From Vision to Action’ conference in Amsterdam (you can read their report here – Ed. you’ll need to be logged in to access the article). The conference, a key event in the Netherlands EU Presidency bringing together a wide range of stakeholders, gave Commissioner Carlos Moedas (Research and Innovation) the opportunity to once again underline the vision for Open Science and its key role in engaging the public in the research they pay for. In his speech he was keen to emphasise the moral case for open access – ‘the public have the right to see the results of the research that they have invested in’ – as well as its contribution to income generation and increasing standards of research. The output of the conference – The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science – sets out two concrete aspirations: full open access for all publicly funded scientific publications by 2020, and a fundamentally new approach towards optimal reuse of research data by 2020. It also presents suggested actions for key stakeholder groups (national authorities, European Commission, research funders, publishers and the research community itself) to achieve these aspirations, considering barriers, infrastructure requirements and mechanisms to encourage adoption ..."