OpenAIRE2020 and the UK Research Office Conference : OpenAIRE blog

"Each year the UK Research Office (UKRO) organises a two-day conference aimed primarily at European Liaison Officers, European research managers, Research Councils and policy makers. The 2017 edition of the UKRO Annual Conference took place from Thursday 22 to Friday 23 June at the Centre for Life in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I attended the UKRO’s conference on behalf of Jisc as OpenAIRE’s National Open Access Desk for the UK.  UKRO is the European office of the UK Research Councils, which delivers a subscription-based advisory service for research organisations (in the main UK HEIs) and provides National Contact Point services on behalf of the UK Government. Its mission is to maximise UK engagement in EU-funded research, innovation and higher education activities.  As such, there were presentations from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), and Erasmus+, as well as anniversary celebrations for the ERC, the MSCA and Erasmus+."