Basel Sustainability Publishing Forum Webinar 2024: AI in Open Access
Basel Sustainability Publishing Forum Webinar 2024: AI in Open Access
Part of the Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum series
AI, Open Sciences, Publishing, Open Access
Welcome Message
The 4th Basel Sustainability Publishing Forum brings together thought leaders, researchers, and practitioners to explore the transformative role of AI in open access publishing. We aim to foster a dialogue on how AI can be harnessed to prioritize community-driven knowledge dissemination, ensuring that academic research remains accessible, equitable, and free from commercial constraints.
The academic landscape is rapidly evolving, with AI offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance the peer review process, improve research accessibility, and promote sustainable publishing practices. However, with these advancements come challenges in balancing innovation with the core values of openness and community empowerment. We look forward to your contributions to these important discussions as we navigate the possibilities AI brings to open access publishing, with a shared commitment to fostering inclusive, sustainable, and transparent scholarly communication.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you at 4th Basel Sustainability Publishing Forum Webinar. Please find below an up-to-date outline of the presenters.
Date: 24 October 2024 at 02.00 p.m. CEST | 8:00 a.m. EDT | 8:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 859 6060 7328
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Keynote Speakers
Is Artificial Intelligence A Threat for Open Access?
Dr. Ignasi Labastida is the Rector's Delegate for Scientific Publications and Open Science at the University of Barcelona where he is also the head of research support at its library (known as CRAI). Currently, he chairs the Board of SPARC Europe and the Policy Group on Information and Open Access at the League of European Research Universities (LERU). He has participated in the development of the Catalan Strategic Plan on Open Science and the Spanish National Strategy on Open Science. He is also part of the negotiation team for open access agreements at the Spanish Rectors' Conference. Since his involvement in introducing Creative Commons licenses in Spain in 2003, he has been working on copyright and openness.
AI and Open Science: Alliances for Mutual Benefit
Dr. Alexandre López-Borrull is an associate professor at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), where he is the director of the Bachelor's Degree in Information and Documentation. He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Bachelor's degree in Documentation from the UOC. As a researcher, he has worked on the legal aspects of information and electronic information sources in science and technology, and has participated in various research and transfer projects. His current research interests are related to disinformation and open science. He is also a member of the GAME research group (UOC).
Dr. Enric Sayas holds a bachelor’s degree in in Agricultural Engineering and a PhD in Biotechnology from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, as well as a completed post-doc at the University of Geneva. He joined MDPI in 2016, where he now works a business analyst focusing on new AI applications.
Program
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time in CEST |
| MDPI Introduction | 02:00 pm - 02:05 pm |
| Dr. Enric Sayas Artificial Intelligence in the Scientific Publishing Industry: New Challenges |
02:05 pm - 02:25 pm |
| Q&A Session | 02:25 pm - 02:35 pm |
| Dr. Ignasi Labastida Is Artificial Intelligence A Threat for Open Access? |
02:35 pm - 02:55 pm |
| Q&A Session | 02:55 pm - 03:05 pm |
| Dr. Alexandre López-Borrull AI and Open Science: Alliances for Mutual Benefit |
03:05 pm - 03:25 pm |
| Q&A Session | 03:25 pm - 03:35 pm |
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Discussion/Roundtable Forum |
03:35 pm - 04:05 pm |
| Closing of Webinar |
04:05 pm - 04:10 pm |
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
