The 1st Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum | Dialog with Learned Societies: Sustainable Solutions for Successful Transition to Open Access
12 September 2019: All presentation videos are available online via the links listed in the detailed program here.
08 November 2019: The next Basel Sustainable Publishing Forum (BSPF) will be announced soon!
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-Monday 9 September 2019
-ZLF (Zentrum für Lehre und Forschung), Kleiner Hörsaal (smaller auditorium), Hebelstrasse 20, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
Welcome Message
Plan S is an initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. The plan is supported by an international consortium of research funders, named cOAlition S. Plan S requires that, as of 2021, all scientific publications resulting from public funding is published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms. While the principles and implementation guidelines have been clearly stated and updated recently, many concerns were raised, especially concerning the stability of the evaluation system and the stability of the research ecosystem.
At the center of these concerns are learned societies which often strongly rely on publishing revenues to ensure the viability of all the activities done for their scientific communities. This dialog day aims to bring together representatives of learned societies to hear from them and understand the challenges that they are facing to transition/flip their journals to Open Access.
Four keynote presentations will take place:
Johan Rooryck, the Open Access Champion for cOAlition S,will present the details of Plan S, guidelines and timeline for implementation.
Alicia Wise will present potential strategies and business models through which learned societies can transition to an open access landscape and adapt to Plan S. These recommendations arise from the consultancy done by Information Power, and commissioned by Wellcome, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).
Jan Erik Frantsvåg will present a detailed overview and perspective on the current status of the open access landscape.
Saskia de Vries will present the principles of fair open access, in the context of Plan S and their relevance to societies.
We will also hold open discussions - under the principles outlined in our code of conduct - with a broad range of stakeholders, including funders, policy-makers, learned societies, publishers and publishing platforms.
This will be a unique opportunity to work together towards identifying sustainable and scalable solutions for successful open access transition.
The University of Basel and the MDPI Sustainability Foundation look forward to welcoming you in Basel!
Meet the Event Chairs
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Alicia Wise
Information Power, Winchester, United Kingdom - http://www.informationpower.co.uk/who-we-are/alicia-wise/;
Alicia Wise is an effective and experienced game changer working at the intersection of copyright, digital technologies, policy, and people. Alicia is known for her work as a communicator, influencer, and relationship builder and as someone who can drive organisational development and transformational change. With both an open and candid personality and tenacity and determination, she is driven to do what is right and get things done through collaboration and partnership. She has more than 30 years’ experience in the academic information space including roles with libraries, publishers, and researchers. Most recently she was with Elsevier where she led on Open Access and global strategic relations. Prior to this she held roles with the Publishers Association, Publishers Licensing Society, Jisc, Archaeology Data Service, and in universities. She has served on the boards of Access to Research, Accessible Books Consortium, CHORUS, CLOCKSS, Digital Preservation Coalition, and Research4Life.
Mr. Jan Erik Frantsvåg
UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway - https://uit.no/ub/ansatte/person?p_document_id=43618;
Jan Erik started his education with a degree in economics, computing and banking, and worked for many years in various positions in banks, before he went to UiT The Arctic University of Norway in 1993. He was acting head of the budget section of the finance department and assisting finance director for some years in the late 1990s, also acting as finance director for a short period. He then worked in the IT department of the administration before he went to the faculty of humanities for a period as assistant faculty director. After that he was project manager for a procurement and invoice processing system for a couple of years. During his work in the finance department he wrote a report on the publishing activities of the university and concluded, in 1996, that the university should make its scholarly content freely available on the internet. In 2006, he joined the University Library to work with Open Access on a full-time basis. Initially he worked on the institutional repository. He later led the national co-operation that was saddled with the national responsibility for OA, until it was taken over by a new government agency in 2011. He later also worked on the library’s publishing service Septentrio Academic Publishing. He is a board member of SPARC Europe (chair until recently) and a member of the DOAJ advisory board. He has published scholarly articles on OA-related subjects, and he occasionally engages writes and presents in various OA debates. He is also part of the program committee for the annual Munin Conference on Scholarly publishing, organized by his University Library.
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Basel, 12 September 2019
Franck Vazquez
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Matthias Burkhalter |
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Cédric Spinnler |
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Géraldine Leuenberger
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Karen Gisler
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Purpose
Expectations
-to actively engage in creating a friendly and safe environment for all,
-to express their views in the context of the rights of all other participants to hold and express different views,
-to be kind and considerate, and, to respect personal space and boundaries for personal interactions.
-to be mindful of other participants,
-to behave appropriately, and to refrain from displaying any demeaning, harassing, aggressive, offensive or intimidating materials or behavior,
-to dress and behave professionally,
-to respect others’ properties, including private and communal property.
-to follow regulations and laws applicable at the venue.
Inappropriate behavior—harassment, aggression, and intimidation
Consequences of inappropriate behavior
What to do about inappropriate behavior?
Save the Date
September 2020 marks the 5th birthday of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. If it were a child and given the right circumstances, it would now have developed fine motor skills, be able to stand on one foot for 10 seconds, have long conversations, and start to develop independence and responsibility. With the 8th World Sustainability Forum, we are not only celebrating a birthday, but are also taking stock of where we are in relation to a more sustainable world, what has worked, what has not yet worked, and where we need to go next.
Sustainability has gained considerable traction: Many countries have integrated sustainability and environmental protection as part of their national development agenda, many businesses have realized the considerable long-term potential in sustainable development, and many research agendas have aligned with sustainability goals. It is now time for the research, policy, and business communities to enter into enduring dialog and to embrace greater global responsibilities. With this event, we hope to contribute to building a platform and network for a sustainability agenda that fosters partnerships among stakeholders beyond the boundaries of academic disciplines, narrow national agendas, and quarterly spreadsheets. The quest is to conceive of ways to assure long-term sustainable development for our people, our planet, as well as societal and corporate profit.
In light of the importance of developing institutional partnerships and networks, this forum will be coordinated by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, the UN Global Compact, the Global Footprint Network, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
The 8th World Sustainability Forum
WSF2020 is an international scientific conference coordinated by the MDPI Sustainability Foundation, under the patronage of the University of Basel, the University of Geneva and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN).
The language of the conference is English.
The World Sustainability Award and the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award will be conferred at the gala dinner of the conference. The World Sustainability Award is endowed with USD 100'000; the Emerging Sustainability Leader Award with USD 10'000.
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