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Join the World Bank, Peter Suber and Michael Carroll for an Open Discussion: What the Bank's Open Access Policy Means for Development
Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET / 16:30 - 18:00 GMT
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Can’t attend? Join us online and submit your questions now at: http://live.worldbank.org/bank-open-access-policy-development-liveblog
[Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and French will be available]
The World Bank will be adopting an Open Access Policy as of July 1. In addition, the Bank recently launched the World Bank Open Knowledge Repository and became the first major international organization to adopt a set of copyright licenses from Creative Commons. As a result, a wealth of Bank research and knowledge products are now freely available to anyone in the world for use, re-use, and sharing.
* Why is this so significant?
* How can open access contribute to the goal of eliminating poverty?
* How does the new policy impact the Bank's researchers and authors?
* How will the OKR benefit users of Bank knowledge, in particular those in developing countries?
Join us at the World Bank or online for a lively conversation about these and other aspects of open access to research and its potential for development progress.
FEATURED GUESTS:
Peter Suber
Director of the Harvard Open Access Project and a leading voice in the open access movement
Cyril Muller
Vice President for External Affairs at the World Bank
Michael Carroll
American University law professor and founding board member of Creative Commons
Adam Wagstaff
Research Manager of the World Bank's Development Research Group
HOST:
Carlos Rossel
World Bank Publisher
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In DC? Attend in person!
Monday, May 21, 2012
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET/16:30 - 18:00 GMT
World Bank “J” Building, Room JB1-080
701 18th Street, NW, Washington DC 20433
RSVP to [log in to unmask] by May 18.Photo ID will be required.
A light lunch will be served.
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Can’t attend? Join us online!
Submit questions in advance and watch the live webcast.
Simultaneous translations in Spanish and French will be available.
Join the live conversation on Twitter @WBPubs with hashtags #wblive or #openaccess.
For more information, please visit the event website: http://live.worldbank.org/bank-open-access-policy-development-liveblog
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FEATURED GUESTS:
PETER SUBER
Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, Faculty Fellow at the Berkman Center for
Internet & Society, Special Advisor at the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication,
Senior Researcher at SPARC
Mr. Suber is the Director of the Harvard Open Access Project, Faculty Fellow at
the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Special Advisor at the Harvard Office
for Scholarly Communication, Senior Researcher at SPARC, Research Professor of
Philosophy at Earlham College, and a non-practicing lawyer. He writes the SPARC
Open Access Newsletter, was the principal drafter of the Budapest Open Access
Initiative, and sits on the Board of Enabling Open Scholarship, the Advisory Board
of the Open Knowledge Foundation, the Advisory Board of the European Library, and
the boards of several other groups devoted to open access, scholarly communication,
and the information commons. He has been active in promoting open access for many
years through his research, speaking, and writing.
MICHAEL CARROLL
Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual
Property, American University Washington College of Law
Mr. Carroll is a Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Information Justice
and Intellectual Property at American University Washington College of Law. He is a
founding member of Creative Commons, and is recognized as a leading advocate for
open access to scholarly research. He serves on the National Research Council's
Board on Research Data and Information, is an Academic Fellow of the Center for
Democracy and Technology and is a member of Advisory Board to Public Knowledge.
His research focuses on Internet Law and Intellectual Property. On the topic of
open access, he has written white papers and has given numerous presentations
to university faculty, administrators, and staff around the country.
CYRIL MULLER
Vice President, External Affairs, World Bank
Mr. Muller joined EXT as VP in November 2011. EXT manages relationships with key
stakeholders for the World Bank, including parliamentarians, donor countries,
the media, civil society, foundations, and the private sector. Prior to this,
he was the Director for Banking and Debt Management in the World Bank Treasury,
where he led the team responsible for modernizing the financial products
available to member countries, and advisory services on public debt management.
From 2005 to 2010, he served as the World Bank's Special Representative for
Europe, based in Paris. His main responsibilities were managing the dialogue
with European governments and institutions. From 1991 through 2000, Mr. Muller
held a range of positions across the World Bank, including in country operations.
In 2000, Mr. Muller took a leave of absence from the World Bank to join the
senior management of SGS, a Swiss multinational. Prior to joining the Bank in
1991, he was a senior economist at the Swiss Federal Department for Economic
Affairs, working on multilateral trade negotiations and international finance.
ADAM WAGSTAFF
Research Manager, Development Research Group, World Bank
Mr. Wagstaff is Research Manager of the Human Development & Public Services
team in the Development Research Group (DECRG). Before joining the Bank in
1998, he was Professor of Economics at the University of Sussex (UK). He was
Associate Editor of the Journal of Health Economics for 20 years, and has
published extensively on a variety of aspects of the field. Outside health
economics, he has published on various topics, including bibliometrics, the
effects of aid, efficiency measurement, the measurement of trade union power,
and the redistributive effects of taxation and economic growth. Beyond DECRG,
he has worked (half-time) in the East Asia & Pacific region, and in the Human
Development Network hub.
HOST:
CARLOS ROSSEL
Publisher, Office of the Publisher, External Affairs, World Bank
Mr. Rossel is the World Bank Group Publisher and has over 25 years of experience
in international professional and scholarly publishing. To support the institution's
role as supplier of global knowledge, the Office of the Publisher works with departments
across the institution to develop and publish a range of products that cover the full
spectrum of economic and social development to decision-makers, academia, general audiences,
and other constituencies. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Rossel was Operations
and Marketing Manager for the World Bank's Office of the Publisher./
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