Conference on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities

Conference Synopsis and Strategic Aims

The 3-day conference aims to bring together key players from national and international research organizations, learned societies, museums, archives, libraries and research funding agencies and political institutions, commercial and non-for profit publishing services concerned about the future of scientific e-publishing and scholarly communication. The declared aim of the meeting is to provide guidance to all players involved on how to help build a future-proof, flexible, open, and high-quality scholarly and scientific publishing system.

• Prepare the transformation of all areas of research from the print into the electronic world.
• Establish an open-access policy on the Internet for scientific information, including cultural heritage.
• Define future models for web-based scientific/scholarly communication and publishing and for making cultural heritage accessible on the Web.
• Provide blueprints on how to make publishing alternatives work in a sustainable way.
• Encourage funding agencies and research organizations to support the creation and implementation of open access models for scientific publishing.
• Encourage funding agencies and research organizations to support the transfer of existing content both from science and culture to the new medium.
• Define prerequisites for a future Web of Culture and Science.

The conference will take place in the Conference Center „Harnack-Haus“ in Berlin. Address: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Tagungsstätte Harnack-Haus, Ihnestraße 16-20, D-14195 Berlin.