PROGRAMMA

Light lunch & coffee

Keynote session

• Welcome on behalf of KAGB and Jonge Academie

Patrick Schöffski and Herman Tournaye, Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium

• Plan S and the changing world of publishing

Koen Vermeir, professor CNRS, co-chair Global Young Academy

• Historical perspective on the business model behind scientific publishing

Stephen Buranyi, freelance journalist The Guardian, research assistant immunology & infection, Imperial College

• What happened in publication ethics in biomedicine since 1970?

André Van Steirteghem, prof. em. VUB, UZ Brussel, former editor-in-chief of Human Reproduction, past secretary of COPE, president of VCWI

• The success story of European Journal of Taxonomy: diamond open access and taxonomic standard

Isabelle Gérard, head of Publications Dprt, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, co-manager EJT

Think-Check-Submit (video)

Coffee break

Metrics, incentives and rewards for open publishing

• A reflection on openness-rewarding metrics

Inge Van Nieuwerburgh, Coordinator scholarly communication UGent, Open Access Belgium

• Screening the Flemish Academic Bibliographic Database for the SS&H (VABB-SHW) for publications in questionable journals

Joshua Eykens, PhD researcher Library and Information Sciences at ECOOM UAntwerpen

• Flemish Open Science policy

Bart Dumolyn, Flemish Government – Department Economy, Science & Innovation

• Predatory journals in the media

Remy Amkreutz, journalist De Morgen

Interactive panel discussion

• Ann Peters, Director Research & internationalisation & head of UHasselt University Library

• Reine Meylaerts, Vice rector Research, KU Leuven

• Willy Verstraete, President FWO, funding agency

• Philip Van Avermaet, Head of the research division at Department Economy, Science & Innovation, Flemish Government

Conclusions

Christophe Vandeviver, Young Academy of Belgium