Changing publication practices – From predatory to Plan S

vrijdag 21 februari

Palace of the Academies, Brussels

Language: English

 

12:00 Light lunch & coffee

 

13:00 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? (Slideshow PDF)
· 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 (Slideshow PDF) 
· Isabelle Gérard, head of Publications Dprt, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, co-manager EJT

 

Think-Check-Submit (video)

 

14:30 Coffee break

 

14:55 Metrics, incentives and rewards for open publishing

 

A reflection on openness-rewarding metrics (Slideshow PDF)
· 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 (link)
· Joshua Eykens, PhD researcher Library and Information Sciences at ECOOM UAntwerpen

 

Flemish Open Science policy (Slideshow PDF)
· Bart Dumolyn, Flemish Government – Department Economy, Science & Innovation

 

Predatory journals in the media
· Remy Amkreutz, journalist De Morgen

 

Interactive panel discussion with

· Ann Peters, Director Research & internationalisation & head of UHasselt University library

· Reine Meylaerts, Vice rector Research, KU Leuven

· Willy Verstraete, President FWO, funding agency (slides)

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

moderated by Remy Amkreutz, journalist De Morgen

 

Conclusions (Text PDF)
· Christophe Vandeviver, Young Academy of Belgium

 

16:30 End