6th CERN–UNESCO–NRF Open Science School, Pretoria, South Africa, 2025

Session

Morning session

18 Feb 2025, 09:30

National Research Foundation (Albert Luthuli Auditorium )

Conveners

Morning session: Research infrastructures

• Nokuthula Mchunu (NRF)

Morning session: Open Science policies

• Jens Vigen (CERN)

Morning session: Open Access

• There are no conveners in this block

34. Zenodo

Lars Holm Nielsen (CERN)

18/02/2025, 09:30

35. Ubuntu Open Science Cloud

Harold Bowa (UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networks)

18/02/2025, 10:10

36. Redalyc

Prof. Arianna Becerril García (Redalyc)

18/02/2025, 10:50

29. Discussions

18/02/2025, 11:30

30. UNESCO and open science

Tiffany Straza (UNESCO)

19/02/2025, 09:00

32. CERN open science policy

Dr Kamran Naim (CERN)

19/02/2025, 09:30

39. SA Open Science Policy draft (and process)

Prof. Irvy (Igle) Gledhill (U. Witwatersrand, South Africa)

19/02/2025, 10:00

33. Discussion

19/02/2025, 10:30

27. Open Access policy and implementation at CERN

Anne Gentil-Beccot (CERN)

20/02/2025, 09:30

38. UNESCO study on predatory publishers

Tiffany Straza (UNESCO)

20/02/2025, 10:10

28. Spotting the wolves: Protecting your research (from predatory publishers)

Susan Veldsman (ASSAf)

20/02/2025, 10:50

The Academy of Science of South Africa's study on predatory publishers in the continent.

37. DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

Ina Smith (ASSAf)

20/02/2025, 11:30

A directory of certified journals, more African journals should be put forward for inclusion in the directory. Ina Smith ina@doaj.org is DOAJ senior ambassador for Southern Africa. Ambassador for other regions can be found from https://doaj.org/about/ambassadors/.

31. NRF open science policy