In celebration of 2023 being designated as a Year of Open Science, the University of Texas Libraries – with support from the Office of Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors – are collaborating with HELIOS and NASA TOPS to organize the Texas Open Science Summit (TOSS).
Our half-day program will bring together experts in a variety of disciplines to talk about federal government requirements for sharing research publications and data, the importance of open science to early career researchers, and open science opportunities at UT Austin. We’ll also be introducing the new Open Source Program Office (OSPO) at UT Austin and discussing the role of OSPOs at institutions across the U.S.
When: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023, from 9:15am-12:00pm (Central). Networking breakfast starting at 8:30am
Where: Perry Castañeda Library (PCL) and virtual via Zoom
Registration (free): https://utexas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LQUmc5s8TXqL4_QATRyseQ#/registration
Program:
8:30 Networking Breakfast
9:15 Welcome: Daniel Jaffe, Vice President for Research, University of Texas
9:30 Opening Keynote
- Caitlin Carter, Program Manager for Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Science (HELIOS)
- Paige Martin, Program Officer for Transform to Open Science (TOPS), NASA
10:10 Panel Discussion on Open Science
- Caitlin Carter, Coordinator, HELIOS
- Johanna Cohoon, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Computing, University of Utah
- Paige Martin, Program Officer for TOPS, NASA
- Mohammad Afzal Shadab, PhD student, Oden Institute, University of Texas
- Franco Pestilli, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Texas
- Greg Tananbaum, Director of the Open Research Funders Group
11:15 Closing Keynote
- Stephanie Lieggi, Executive Director, Open Source Program Office, University of California Santa Cruz
- Angela Newell, Executive Director of Innovation, Information Technology Services, University of Texas
11:45 Closing Remarks: Eric Meyer, Dean, School of Information, University of Texas
This event is free to attend but registration is required. Registration and program details are available here: https://utexas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LQUmc5s8TXqL4_QATRyseQ#/registration
