Annual Conference 2009

24 November 2009 | Koninklijke Bibliotheek | The Hague | The Netherlands

The Alliance for Permanent Access aim is to foster the development of an ecosystem of trusted digital repositories to enable Europe to fully exploit the potential of European scientific collaboration. The accessibility (permanent), quality assurance and preservation of key data collections are and will be one of the major driving forces for the advancement of science but also for applications thereof.

The theme of the 2009 Annual Conference was:
Keeping the Records of Science Accessible: towards a sustainable science data e-infrastructure!

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Presentations:

Keynote Speaker PARSE.Insight:
> Dr. David Giaretta, Science and Technology Facilities Council

Science Community Insight I II III
> High Energy Physics by Dr. Salvatore Mele, CERN
> Earth Observation by Veronica Guidetti, European Space Agency
> Social Sciences by Dr. Matthew Woollard, UK Data Archive

Cross Communities Insights I II III
> R&D and technical tools by Prof.Dr. Andreas Rauber, 
Vienna University of Technology
> Funding and sustainable business models by Chris Rusbridge,
Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access
> Certification / accreditation mechnism by Barbara Sierman,
Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Download the content of the presentation here>>

Keynote Speaker EU
> Konstantinos Glinos, European Commission

Forum Pitch with:
> Simon Hodson - Knowledge Exchange
> Keith Jeffery - euroCRIS
> Kimmo Koski - PARADE
> Wouter Schallier - LIBER
> Eefke Smit - STM