The Schedule

Open Science: Pathways to Knowledge Democracy in South Asia

Rajesh Tandon, Founder-President of Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair on Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education

Open Science in the context of South Asia: barriers, challenges and opportunities to achieving Open Science

Moderator: Dr Moumita Koley, STI Policy Researcher, DST-CPR IISc Bangalore

Panelists:

• Prof. Abdullah Shams Bin Tariq, Bangladesh

• Prof. Rahul Siddharthan, India

• Prof. Buna Bhandari, Nepal

1) Enhancing India’s Open Science Infrastructure: A Case Study of I-STEM Portal

Anup K Das and Rabi Shankar Giri

2) Open Science for Digital Literacy Competency

Aulia Puspaning Galih

3) Are Big Tech Algorithms enemies of open science? A study of Human-Algorithm interaction bias using Quantum-like framework, Karl Popper, and Youtube’s recommendation Algorithm

Anshuman Goel and Dr Sudip Patra

4) Integrated water resources assessment of Udaipur District

Tanya Issar, Nidhi Sherawat, Gitika Goswami

5) Stimulating Open Innovation Culture by Creating End-to-end Virtual Integrated Innovation Platforms

Radhika Trikha

Importance of Open Science for the Global South - Perspectives from Latin America

Dr Pablo Vommaro, Research Director, CLACSO, Argentina

Dr Dominique Babini, Open Science Advisor, CLACSO, Argentina

M19 Initiative - A Case of Collective Open Innovation

Richa Srivastava, Director, Maker’s Asylum

Vaibhav Chhabra, Chief Learning Officer and Founder, Maker’s Asylum

TBD

Prof Saleemul Huq, Director, International Centre for Climate Change and Development

How Can Global Initiatives Work Better for Open Science in South Asia?

Dr Haseeb Irfanullah, Independent Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

How publishing open access can improve the impact of your research?

Dr Ian Potter, Director of Business Development, Frontiers. Workshop in partnership with Frontiers.

5) Open Science Framework for SDGs.

Obwaya Mogire, Joseph Wafula and Mwangi Waweru

6) GRIPP – How effective?

Keerti Pradhan

7) Political Economy of International Cooperation and Openness in Global Space Innovation System

Ramnath Reghunadhan

8) Role of Democratising Science in Building Social Change

Navya Poonia, Ringsel Bhutia and Srishti Rongpipi

9) Extension of citizen science model for environment management measures in lieu of development activity: Case of ‘Namma Metro’

Jahnavi Sharma

The importance of Open Data in Archaeology for Preservation and Re-use: digital repositories and e-infrastructures in Europe

Prof. Julian D Richards, Director, Archaeology Data Service, University of York, UK

Mission Open Science: A Digital Workflow Initiative Leading from Knowledge Creation to Dissemination

Mr. Neelanjan Sinha, Product Head, AuthorCafe. Workshop in partnership with AuthorCafe

PANEL DISCUSSION (in partnership with International Science Council)

Preprints- A Pathway to Open Access

Moderator: ​Jenice Jean Goveas, Consultant campaign manager, Future of Scientific Publishing Project, International Science Council

Panelists:

• Dasapta Erwin Irawan, Lecturer at Bandung Institute of Technology and leader of Indonesia Open Science Team

• Stefano Vianello, Developmental Biologist, Taiwan

• Gowri Gopalakrishna, Epidemiologist and public health policy scientist, Amsterdam

• Luke Drury, Emeritus Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

PANEL DISCUSSION (in partnership with IDRC & CLACSO)

Research Assessment Practices in South Asia (CLACSO-FOLEC Project)

Moderator: Dr Gautam Sharma, STI Policy Fellow, DST-CPR, India

Panelists:

• Dr Dilrukshi Ranathunga, Principal Scientific Officer, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka

• Seetha I Wickremasinghe, Former Additional Director, National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka

• Dr Haseena Khan, UGC Professor, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Dr Avinash Kumar, STI Policy Fellow, DST-CPR, India

Regional challenges of Research Assessment and Evaluation: An account of FOLEC's proposals and actions in Latin America and the Caribbean

Dr Laura Rovelli, Coordinator, Latin American Forum For Research Assessment, Argentina, in partnership with IDRC & CLACSO

On Fostering the Culture of Science: nurturing space for plural values to generate uncomfortable knowledge and clumsy solutions

Dr Dipak Gyawali, Former Minister of Water Resources of Nepal and (Pragya) Academician, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology

Closed door meeting