April 2015
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This conference was timed to follow the publication of RCUK's review of the impact of Open Access so far - and focussed on key implementation issues as well as looking to next steps for policy in light of Government's stated aim of adopting an Open Data culture for publicly funded research.
Delegates discussed ways universities, academics and publishers can maximise the potential of Open Access and raise awareness of its uses among the public and businesses - and ways forward for sharing best practice across the sector. They also assessed how Open Access has been implemented in practice since the Finch Review.
Further sessions addressed some of the remaining implementation issues for Open Access, including concerns relating to embargo periods, the cost of implementation for universities and the impact on early career researchers.
Those who attended included senior policymakers alongside Vice-Chancellors, Deans of Research and other senior representatives from within universities and HE colleges, academic publishers, research trusts and other funding groups, journals, libraries, KTPs, IP lawyers, academics and others with an interest in this issue.