0930 | Registration for a prompt 10:00 start |
Session 1Research Matters for developing countries – framing our day |
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1000 | Welcome – Lucy Browse (INASP) & Neil Johnson (ACU) |
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1010 | Why research matters for development – Rachel McIntosh (DFID) |
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1040 | INASP update – Julie Brittain (INASP) |
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1110 | Higher education beyond 2015: Demonstrating that research matters to achieving development goals – David Osei (ACU) |
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1140 | Refreshment break and networking |
1200 | Lightning talks. Publishers provide updates on their work to support Higher Education and the research communication cycle in developing countries (4 x 15 minute talks) |
1. Seed Grants for Research Capacity: The Elsevier Foundation – Ylann Schemm, Elsevier | |
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2. What could publishing disruption bring to the developing world? – Brian Hole, Ubiquity Press | |
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3. Our Past, Our Future – Mike Petersen, Royal Society for Chemistry | |
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4. How books are still changing lives in the HE sector in sub-Saharan Africa – Lucy Clouting and Stevie Russell, Book Aid International | |
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1300 | Lunch and networking |
Session 2The view from the South – challenges and opportunities in Higher Education, research provision and researcher engagement |
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1400 | Reconciling business interests and development needs: How can publishers ensure developing countries have access to the research they need? – Jon Harle (INASP) |
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1430 | Perspectives from librarians how they are supporting research and the challenges faced |
1. Overview of Higher Education in Zambia – Francina Makondo | |
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2. Challenges faced by librarians and researchers, how these are being overcome, where they currently remain: the Zimbabwean perspective – Agnes Chikonzo & Audrey Mhlanga | |
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3. E-resources Provision in Institutions of Higher Learning in Malawi: Prospects and Challenges – Trevor Namondwe & Patrick Mapulanga | |
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1530 | Refreshment break and networking |
Session 3Researcher focus – opportunities to support developing country researchers and a snapshot of the researcher experience |
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1600 | AuthorAID: An update and call to action – Julie Walker (INASP) |
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1610 | Experience of a science journal editor mentoring developing country researchers with AuthorAID – Matt Hodgkinson (PLOS) |
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1630 | Experiences of a developing country researcher – why research matters. – Bushra Ahmed Khurram and Adanma Innocent-Ukachi |
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1650 | Round-up – Lucy Browse & Neil Johnson |
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Reception and dinner | |
1700 | Drinks reception for all participants |
1900 | Publishers for Development dinner |
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