OA speakers bureau

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

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• This is a list of people willing to speak about OA at conferences. (Listing oneself here is not a commitment to accept any particular invitation.)
• Please include an institutional affiliation, OA-related topics on which you're willing to speak, and contact information or a link to a page containing contact information.
• This list started life as Open Access Advocates Worldwide, compiled by the Canadian Library Association Information Commons Interest Group. We thank the CLA ICIG for its willingness to move the list to OAD.
• See also: Open Speakers Database, from the Right to Research Coalition and OpenCon.
• Alphabetical by country, and then by speaker.

Argentina

• Nancy Gómez, independent consultant, E-LIS editor from Argentina
• Dominique Babini. Open access projects, advocacy, research in Latin America and the Caribbean, for CLACSO-Latin American Social Science Council and UNESCO. [email protected]

Armenia

• Tigran Zargaryan, Director at Fundamental Scientific Library, tigran[@]flib.sci.am

Australia

• Paul Ashton, Victoria and LaTrobe University, co-founder of Open Humanities Press, co-founder and co-editor of Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy.

Austria

• Monika Bargmann, librarian, E-LIS editor for Austria

Belarus

• Viatcheslav Britchkovski, National Library of Belarus, eIFL-OA country coordinator, v_britch[@]nlb.by

Bulgaria

• Radostina Todorova, New Bulgarian University Library, eIFL-OA country coordinator, rtodorova[@]nbu.bg

Canada

• Manal Allagabo, University of Regina

• Amy Buckland, University of Guelph

• Leslie Chan, University of Toronto

• Olivier Charbonneau, Concordia University Libraries; Blog, CultureLibra.ca (in French)

• Alec Couros, University of Regina

• Hilde Coldenbrander, University of British Columbia Library

• Danielle Dennie, Concordia University Library

• Halina de Maurivez, University of Ottawa

• John Dupuis, Steacie Science & Engineering Library, York University

• Michael Geist, University of Ottawa

• Dean Giustini, University of British Columbia

• Jean-Claude Guédon, Université de Montréal

• Stevan Harnad, Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Sciences, Institut des sciences cognitives, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Tom Hickerson, Vice-Provost and University Librarian, University of Calgary

• Arif Jinha - federal NDP candidate - Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington - MA student Globalization and International Developmment University of Ottawa

• David Mattison, The Ten Thousand Year Blog

• Russell McOrmond

• Francis Ouellette, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

• G.W. Brian Owen, Simon Fraser University Library, a partner in the Public Knowledge Project(Open Journal Systems, Open Conference Systems)

• Lesley Perkins, Canada Border Services Agency

• Sharon Reeves, Library and Archives Canada Theses Canada Portal Project

• Kumiko Vézina, Electronic Resources Coordinator at Concordia University Libraries, E-LIS Chief-Editor for Canada, blogger at OA Librarian

• Andrew Waller, Serials Librarian, University of Calgary

France

• Pablo Rauzy, Télécom ParisTech, PhD student, involved in the movement for open access and against bibliometrics, French introduction to OA

Germany

Baden-Württemberg

• Anja Oberländer, Informationsplattform open-access.net, Universität Konstanz
• Bettina Goerner, Manager Open Access, Springer Verlag, springer.com/openaccess
• Martyn Rittman, Chief Production Editor, MDPI

Berlin/Brandenburg/Sachsen

• Alexander Grossmann, University of Applied Sciences (HTWK) Leipzig [1], Professor of Publishing Management, Leipzig, and Co-Founder of ScienceOpen, Berlin/Boston ([2])

Hessen

• Gerald Langhanke, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (www.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de)

Niedersachsen

• Margo Bargheer, Universitätsverlag Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
• Birgit Schmidt Open-Access-Netzwerk für Repositorien, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

Nordrhein-Westfalen

• Klaus Graf, Archivalia, RWTH Aachen/University Freiburg im Breisgau

Saarland

• Dr. Ulrich Herb, Science Consultant & Independant Researcher, Specialist Electronic Publishing & Open Access at Saarland University and State Library (SULB)

Ghana

• Abednego Corletey, Systems Librarian, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUSTSpace administrator [email protected]

India

• Victor Kalyane, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Italy

• Valentina Comba, Manager of the E-Learning Centre, University of Bologna

• Antonella De Robbio, librarian, University of Padua, E-LIS

• Francesca Di Donato, University of Pisa, HyperJournal

• Paola Gargiulo, Electronic Resource Specialist and OA advocate CASPUR

• Andrea Marchitelli, E-LIS editor for Italy, CILEA

• Susanna Mornati, E-Publishing Project Leader at CILEA

• Maria Chiara Pievatolo, professor, University of Pisa, Bollettino Telematico di Filosofia Politica

• Imma Subirats, E-LIS Coordinator, E-LIS, information management specialist of FAO of the United Nations

Kyrgyzstan

• Sania Battalova, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium, eIFL country coordinator, battalovas[at]mail.auca.kg
• Safia Rafikova, American University of Central Asia Library, eIFL-OA country coordinator, rafikova_s[@]mail.auca.kg

Moldova

• Nelly Ţurcan, the State University of Moldova, tsurcannelly[@]usm.md

Nepal

• Dr. Angel Magar, Executive Editor, Journal of Nepal Medical Association, editor[@]jnma.com.np
• Dr. Arun Neopane, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society

Netherlands

• Jan Velterop, BOAI signatory Budapest Open Access Initiative

Nigeria

• Steven Akintude, University of Jos, sakintun[@]gmail.com
• Emcee Gideon Christian, Research Intern, IDRC, gchristian[@]idrc.ca
• Ezra S. Gbaje, Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, eIFL-OA country coordinator, shiloba[@]yahoo.com

Norway

• Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Open Access Adviser, University Library, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. jan.e.frantsvag[@]uit.no

Poland

• Łukasz Bolikowski, Assistant Professor at Centre for Open Science, ICM, University of Warsaw

Russia

• Evgeny Negulyaev, Ural State University Scientific Library, Evgeny.Negulyaev[@]usu.ru
• Elena Okhezina, Ural State University Scientific Library, eIFL country coordinator, Elena.Okhezina[@]usu.ru
• Sergey Parinov, Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Socionet, sparinov[@]gmail.com

Saudi Arabia

• Sulieman S Alshuhri Lecturer at, Information Study Dept., Main Editor of Arab Initiatives of Open Access AIOA, Speaking can be in Arabic or English Language.

Serbia

• Biljana Kosanovic, Department of Scientific Information, National Library of Serbia, Serbian Library Consortium for Coordinated Acquisition (KoBSON), eIFL country coordinator, biljana[at]nb.rs
• Nikola Stanic, Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES), eIFL-OA country coordinator, nikola[@]ceon.rs

Singapore

• Charlotte Hubbard, Journal Development Editor, BioMed Central

Slovenia

• Miha Peternel, Faculty of Computer and Information Science (FRI), University of Ljubljana, Miha.Peternel[@]fri.uni-lj.si

South Africa

• Eve Gray, Honorary Research Associate, the Centre for Educational Technology (CET), the University of Cape Town, Project Director of the OpeningScholarship Project, Eve.Gray[@]uct.ac.za
• Monica Hammes, University of Pretoria, Monica.Hammes[@]up.ac.za
• Elsabe Olivier, Open Scholarship Manager at University of Pretoria, elsabe.olivier[@]up.ac.za
• Dale Peters, Scientific Technical Manager DRIVER II, State and University Library of Goettingen, peters[@]sub.uni-goettingen.de
• Ina Smith, Dgital Librarian / IR Manager, Sellenbosch University, ismith[@]sun.ac.za
• Susan Veldsman, Director: Scholarly Publishing Unit, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), susan[@]assaf.org.za

Spain

• Remedios Melero, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos
• Ignasi Labastida, Universitat de Barcelona, ilabastida[@]ub.edu

Switzerland

• Christian Fuhrer, Open Access Coordinator, Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich
• Salvatore Mele, CERN and SCOAP3
• Dirk Verdicchio, Open Access Coordinator/Scholarly Communication Officer at the University Library Bern. BORIS (Bern Open Repository and Information System), BOP-Serials (Bern Open Publishing)
• Jens Vigen, CERN Head Librarian
• Ingeborg Zimmermann, Open Access Project Leader, Main Library University of Zurich
• Bernd Kulawik, Kunsthistoriker / Wiss. Mitarbeiter, Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Einsiedeln
• Franck Vazquez, CEO, MDPI
• Delia Mihaila, Publishing Director, MDPI

Turkey

• İlkay Holt, E-LIS editor for Turkey, Açık Erişim Dünyasından, Koç University Library

Ukraine

• Olena Haleta, associate professor at Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, olena_haleta[@]yahoo.com
• Iryna Kuchma, eIFL Open Access program manager, eIFL - Open Access
• Galina Proskudina, Institute of Software Systems, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, gupros[@]isofts.kiev.ua
• Tetiana Yaroshenko, University Librarian, Vice President for IT, National University of Kyiv Mohyla Аcademy, eIFL-OA country coordinator, yaroshenko[@]ukma.kiev.ua

United Kingdom

• Virginia Barbour, Chief Editor, PLoS Medicine, Public Library of Science

• Theo Bloom, Chief Editor, PLoS Biology, Public Library of Science

• Matthew Cockerill, Managing Director, BioMed Central

• Martin Donnelly, Senior Institutional Support Officer, Digital Curation Centre, University of Edinburgh. Interested in open data and open research in general.

• Gary Hall, Research Professor at Coventry University, Founding co-editor of Culture Machine, Director of the Cultural Studies Open Access Archive CSeARCH , Co-founder of Open Humanities Press

• Sam Illingworth, Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, Manchester Metropolitan University

• Deborah Kahn, Publishing Director BioMed Central

• Barbara Kirsop, Trustee/Secretary Electronic Publishing Trust for Development

• Derek Law, Professor and Librarian at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

• Valerie McCutcheon, Research Information Manager, University of Glasgow. Topics: Open Access, Research Outputs and working with funders

• Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, Public Library of Science

• Nancy Pontika, Open Access Aggregation Officer, CORE. Topics: open access, open science, repositories, harvesting, aggregation, funders policies.

• David Prosser, Executive Director, Research Libraries UK. Email [email protected]

• Alma Swan, Director, Key Perspectives Ltd

• Mike Taylor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Co-author, Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week. Email [email protected]

• Ben Toth, Director, National Library for Health

• Jan Velterop, BOAI signatory Budapest Open Access Initiative

• Bryan Vickery, COO, BioMed Central

• Lisa Walton, Executive Editor, Veruscript

United States

• Karen Albert, Senior Director for Education & Information Services, Fox Chase Cancer Center

• Gavin Baker, Outreach Fellow, SPARC

• Jeffrey Beall, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver.

• Fred Benenson, Member, Board of Directors, Students for Free Culture

• Pete Binfield, Publisher & Co-founder, PeerJ

• Andre Brown, Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania

• Pat Brown, Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and founding co-director of the Public Library of Science

• Karen Butter, University Librarian and Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of California - San Francisco

• Catherine Candee, Executive Director, Strategic Publishing & Broadcast Initiatives, University of California

• Michael Carroll, Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Project on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law

• Mary Case, University Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Paul Courant, formerly Provost and later University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Kenny Crews, Gipson Hoffman & Pancione

• Robert R. Downs, Sr. Digital Archivist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University

• Michael Eisen, Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics and Development at the University of California - Berkeley

• Ray English, Director of Libraries (retired), Oberlin College, [email protected]

• Susan Gibbons, University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Libraries & Scholarly Communication, Yale University

• Abigail Goben, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Diane Graves, University Librarian, Trinity University

• Ethan Guillen, Executive Director, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines

• Melissa Hagemann, Information Program, Open Society Instittue

• Karla Strieb, Associate Director, Content & Access, The Ohio State University Libraries

• Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC

• Rebecca Kennison, K|N Consultants

• Molly Kleinman, doctoral candidate, University of Michigan

• Jennifer McLennan, Director of Communications, SPARC

• Catherine Mitchell, Director, Access & Publishing Group, California Digital Library

• Catherine Nancarrow, Managing Editor, Public Library of Science, PLoS Computational Biology , PLoS Genetics, PLoS NTDs, PLoS Pathogens

• James Neal, University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University

• Joyce Ogburn, Digital Strategies and Partnerships Librarian, Appalachian State University

• Randy Olsen, University Librarian, Brigham Young University

• Jake Orlowitz, Wikipedia Administrator, Lead Coordinator of The Wikipedia Library, Ocaasi on Wikipedia

• Nelson Pavlosky, Co-founder, Students for Free Culture

• Beth Ritter-Guth, The College English Wiki, The Community College without Borders Project

• Dorothea Salo, Faculty Associate, University of Wisconsin.

• Nick Shockey, Director of Student Advocacy, SPARC

• https://lib.ku.edu/dean-bio Kevin L. Smith], Dean of Libraries, University of Kansas

• David J Solomon, Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University.

• Devin Soper, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Florida State University.

• Elizabeth Stark Member, Board of Directors, Students for Free Culture

• Peter Suber, Director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication, Director of the Harvard Open Access Project. Topics: OA policies; rights-retention OA policies for universities and funders; green and gold OA; gratis and libre OA; progress and obstacles.

• Sharon Terry, President & CEO, Genetic Alliance

• Pat Thibodeau, Associate Dean for Library Services and Archives, Duke University

• Gary Ward, Associate Professor, University of Vermont

• John Wilbanks, VP for Science at Creative Commons, Science Commons and Creative Commons

• John Willinsky, Founder and Director, Public Knowledge Project

• Gavin Yamey, Senior Magazine Editor, PLoS Medicine

• Philip Young, University Libraries, Virginia Tech

• Vika Zafrin, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston University Libraries