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OA speakers bureau

2016-10-13T12:53:56Z

Martindonnelly: /* United Kingdom */

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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 [http://www.infocommons.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Access_Advocates_Worldwide Open Access Advocates Worldwide], compiled by the [http://www.cla.ca/ Canadian Library Association] [http://www.infocommons.ca/ Information Commons Interest Group]. We thank the CLA ICIG for its willingness to move the list to OAD.
* Alphabetical by country, and then by speaker.

[[Category:Advocacy for OA]] [[Category:Events about OA]]

== Argentina ==

* [http://nancydiana.googlepages.com/home/ Nancy Gómez], independent consultant, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS] editor from Argentina
* [http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/archivos_web_adj/DominiqueBabini_cv_En.pdf Dominique Babini]. Open access projects, advocacy, research in Latin America and the Caribbean, for CLACSO-Latin American Social Science Council and UNESCO. dasbabini@gmail.com

== Armenia ==

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

== Australia ==

* [http://tls.vu.edu.au/vucollege/liberalarts/ashton.html Paul Ashton], Victoria and LaTrobe University, co-founder of [http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Open Humanities Press], co-founder and co-editor of [http://www.cosmosandhistory.org Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy].

== Austria ==

* [http://www.8ung.at/library_mistress/ Monika Bargmann], librarian, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ 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

* [http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~chan/ Leslie Chan], University of Toronto

* [http://www.culturelibre.ca/ Olivier Charbonneau], [http://library.concordia.ca Concordia University Libraries]; Blog, [http://www.culturelibre.ca CultureLibra.ca] (in French)

* [http://couros.ca/cv/research/presentations-workshops Alec Couros], University of Regina

* Hilde Coldenbrander, [http://www.library.ubc.ca/ University of British Columbia Library]

* Danielle Dennie, [http://www.library.concordia.ca/research/subjects/chemistry/ Concordia University Library]

* Halina de Maurivez, [http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/ University of Ottawa]

* [http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/ John Dupuis], Steacie Science & Engineering Library, York University

* [http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ Michael Geist], University of Ottawa

* [http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/ Dean Giustini], University of British Columbia

* [http://www.littco.umontreal.ca/personnel/guedon_j-c.htm Jean-Claude Guédon], Université de Montréal

* [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ Stevan Harnad], [http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/en/index2_en.html Canada Research Chair] in [http://www.unites.uqam.ca/cnc/fr/profs/harnad.htm Cognitive Sciences], [http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/cogsci2/isc/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1 Institut des sciences cognitives], [http://www.uqam.ca/ Université du Québec à Montréal]

* [http://www.ucalgary.ca/provost/vp/vplib Tom Hickerson], Vice-Provost and University Librarian, University of Calgary

* [http://www.jinha-ndp.ca/ Arif Jinha] - federal NDP candidate - Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington - MA student Globalization and International Developmment University of Ottawa

* David Mattison, [http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress The Ten Thousand Year Blog]

* [http://www.flora.ca/russell/ Russell McOrmond]

* Francis Ouellette, [http://oicr.on.ca/ Ontario Institute for Cancer Research]

* G.W. Brian Owen, [http://www.lib.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University Library], a partner in the [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Public Knowledge Project](Open Journal Systems, Open Conference Systems)

* [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com Lesley Perkins], Canada Border Services Agency

* Sharon Reeves, Library and Archives Canada [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html Theses Canada Portal Project]

* [mailto:kumiko.vezina@concordia.ca Kumiko Vézina], Electronic Resources Coordinator at [http://library.concordia.ca Concordia University Libraries], [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS] Chief-Editor for Canada, blogger at [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com OA Librarian]

* [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com Andrew Waller], Serials Librarian, University of Calgary

== France ==

* [http://pablo.rauzy.name/ Pablo Rauzy], Télécom ParisTech, PhD student, involved in the movement for open access and against bibliometrics, [http://pablo.rauzy.name/openaccess/introduction.html French introduction to OA]

== Germany ==

* [http://www.fbm.htwk-leipzig.de/fbmedien/professorinnenundp0.html Dale Askey], HTWK Leipzig; director, [http://newprairiepress.org/ New Prairie Press]

* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/goerner Bettina Goerner], Manager Open Access, Springer Verlag, [http://www.springer.com/openaccess springer.com/openaccess]

* Klaus Graf, [http://archiv.twoday.net Archivalia], RWTH Aachen/University Freiburg im Breisgau

* Margo Bargheer, [http://univerlag.uni-goettingen.de Universitätsverlag Göttingen], Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

* Ulrich Herb, [http://www.scinoptica.com Science Consultant & Independant Researcher], Specialist Electronic Publishing & Open Access at [http://www.sulb.uni-saarland.de/de/service/publiktationsangebote/ Saarland University and State Library]

* Anja Oberländer, [http://www.open-access.net Informationsplattform open-access.net], Universität Konstanz

* Birgit Schmidt [http://www.dini.de/oa-netzwerk/ Open-Access-Netzwerk für Repositorien], Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

== Ghana ==

* Abednego Corletey, Systems Librarian, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, [http://dspace.knust.edu.gh KNUSTSpace] administrator cyber4ac@yahoo.com

== India ==

* [http://kalyane.tripod.com/ Victor Kalyane], Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

== Italy ==
* Valentina Comba, Manager of the [http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ateneo/Strutture/Strutture+di+servizio/82139/default.htm E-Learning Centre, University of Bologna]

* [http://www.math.unipd.it/~derobbio/home/schedaeng.htm Antonella De Robbio], librarian, University of Padua, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS]

* [http://www.sp.unipi.it/hp/didonato Francesca Di Donato], [http://www.sp.unipi.it University of Pisa], [http://www.hjournal.org HyperJournal]

* [http://www.directorioexit.info/consulta.php?directorio=exit&campo=ID&texto=466 Paola Gargiulo], Electronic Resource Specialist and OA advocate [http://www.caspur.it CASPUR]

* [http://www.directorioexit.info/consulta.php?directorio=exit&campo=ID&texto=475 Andrea Marchitelli], [http://eprints.rclis.org E-LIS] editor for Italy, [http://www.cilea.it CILEA]

* [http://it.facebook.com/srch.php?nm=susanna+mornati Susanna Mornati], [http://www.aepic.it/index.php?lang=en E-Publishing Project Leader] at [http://www.cilea.it CILEA]

* [http://www.sp.unipi.it/hp/pievatolo Maria Chiara Pievatolo], professor, [http://www.sp.unipi.it University of Pisa], [http://purl.org/hj/bfp/ Bollettino Telematico di Filosofia Politica]

* [http://openlib.org/home/subirats/ Imma Subirats], E-LIS Coordinator, [http://epints.rclis.org E-LIS], information management specialist of [http://www.fao.org/ 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, [http://www.jnma.com.np Journal of Nepal Medical Association], editor[@]jnma.com.np
* Dr. Arun Neopane, Editor-in-Chief, [http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNPS Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society]

== Netherlands ==

* [mailto:velterop@gmail.com Jan Velterop], BOAI signatory [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative]

== Nigeria ==

* Steven Akintude, University of Jos, sakintun[@]gmail.com
* [http://www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-135173-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Emcee Gideon Christian], Research Intern, IDRC, gchristian[@]idrc.ca
* [http://www.sharondelight.net/consultant.html Ezra S. Gbaje], Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, eIFL-OA country coordinator, shiloba[@]yahoo.com

== Norway ==

* [https://en.uit.no/ub/ansatte/person?p_document_id=43618 Jan Erik Frantsvåg], Open Access Adviser, University Library, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. jan.e.frantsvag[@]uit.no

== Poland ==

* [http://www.icm.edu.pl/~bolo/ 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
* [http://new.hse.ru/C11/C0/parinov-s-i/default.aspx Sergey Parinov], [http://www.cemi.rssi.ru/ Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences], [http://socionet.ru/ Socionet], sparinov[@]gmail.com

== Saudi Arabia ==

* [mailto:sulsam777@gmail.com Sulieman S Alshuhri] Lecturer at, [http://www.imamu.edu.sa/colleg_instt/colleg/ccis/dep/drasat/Pages/default.aspx Information Study Dept.], Main Editor of [http://aioa.blogspot.com/ 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 ==

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Charlotte Hubbard], Journal Development Editor, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

== Slovenia ==

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

== South Africa ==

* [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/EveGray Eve Gray], Honorary Research Associate, the Centre for Educational Technology (CET), the University of Cape Town, Project Director of [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/OpeningScholarship 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
* [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november01/authors/11authors.html#PETERS 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, [http://www.iata.csic.es Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos]
* Ignasi Labastida, [http://crai.ub.edu/que-ofereix-el-crai/acces-obert-ub Universitat de Barcelona], ilabastida[@]ub.edu

== Switzerland ==

* Christian Fuhrer, Open Access Coordinator, [http://www.zora.uzh.ch Zurich Open Repository and Archive], [http://www.oai.uzh.ch/index.php?mos_lng=en University of Zurich]

* Salvatore Mele, [http://cern.ch CERN] and [http://scoap3.org SCOAP3]

* Jens Vigen, [http://library.cern.ch CERN Head Librarian]

* Ingeborg Zimmermann, Open Access Project Leader, [http://www.hbz.uzh.ch/hbz_eng/ Main Library University of Zurich]

== Turkey ==

* İlkay Holt, [http://epints.rclis.org E-LIS] editor for Turkey, [http://acikerisim.blogspot.com/ Açık Erişim Dünyasından], [http://www1.ku.edu.tr/main/library/index.php 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, [http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa 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, [http://www.ukma.kiev.ua National University of Kyiv Mohyla Аcademy], eIFL-OA country coordinator, yaroshenko[@]ukma.kiev.ua

== United Kingdom ==

* Virginia Barbour, Chief Editor, [http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676 ''PLoS Medicine''], Public Library of Science

* Theo Bloom, Chief Editor, [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885 ''PLoS Biology''], Public Library of Science

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Matthew Cockerill], Managing Director, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

* [mailto:martin.donnelly@ed.ac.uk Martin Donnelly], Senior Institutional Support Officer, [http://www.dcc.ac.uk Digital Curation Centre], University of Edinburgh. Interested in open data and open research in general.

* [http://www.garyhall.info Gary Hall], Research Professor at [http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cu/schoolofartanddesign Coventry University], Founding co-editor of [http://www.culturemachine.net Culture Machine], Director of the Cultural Studies Open Access Archive [http://www.culturemachine.net/csearch CSeARCH ], Co-founder of [http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Open Humanities Press]

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Deborah Kahn], Publishing Director [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

* Barbara Kirsop, Trustee/Secretary [http://www.epublishingtrust.org Electronic Publishing Trust for Development]

* Derek Law, Professor and Librarian at [http://www.mis.strath.ac.uk/IS/ University of Strathclyde, Glasgow]

* Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science]

* Nancy Pontika, Open Access Aggregation Officer, [http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/member/nancy-pontika CORE]. Topics: open access, open science, repositories, harvesting, aggregation, funders policies.

* David Prosser, Director, [http://www.sparceurope.org/ SPARC Europe]

* Alma Swan, Director, [http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/aboutus/aswan.html Key Perspectives Ltd]

* Mike Taylor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Co-author, [http://svpow.com/ Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week]. Email [mailto:mike@miketaylor.org.uk mike@miketaylor.org.uk]

* Ben Toth, [http://nelh.blogspot.com Director], [http://www.library.nhs.uk National Library for Health]

* [mailto:velterop@gmail.com Jan Velterop], BOAI signatory [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative]

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Bryan Vickery], COO, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

== United States ==

* [mailto:karen.albert@fccc.edu Karen Albert], Senior Director for Education & Information Services, Fox Chase Cancer Center

* [http://www.gavinbaker.com/ Gavin Baker], Outreach Fellow, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]

* [http://people.auraria.edu/Jeffrey_Beall/ Jeffrey Beall], Scholarly Communications Librarian, [http://library.auraria.edu/ Auraria Library], University of Colorado Denver.

* [http://freeculture.org/about/ Fred Benenson], Member, Board of Directors, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]

* Pete Binfield, Publisher & Co-founder, [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ]

* [mailto:aebrown@physics.upenn.edu Andre Brown], Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania

* [http://cmgm.stanford.edu/pbrown/Lab_member_profiles/Pat_Brown.html Pat Brown], Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and founding co-director of the Public Library of Science

* [http://informingthoughts.com Amy Buckland], University of Chicago

* [http://www.library.ucsf.edu/users/kbutter Karen Butter], University Librarian and Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of California - San Francisco

* [mailto:Catherine.Candee@ucop.edu Catherine Candee], Executive Director, [http://www.cdlib.org/programs/escholarship.html/ Strategic Publishing & Broadcast Initiatives], University of California

* [http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/ Michael Carroll], Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Project on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law

* [http://researchguides.uic.edu/marycase Mary Case], University Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago

* [http://paulcourant.net Paul Courant], formerly Provost and later University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

* [http://www.ghplaw.com/Content/Attorneys/Kenneth_Crews.htm Kenny Crews], Gipson Hoffman & Pancione

* [http://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_mcbfaculty&name=eisenm 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, Oberlin College, Chair, SPARC Steering Committee, ray.english@oberlin.edu

* [http://resources.library.yale.edu/StaffDirectory/detail.aspx?q=622 Susan Gibbons], University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Libraries & Scholarly Communication, Yale University

* [http://hedgehoglibrarian.com Abigail Goben], University of Illinois at Chicago

* [mailto:diane.graves@trinity.edu Diane Graves], University Librarian, Trinity University

* [mailto:ethan.guillen@essentialmedicine.org Ethan Guillen], Executive Director, [http://www.essentialmedicine.org/ Universities Allied for Essential Medicines]

* [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/about/bios/hagemann Melissa Hagemann], [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information Information Program], [http://www.soros.org/ Open Society Instittue]

* [http://www.arl.org/arl/staff/karla.shtml Karla Hahn], Associate Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, Association of Research Libraries

* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/joseph.shtml Heather Joseph], Executive Director, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]

* [http://knconsultants.org/about/ Rebecca Kennison], K|N Consultants

* [http://mollykleinman.com/ Molly Kleinman], doctoral candidate, University of Michigan

* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/mclennan.shtml Jennifer McLennan], Director of Communications, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]

* [mailto:Catherine.Mitchell@ucop.edu Catherine Mitchell], Director, Access & Publishing Group, California Digital Library

* Catherine Nancarrow, Managing Editor, Public Library of Science, [http://www.ploscompbiol.org/home.action ''PLoS Computational Biology''] , [http://www.plosgenetics.org/home.action ''PLoS Genetics''], [http://www.plosntds.org/home.action ''PLoS NTDs''], [http://www.plospathogens.org/home.action ''PLoS Pathogens'']

* [http://library.columbia.edu/james-neal.html James Neal], University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University

* [mailto:joyce.ogburn@utah.edu Joyce Ogburn], University Librarian and Director, University of Utah

* [http://www.lib.byu.edu/departs/lao.php Randy Olsen], University Librarian, Brigham Young University

* [mailto:jorlowitz@gmail.com Jake Orlowitz], Wikipedia Administrator, Lead Coordinator of [http://enwp.org/WP:TWL The Wikipedia Library], Ocaasi [http://enwp.org/User:Ocaasi on Wikipedia]

* [http://skyfaller.net/about/ Nelson Pavlosky], Co-founder, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]

* Beth Ritter-Guth, [http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com The College English Wiki], [http://communitycollegewithoutborders.wikispaces.com The Community College without Borders Project]

* [http://dsalo.info/presentations/ Dorothea Salo], Faculty Associate, University of Wisconsin.

* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/shockey.shtml Nick Shockey], Director of Student Advocacy, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/students/ SPARC]

* [http://library.duke.edu/apps/directory/staff/2131 Kevin Smith], Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University

* [http://www.davidsolomon.us/oa_bio.html David J Solomon], Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University.

* [http://freeculture.org/about Elizabeth Stark] Member, Board of Directors, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]

* [http://bit.ly/petersuber 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.

* [http://geneticalliance.org/ws_display.asp?filter=bio.terry Sharon Terry], President & CEO, [http://geneticalliance.org Genetic Alliance]

* [mailto:thibo001@mc.duke.edu Pat Thibodeau], Associate Dean for Library Services and Archives, Duke University

* [http://www.uvm.edu/microbiology/individual_researcher.php?id=23 Gary Ward], Associate Professor, University of Vermont

* [http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/wilbanks John Wilbanks], VP for Science at Creative Commons, [http://sciencecommons.org Science Commons] and [http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons]

* [http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/faculty/displayRecord.php?suid=willinsk John Willinsky], Founder and Director, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Public Knowledge Project]

* [http://www.plos.org/about/people/medicine.html Gavin Yamey], Senior Magazine Editor, [http://www.plosmedicine.org/home.action/ PLoS Medicine]

* [http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/about/ Philip Young], University Libraries, Virginia Tech

* [http://www.bu.edu/library/profile/zafrin-vika/ Vika Zafrin], Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston University Libraries

OA speakers bureau

2016-10-13T12:52:58Z

Martindonnelly: /* United Kingdom */

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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 [http://www.infocommons.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Open_Access_Advocates_Worldwide Open Access Advocates Worldwide], compiled by the [http://www.cla.ca/ Canadian Library Association] [http://www.infocommons.ca/ Information Commons Interest Group]. We thank the CLA ICIG for its willingness to move the list to OAD.
* Alphabetical by country, and then by speaker.

[[Category:Advocacy for OA]] [[Category:Events about OA]]

== Argentina ==

* [http://nancydiana.googlepages.com/home/ Nancy Gómez], independent consultant, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS] editor from Argentina
* [http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/archivos_web_adj/DominiqueBabini_cv_En.pdf Dominique Babini]. Open access projects, advocacy, research in Latin America and the Caribbean, for CLACSO-Latin American Social Science Council and UNESCO. dasbabini@gmail.com

== Armenia ==

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

== Australia ==

* [http://tls.vu.edu.au/vucollege/liberalarts/ashton.html Paul Ashton], Victoria and LaTrobe University, co-founder of [http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Open Humanities Press], co-founder and co-editor of [http://www.cosmosandhistory.org Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy].

== Austria ==

* [http://www.8ung.at/library_mistress/ Monika Bargmann], librarian, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ 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

* [http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~chan/ Leslie Chan], University of Toronto

* [http://www.culturelibre.ca/ Olivier Charbonneau], [http://library.concordia.ca Concordia University Libraries]; Blog, [http://www.culturelibre.ca CultureLibra.ca] (in French)

* [http://couros.ca/cv/research/presentations-workshops Alec Couros], University of Regina

* Hilde Coldenbrander, [http://www.library.ubc.ca/ University of British Columbia Library]

* Danielle Dennie, [http://www.library.concordia.ca/research/subjects/chemistry/ Concordia University Library]

* Halina de Maurivez, [http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/ University of Ottawa]

* [http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/ John Dupuis], Steacie Science & Engineering Library, York University

* [http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ Michael Geist], University of Ottawa

* [http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/googlescholar/ Dean Giustini], University of British Columbia

* [http://www.littco.umontreal.ca/personnel/guedon_j-c.htm Jean-Claude Guédon], Université de Montréal

* [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ Stevan Harnad], [http://www.crsc.uqam.ca/en/index2_en.html Canada Research Chair] in [http://www.unites.uqam.ca/cnc/fr/profs/harnad.htm Cognitive Sciences], [http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/cogsci2/isc/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1 Institut des sciences cognitives], [http://www.uqam.ca/ Université du Québec à Montréal]

* [http://www.ucalgary.ca/provost/vp/vplib Tom Hickerson], Vice-Provost and University Librarian, University of Calgary

* [http://www.jinha-ndp.ca/ Arif Jinha] - federal NDP candidate - Lanark Frontenac Lennox and Addington - MA student Globalization and International Developmment University of Ottawa

* David Mattison, [http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress The Ten Thousand Year Blog]

* [http://www.flora.ca/russell/ Russell McOrmond]

* Francis Ouellette, [http://oicr.on.ca/ Ontario Institute for Cancer Research]

* G.W. Brian Owen, [http://www.lib.sfu.ca/ Simon Fraser University Library], a partner in the [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Public Knowledge Project](Open Journal Systems, Open Conference Systems)

* [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com Lesley Perkins], Canada Border Services Agency

* Sharon Reeves, Library and Archives Canada [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html Theses Canada Portal Project]

* [mailto:kumiko.vezina@concordia.ca Kumiko Vézina], Electronic Resources Coordinator at [http://library.concordia.ca Concordia University Libraries], [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS] Chief-Editor for Canada, blogger at [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com OA Librarian]

* [http://oalibrarian.blogspot.com Andrew Waller], Serials Librarian, University of Calgary

== France ==

* [http://pablo.rauzy.name/ Pablo Rauzy], Télécom ParisTech, PhD student, involved in the movement for open access and against bibliometrics, [http://pablo.rauzy.name/openaccess/introduction.html French introduction to OA]

== Germany ==

* [http://www.fbm.htwk-leipzig.de/fbmedien/professorinnenundp0.html Dale Askey], HTWK Leipzig; director, [http://newprairiepress.org/ New Prairie Press]

* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/goerner Bettina Goerner], Manager Open Access, Springer Verlag, [http://www.springer.com/openaccess springer.com/openaccess]

* Klaus Graf, [http://archiv.twoday.net Archivalia], RWTH Aachen/University Freiburg im Breisgau

* Margo Bargheer, [http://univerlag.uni-goettingen.de Universitätsverlag Göttingen], Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

* Ulrich Herb, [http://www.scinoptica.com Science Consultant & Independant Researcher], Specialist Electronic Publishing & Open Access at [http://www.sulb.uni-saarland.de/de/service/publiktationsangebote/ Saarland University and State Library]

* Anja Oberländer, [http://www.open-access.net Informationsplattform open-access.net], Universität Konstanz

* Birgit Schmidt [http://www.dini.de/oa-netzwerk/ Open-Access-Netzwerk für Repositorien], Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen

== Ghana ==

* Abednego Corletey, Systems Librarian, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, [http://dspace.knust.edu.gh KNUSTSpace] administrator cyber4ac@yahoo.com

== India ==

* [http://kalyane.tripod.com/ Victor Kalyane], Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

== Italy ==
* Valentina Comba, Manager of the [http://www.unibo.it/Portale/Ateneo/Strutture/Strutture+di+servizio/82139/default.htm E-Learning Centre, University of Bologna]

* [http://www.math.unipd.it/~derobbio/home/schedaeng.htm Antonella De Robbio], librarian, University of Padua, [http://eprints.rclis.org/ E-LIS]

* [http://www.sp.unipi.it/hp/didonato Francesca Di Donato], [http://www.sp.unipi.it University of Pisa], [http://www.hjournal.org HyperJournal]

* [http://www.directorioexit.info/consulta.php?directorio=exit&campo=ID&texto=466 Paola Gargiulo], Electronic Resource Specialist and OA advocate [http://www.caspur.it CASPUR]

* [http://www.directorioexit.info/consulta.php?directorio=exit&campo=ID&texto=475 Andrea Marchitelli], [http://eprints.rclis.org E-LIS] editor for Italy, [http://www.cilea.it CILEA]

* [http://it.facebook.com/srch.php?nm=susanna+mornati Susanna Mornati], [http://www.aepic.it/index.php?lang=en E-Publishing Project Leader] at [http://www.cilea.it CILEA]

* [http://www.sp.unipi.it/hp/pievatolo Maria Chiara Pievatolo], professor, [http://www.sp.unipi.it University of Pisa], [http://purl.org/hj/bfp/ Bollettino Telematico di Filosofia Politica]

* [http://openlib.org/home/subirats/ Imma Subirats], E-LIS Coordinator, [http://epints.rclis.org E-LIS], information management specialist of [http://www.fao.org/ 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, [http://www.jnma.com.np Journal of Nepal Medical Association], editor[@]jnma.com.np
* Dr. Arun Neopane, Editor-in-Chief, [http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JNPS Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society]

== Netherlands ==

* [mailto:velterop@gmail.com Jan Velterop], BOAI signatory [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative]

== Nigeria ==

* Steven Akintude, University of Jos, sakintun[@]gmail.com
* [http://www.idrc.ca/fr/ev-135173-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html Emcee Gideon Christian], Research Intern, IDRC, gchristian[@]idrc.ca
* [http://www.sharondelight.net/consultant.html Ezra S. Gbaje], Department of Library and Information Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, eIFL-OA country coordinator, shiloba[@]yahoo.com

== Norway ==

* [https://en.uit.no/ub/ansatte/person?p_document_id=43618 Jan Erik Frantsvåg], Open Access Adviser, University Library, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. jan.e.frantsvag[@]uit.no

== Poland ==

* [http://www.icm.edu.pl/~bolo/ 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
* [http://new.hse.ru/C11/C0/parinov-s-i/default.aspx Sergey Parinov], [http://www.cemi.rssi.ru/ Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences], [http://socionet.ru/ Socionet], sparinov[@]gmail.com

== Saudi Arabia ==

* [mailto:sulsam777@gmail.com Sulieman S Alshuhri] Lecturer at, [http://www.imamu.edu.sa/colleg_instt/colleg/ccis/dep/drasat/Pages/default.aspx Information Study Dept.], Main Editor of [http://aioa.blogspot.com/ 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 ==

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Charlotte Hubbard], Journal Development Editor, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

== Slovenia ==

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

== South Africa ==

* [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/EveGray Eve Gray], Honorary Research Associate, the Centre for Educational Technology (CET), the University of Cape Town, Project Director of [http://www.cet.uct.ac.za/OpeningScholarship 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
* [http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november01/authors/11authors.html#PETERS 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, [http://www.iata.csic.es Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos]
* Ignasi Labastida, [http://crai.ub.edu/que-ofereix-el-crai/acces-obert-ub Universitat de Barcelona], ilabastida[@]ub.edu

== Switzerland ==

* Christian Fuhrer, Open Access Coordinator, [http://www.zora.uzh.ch Zurich Open Repository and Archive], [http://www.oai.uzh.ch/index.php?mos_lng=en University of Zurich]

* Salvatore Mele, [http://cern.ch CERN] and [http://scoap3.org SCOAP3]

* Jens Vigen, [http://library.cern.ch CERN Head Librarian]

* Ingeborg Zimmermann, Open Access Project Leader, [http://www.hbz.uzh.ch/hbz_eng/ Main Library University of Zurich]

== Turkey ==

* İlkay Holt, [http://epints.rclis.org E-LIS] editor for Turkey, [http://acikerisim.blogspot.com/ Açık Erişim Dünyasından], [http://www1.ku.edu.tr/main/library/index.php 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, [http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-oa 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, [http://www.ukma.kiev.ua National University of Kyiv Mohyla Аcademy], eIFL-OA country coordinator, yaroshenko[@]ukma.kiev.ua

== United Kingdom ==

* Virginia Barbour, Chief Editor, [http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1549-1676 ''PLoS Medicine''], Public Library of Science

* Theo Bloom, Chief Editor, [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=index-html&issn=1545-7885 ''PLoS Biology''], Public Library of Science

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Matthew Cockerill], Managing Director, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

* [mailto:martin.donnelly@ed.ac.uk Martin Donnelly], Senior Institutional Support Officer, [http://www.dcc.ac.uk Digital Curation Centre], University of Edinburgh

* [http://www.garyhall.info Gary Hall], Research Professor at [http://www.coventry.ac.uk/cu/schoolofartanddesign Coventry University], Founding co-editor of [http://www.culturemachine.net Culture Machine], Director of the Cultural Studies Open Access Archive [http://www.culturemachine.net/csearch CSeARCH ], Co-founder of [http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Open Humanities Press]

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Deborah Kahn], Publishing Director [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

* Barbara Kirsop, Trustee/Secretary [http://www.epublishingtrust.org Electronic Publishing Trust for Development]

* Derek Law, Professor and Librarian at [http://www.mis.strath.ac.uk/IS/ University of Strathclyde, Glasgow]

* Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing, [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science]

* Nancy Pontika, Open Access Aggregation Officer, [http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/member/nancy-pontika CORE]. Topics: open access, open science, repositories, harvesting, aggregation, funders policies.

* David Prosser, Director, [http://www.sparceurope.org/ SPARC Europe]

* Alma Swan, Director, [http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/aboutus/aswan.html Key Perspectives Ltd]

* Mike Taylor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol. Co-author, [http://svpow.com/ Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week]. Email [mailto:mike@miketaylor.org.uk mike@miketaylor.org.uk]

* Ben Toth, [http://nelh.blogspot.com Director], [http://www.library.nhs.uk National Library for Health]

* [mailto:velterop@gmail.com Jan Velterop], BOAI signatory [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read Budapest Open Access Initiative]

* [mailto:info@biomedcentral.com Bryan Vickery], COO, [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]

== United States ==

* [mailto:karen.albert@fccc.edu Karen Albert], Senior Director for Education & Information Services, Fox Chase Cancer Center

* [http://www.gavinbaker.com/ Gavin Baker], Outreach Fellow, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]

* [http://people.auraria.edu/Jeffrey_Beall/ Jeffrey Beall], Scholarly Communications Librarian, [http://library.auraria.edu/ Auraria Library], University of Colorado Denver.

* [http://freeculture.org/about/ Fred Benenson], Member, Board of Directors, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]

* Pete Binfield, Publisher & Co-founder, [https://peerj.com/ PeerJ]

* [mailto:aebrown@physics.upenn.edu Andre Brown], Graduate student, University of Pennsylvania

* [http://cmgm.stanford.edu/pbrown/Lab_member_profiles/Pat_Brown.html Pat Brown], Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and founding co-director of the Public Library of Science

* [http://informingthoughts.com Amy Buckland], University of Chicago

* [http://www.library.ucsf.edu/users/kbutter Karen Butter], University Librarian and Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of California - San Francisco

* [mailto:Catherine.Candee@ucop.edu Catherine Candee], Executive Director, [http://www.cdlib.org/programs/escholarship.html/ Strategic Publishing & Broadcast Initiatives], University of California

* [http://carrollogos.blogspot.com/ Michael Carroll], Visiting Professor of Law and Director of the Project on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Washington College of Law

* [http://researchguides.uic.edu/marycase Mary Case], University Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago

* [http://paulcourant.net Paul Courant], formerly Provost and later University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

* [http://www.ghplaw.com/Content/Attorneys/Kenneth_Crews.htm Kenny Crews], Gipson Hoffman & Pancione

* [http://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_mcbfaculty&name=eisenm 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, Oberlin College, Chair, SPARC Steering Committee, ray.english@oberlin.edu

* [http://resources.library.yale.edu/StaffDirectory/detail.aspx?q=622 Susan Gibbons], University Librarian and Deputy Provost for Libraries & Scholarly Communication, Yale University

* [http://hedgehoglibrarian.com Abigail Goben], University of Illinois at Chicago

* [mailto:diane.graves@trinity.edu Diane Graves], University Librarian, Trinity University

* [mailto:ethan.guillen@essentialmedicine.org Ethan Guillen], Executive Director, [http://www.essentialmedicine.org/ Universities Allied for Essential Medicines]

* [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/about/bios/hagemann Melissa Hagemann], [http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information Information Program], [http://www.soros.org/ Open Society Instittue]

* [http://www.arl.org/arl/staff/karla.shtml Karla Hahn], Associate Executive Director, Federal Relations and Information Policy, Association of Research Libraries

* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/joseph.shtml Heather Joseph], Executive Director, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]

* [http://knconsultants.org/about/ Rebecca Kennison], K|N Consultants

* [http://mollykleinman.com/ Molly Kleinman], doctoral candidate, University of Michigan

* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/mclennan.shtml Jennifer McLennan], Director of Communications, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC]

* [mailto:Catherine.Mitchell@ucop.edu Catherine Mitchell], Director, Access & Publishing Group, California Digital Library

* Catherine Nancarrow, Managing Editor, Public Library of Science, [http://www.ploscompbiol.org/home.action ''PLoS Computational Biology''] , [http://www.plosgenetics.org/home.action ''PLoS Genetics''], [http://www.plosntds.org/home.action ''PLoS NTDs''], [http://www.plospathogens.org/home.action ''PLoS Pathogens'']

* [http://library.columbia.edu/james-neal.html James Neal], University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University

* [mailto:joyce.ogburn@utah.edu Joyce Ogburn], University Librarian and Director, University of Utah

* [http://www.lib.byu.edu/departs/lao.php Randy Olsen], University Librarian, Brigham Young University

* [mailto:jorlowitz@gmail.com Jake Orlowitz], Wikipedia Administrator, Lead Coordinator of [http://enwp.org/WP:TWL The Wikipedia Library], Ocaasi [http://enwp.org/User:Ocaasi on Wikipedia]

* [http://skyfaller.net/about/ Nelson Pavlosky], Co-founder, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]

* Beth Ritter-Guth, [http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com The College English Wiki], [http://communitycollegewithoutborders.wikispaces.com The Community College without Borders Project]

* [http://dsalo.info/presentations/ Dorothea Salo], Faculty Associate, University of Wisconsin.

* [http://www.arl.org/sparc/about/staff/shockey.shtml Nick Shockey], Director of Student Advocacy, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/students/ SPARC]

* [http://library.duke.edu/apps/directory/staff/2131 Kevin Smith], Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University

* [http://www.davidsolomon.us/oa_bio.html David J Solomon], Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University.

* [http://freeculture.org/about Elizabeth Stark] Member, Board of Directors, [http://freeculture.org/ Students for Free Culture]

* [http://bit.ly/petersuber 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.

* [http://geneticalliance.org/ws_display.asp?filter=bio.terry Sharon Terry], President & CEO, [http://geneticalliance.org Genetic Alliance]

* [mailto:thibo001@mc.duke.edu Pat Thibodeau], Associate Dean for Library Services and Archives, Duke University

* [http://www.uvm.edu/microbiology/individual_researcher.php?id=23 Gary Ward], Associate Professor, University of Vermont

* [http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/wilbanks John Wilbanks], VP for Science at Creative Commons, [http://sciencecommons.org Science Commons] and [http://creativecommons.org Creative Commons]

* [http://ed.stanford.edu/suse/faculty/displayRecord.php?suid=willinsk John Willinsky], Founder and Director, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/ Public Knowledge Project]

* [http://www.plos.org/about/people/medicine.html Gavin Yamey], Senior Magazine Editor, [http://www.plosmedicine.org/home.action/ PLoS Medicine]

* [http://blogs.lt.vt.edu/openvt/about/ Philip Young], University Libraries, Virginia Tech

* [http://www.bu.edu/library/profile/zafrin-vika/ Vika Zafrin], Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston University Libraries