Symposium on 15 September, 15:00–17:40 – Opening of the repository opinvisindi.is
15:00 Opening of the symposium and launch of the website
Ingibjörg Sverrisdóttir, National Librarian, National and University Library of Iceland: Open science in Iceland. Launch of the website opinvisindi.is.
15:10 Sigurgeir Finnsson, National and University Library of Iceland: Introducing the website opinvisindi.is
15:20 Dr Kenneth D. Crews, Attorney at Gipson Hoffman & Pancione, Los Angeles, California, Faculty Member at Columbia Law School: The New Value of Your Scholarship: Copyright, Control, and the Open Repository
16:00 Coffee and refreshments
16:30 Anna Sigríður Guðnadóttir, librarian at Landspítali (the National University Hospital): Open access to research data – attitudes and status in the Nordic countries
16:45 Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson, Professor at the University of Iceland: Open data in the earth sciences
17:00 Dr Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland: Open access at the University of Iceland
17:20 Discussion and questions
17:40 Close
Admission is open to all and free of charge