I wanted to share this symposium announcement with the CNI community. This is a topic of intense interest, and they've prepared an excellent panel. Note that they also intend to webcast the event.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI

Dear Colleague,

You are cordially invited to attend a public symposium on The Value of Shared Access and Reuse of Publicly Funded Scientific Data. The event is being organized by the National Research Council's Board on Research Data and Information, and will be held on the afternoon of December 1 in Washington, DC. A formal invitation with the summary description of the symposium, the location, and RSVP instructions may be found below.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to others who you think may be interested. More complete information about the event and the Board on Research Data and Information is at: http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi. The symposium will be webcast, if you cannot attend in person, but we hope to see you there!

Best wishes,

Paul Uhlir Director, Board on Research Data and Information

INVITATION

The Value of Shared Access and ReUse of Publicly Funded Scientific Data A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM Organized by the Board on Research Data and Information National Research Council (http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi)

Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 2:00-4:15 p.m. 20 F Street Conference Center Conference Room B, 20 F Street, NW, Washington, DC

This symposium will examine some of the research, economic, and social benefits that can be derived from providing online access to publicly-funded scientific data, as well as how such benefits can be evaluated. The event will include presentations on the scientific data sharing and reuse policies of the federal government; compelling examples of the value of free online access and unfettered reuse of data; methods of assessing the value and effects of shared access and reuse on research, the economy, and society; and prepared comments by Board members. The symposium is open to the public, but advance registration is requested (contact: Cheryl Levey, clevey@nas.educlevey@nas.edu or call 202-334-1531).

Moderator: Michael Lesk, Rutgers University and Board Chair

Speakers: Interagency Working Group on Digital Data, OSTP (invited) Rod Atkinson and Jan Johansson, Congressional Research Service Neil S. Buckholtz, National Institute on Aging, NIH Carl Shapiro, U.S. Geological Survey Heather Joseph, SPARC Michael Carroll, Washington School of Law, American University Paul David, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University

Panel discussion of invited speakers and Board members and General discussion with the audience

20F Street Conference Center Conference Room B, 20 F Street NW, Washington, DC

Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 2:00-4:15 p.m.

The symposium is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested because of space limitations.

RSVP to Cheryl Levey at clevey@nas.educlevey@nas.edu. For additional information about the program, please visit http://www.nationalacademies.org/brdi or contact Paul Uhlir, the Board Director, at puhlir@nas.edupuhlir@nas.edu or 202-334-1531.

The Symposium will be webcast--see the Board website for details on December 1./mailto:puhlir@nas.edu/mailto:clevey@nas.edu/mailto:clevey@nas.edu