The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank will co-sponsor the kick-off event for Open Access Week 2013 on October 21 in Washington, DC. The live event will take place at the World Bank facilities and will host a liveblog and webcast for those who cannot attend in person. The event will also be recorded, and will be available to the community for use during and after local Open Access Week events.
The kick-off event will begin at 3:00 p.m. eastern time and will consist of a 90-minute panel discussion with open access experts from a variety of stakeholder groups as well as representatives from the World Bank and SPARC. As this year's theme is 'Open Access: Redefining Impact,' the panelists will discuss article-level metrics and changing the way scholarly communication is measured. Speakers will be announced in early September.
During the event, the winners of the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) will be announced. The ASAP Program - sponsored by 27 global organisations including Google, PLOS, the Wellcome Trust, ARL, and SPARC - recognises those who have built upon open access scientific research for new innovations shaping our society.
