For those who may have had difficulty opening the PDFs from the
Beijing site, Les Carr has kindly created a UK mirror site at:
    
http://openaccess.eprints.org/beijing/pdfs/
>     The PDfs for the
>     International Conference on Policies and Strategies
>     for Open Access to Scientific Information
>     Beijing, China June 22-24, 2005
> http://libraries.csdl.ac.cn/Meeting/MeetingID.asp?action=skin&language=Eng&MeetingID=7&MeetingMenuID=39
>     are now online at
> http://libraries.csdl.ac.cn/Meeting/MeetingID.asp?action=skin&language=Eng&MeetingID=7&MeetingMenuID=51
>
> [There are some real gems among them -- SH]
>
> Opening Ceremony
> Chair: Xiaolin Zhang, Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences
>
> Welcome
> Jinghai Li, Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academician
>
> Opening Remarks
> Melissa Hagemann, Open Society Institute (OSI)
> Rima Kupryte, Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL)
>
>     Keynote Speech
>     Qiheng Hu, Vice Chair of Chinese Association for Science and
>     Technology
>
> Session 1: National & Funding Agency's Strategies and Policies on OA-Part I
> Chair: Melissa Hagemann, OSI
>
>     Open Availability of Scientific Information: An Overview of Policy
>     and Practice at the U.S. National Academies
>     Paul Uhlir, Director of the Office of International Scientific and
>     Technical Information Programs at U.S. National Academies
>
>     Open Access Policy in Finland
>     Sakari Karjalainen, Director of Science Policy Division of Ministry
>     of Education, Finland
>
>     Why European universities and funding agencies are committing to
>     open access
>     Fred Friend, Honorary Director Scholarly Communication University
>     College London
>
> Session 2: National & Funding Agency's Strategies and Policies on OA-Part II
> Chair: George Strawn, National Science Foundation (USA)
>
>     Open Access - the next steps from a funder's perspective
>     Robert Terry, Senior Policy Adviser of the Wellcome Trust
>
>     The way to Open Access - French strategies to move forward
>     Herbert Gruttemeier, Project Manager, International relations officer
>     of INIST-CNRS
>
>     Suggested policy framework for open access in scientific research
>     in developing countries
>     Xiaolin Zhang, Director of Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences
>
> Session 3: Institutional Strategies and Policies on OA
> Chair: Paul Uhlir, the U.S. National Academies
>
>     The Open Access Agenda of the Max Planck Society
>     Georg W. Botz, Max Planck Society
>
>     Open access policy and strategies of Lund University and DOAJ
>     Lars Bjornshauge, Director of Lund University Libraries
>
>     Mandates and Benefits in Open Access Policies
>     Leslie Carr, University of Southampton
>
> Session 4: Scientific Publishing's Strategies and Policies on OA: Part I
> Chair: Georg Botz, Max Planck Society
>
>     Open Access publishing - What do authors want
>     Matthew Cockerill, Director of Operations, BioMed Central Ltd
>
>     Implementing a New Model for Scientific Publishing
>     Helen Doyle, Director of Development and Strategic Alliances, Public
>     Library of Science
>
>     Enabling Open Access: Publishing Cooperatives
>     Raym Crow, Senior Consultant for the SPARC Consulting Group
>
> Session 5: Scientific Publishing's Strategies and Policies on OA?Part II
> Chair: Jan Velterop, Velterop von Leyden Open Access Consultancy
>
>     Open Access Repositories in China: a Case Study on qiji.cn
>     Yanjiang Ji, Beijing Science and Technology University
>
>     How open access journals and institutional repositories can work
>     together
>     Jean-Claude Guedon, University of Montreal
>
>     Access To Scholarly Literature:  Network Effects and Unintended
>     Consequences
>     John Wilbanks, Executive Director of Science Commons
>
> Session 6: Effects of OA on Information Service Agencies
> Chair: Jean-Claude Guedon, University of Montreal
>
>     Open Access and the Transformation of Science
>     Jan Velterop, Velterop von Leyden Open Access Consultancy
>
>     Authors' perspectives on open access: effective ways to achieve OA
>     Alma P Swan, Director of Key Perspectives Ltd
>
>     Chinese Scientists' attitude toward open access
>     Jingli Chu, Head of the Department of Education and Research of
>     Libary of CAS
>
>     Citation Analysis of Open Access Journals
>     Allen Yeo, Lead Manager, Global Sales Support,  Asia Pacific,
>     Thomson Scientific
>
> Session 7: Digital Divide and Open Access
> Chair: Sakari Karjalainen, Science Policy Division of Ministry of Education,
> Finland
>
>     Open access and the developing world
>     Subbiah Arunachalam, Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
>
>     Maximizing Research Impact of Scientific Publications from Developing
>     Countries through Open Access: Experience from Bioline International
>     Leslie Chan, Associate Director of Bioline International
>
>     The SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library on Line) Program. An
>     Initiative of Open Access to Scientific Journals in Latin America,
>     Caribbean and Iberian countries.
>     Rogerio Meneghini, SciELO Scientific Coordinator
>
> Closing Ceremony
> Xiaolin Zhang, Director of Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences
>
> Session 8: Invitational Meeting for a draft policy recommendation
> Chair: Jingli Chu, Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences
>
> Policy Recommendation Proposals
> Xiaolin  Zhang, Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences
>
>
Received on Sun Jul 10 2005 - 23:32:45 BST