---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:09:10 +0000 From: Stevan Harnad &lt;harnad(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk&gt; To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Subject: EC Conference in Brussels on scientific publication issues (15-16 February 2007) [Apologies for Cross-Posting: The conference below is far too top-heavy on (Gold) OA publishing rather than focussing on OA itself (Green and Gold) but it is nevertheless an important event, given the growing momentum of OA worldwide and attendance is accordingly highly recommended. -- SH/] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:28:02 +0100 (MET) From: EC / Sinapse Administration <sinapse --- ec.europa.eu> Subject: Conference in Brussels on scientific publication issues (15-16 February 2007) Dear Prof. Stevan Harnad, On 15-16 February 2007 the European Commission is hosting a conference in Brussels entitled "Scientific Publishing in the European Research Area -- Access, Dissemination, and Preservation in the Digital Age." The conference is a joint initiative between the Research and Information Society Directorate Generals and both Commissioner Potočnik and Commissioner Reding will speak at the conference. Its goal is to bring together all stakeholders concerned with access, dissemination and preservation issues in connection with scientific publication and data in an effort to provide policy options for scientific publishing under FP7 and in the European Research Area. All details including registration can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/page_en.cfm?id=3459 Attendance at this conference is free of charge but places are limited and registration will close January 31st 2007. We kindly ask you to disseminate information about this conference to your networks and mailing lists as we hope that it will provide the opportunity for all stakeholders to voice their opinions and collaborate to shape future European policy in this area. Kind regards, RTD Scientifc Publications ---------------------------------------- SINAPSE HOMEPAGE: http://europa.eu/sinapse/