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From: "MORRIS, Pam" <MORRISPR@parliament.uk>

Subject: Business Innovation and Skills Committee - announcement of oral evidence session in Open Access inquiry

Date: 11 April, 2013 8:53:52 AM EDT

To: "MORRIS, Pam" <MORRISPR@parliament.uk>

Business, Innovation and Skills Committee

 

Select Committee Announcement No.60

Thursday 11 April, 2013

For immediate release

 

FIRST EVIDENCE SESSION ON OPEN ACCESS

 

The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee will be holding its first evidence session for its inquiry into Open Access on Tuesday 16 April.

 

 

Tuesday 16 April

 

Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster

At 9.30am:

·        Dr Audrey McCulloch, Chief Executive, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

·        Professor Chris Wickham, Vice-President and Publications Secretary, the British Academy

·        Dr Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Director, Public Library of Science

·        Dr Alicia Wise, Director of Universal Access, Reed Elsevier

 

At 10.30am:

·        Professor Stevan Harnad

·        David Sweeney, Director (Research, Innovation and Skills) HEFCE

·        Professor Douglas Kell, Information Champion, RCUK

·        Dr Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Consultancy and Director of Advocacy, SPARC Europe

 

12 noon:

·        Dr Martin Paul Eve

·        Professor Andrew Massey, Political Studies Association

·        Professor Ian Walmsley, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at Oxford University, The Russell Group

·        Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Chair of Universities UK’s Research Policy Network

 

The sessions will be open to the public on a first come, first served basis. There is no system for the prior reservation of seats in Committee Rooms. It is advisable to allow about 20 minutes to pass through security checks. Committee Rooms and timings are subject to change.

 

 

FURTHER INFORMATION:

 

Committee Membership is as follows:

Chair: Mr Adrian Bailey MP (Lab) (West Bromwich West)

Mr Brian Binley MP (Con) (Northampton South)                        Paul Blomfield MP (Lab) (Sheffield Central)       

Katy Clark MP (Lab) (North Ayrshire and Arran)                      Mike Crockart MP (Lib Dem) (Edinburgh West)

Caroline Dinenage MP (Con) (Gosport)                                   Julie Elliott MP (Lab) (Sunderland Central)         

Rebecca Harris MP (Con) (Castle Point)                                  Ann McKechin MP (Lab) (Glasgow North)           

Mr Robin Walker MP (Con) (Worcester)                                   Nadhim Zahawi MP (Con) (Stratford upon Avon)

 

 

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