Programme
| 8.30 - 9.10 | Registration |
| 9.10 - 9.15 | Welcome Colin Steele, Conveor NSCF, Emeritus Fellow, ANU |
| 9.15 - 10.00 | The Global Information Commons Paul Uhlir, Director of the Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs, National Academies, Washington |
| 10.00 - 10.30 | Research Communication in Australia: Emerging Opportunities and Benefits Prof. John Houghton, Victoria University |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Morning tea |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Public Support for Science and Innovation Monika Binder, Director, Productivity Commission |
| 11.30 - 12.15 | Digital Humanities: The ACLS Report on Cyberinfrastructure for the Social Sciences and the Humanities Prof. John Unsworth, University of Illinois |
| 12.15 - 1.15 | Lunch |
| 1.15 - 1.45 | Open Access to Knowledge (OAKL): Intellectual Property, Copyright and Licensing Issues Prof. Brian Fitzgerald, QUT |
| 1.45 - 2.15 | Biological open Source Developments - A Case Study for Science Dr Richard Jefferson, CEO Cambia |
| 2.15 - 2.40 | Finding Gold in Europe: JISC, Research Councils and CERN |
| 2.40 - 3.00 | Afternoon Tea |
| 3.00 - 3.30 | Australia's Research Quality Framework and Research Accessibility Dr Evan Arthur, Group Manager, Innovation and Research Systems Group, DEST |
| 3.30 - 4.15 | Overviews and Outcomes Panel Discussion: Dr Mike Sargent, Prof. Warwick Anderson, Paul Uhlir and Dr Rhys Francis |
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