This online event is one of the SciELO 25 Years Seminars, part of the activities to celebrate the 25 Years of the SciELO Program in 2023.
The speakers will be Dr. Guillermo Banzato, who currently works in the private sector as Representative in Europe of CygnusMind, services for scientific journals and as Executive Director of the publishing house Books2bits; the Dr. Fernanda Beigel who chaired the UNESCO Committee of Experts on Open Science that prepared the Draft Recommendation for Open Science, approved in November 2021 and currently coordinates the Comité Nacional de Ciencia Abierta y Ciudadana (MINCYT, Argentina) and Dr. Humberto Debat, permanent researcher at INTA-Argentina and member of the Advisory Committee for Open Science and Citizenship of the Ministry of Science of Argentina.
They will present different aspects around the question of the financial sustainability of open science research communication, ranging from debates and opportunities for the private sector (small and medium-sized companies) and the public sector, passing through the vision of researchers and editors in terms of Diamond Open Access and Open Access with APC payment and have a look at the common good dichotomy – market product in the academic publications system.
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