I. Open Knowledge in Digital Universities. Opening of the Conference and Overviews
13:00-13:30
Dr. Dagmar Eberle
(Mercator Research Center Ruhr, Deputy Director)
Welcoming Speech
Dr. Thomas Ernst/Prof. Dr. Eva Wilden
(Global Young Faculty III/Working Group “Potentials of Digital Media in the Academic World”)
Open Knowledge and Digital Publishing in the Academic World. A Short Introduction
13:30-14:10
Dr. Markus Neuschäfer
(Open Knowledge Foundation, Berlin; Project Lead “Digital Humanities and Open Science”)
Rewiring the Ivory Tower: Digital Universities and the Evolution of Open Science
[14:10-14:30 Coffee break]
II. Potentials of Digital Publishing in the Academic World. Keynote Presentations
14:30-16:00
Prof. Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick
(Visiting Research Professor of English at New York University/
Director of Scholarly Communication at the Modern Language Association)
Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy
[16:00-16:30 Coffee break]
16:30-17:10
Dr. Thomas Stäcker
(Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum/Deputy Director of Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel)
The Future of Digital Publishing in the Academia: Is the Library an Agent of Change?
III. Potentials and Limitations of Digital Academic Publishing: Projects of the Global Young Faculty III
17:10-18:10
Dr. Thomas Ernst
(University of Duisburg-Essen, Global Young Faculty III)
Are Scholars Allowed to Make their Texts Digitally Accessible?
Open Access, Open Reviews and the German ‘Zweitveröffentlichungsrecht’
Dr. Stephan Winter
(University of Duisburg-Essen, Global Young Faculty III)
Understanding Science in the Information Tide:
How Students and Laypersons Make Sense of Online Information
[18:10-18:30 Coffee break]
18:30-19:30
IV. The Potentials of Digital Publishing in the Academic World: Concluding Panel Discussion
With
- Prof. Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick (Modern Language Association/New York University)
- Dr. Markus Neuschäfer (Open Knowledge Foundation, Berlin)
- Dr. Thomas Stäcker (DHd/Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel)
- and members of the Global Young Faculty III
[19:30 Conference reception]