[pp.int.general] Who wants to go to Brussels ? | Inquiry via Robbie.E.C.A.Hontele at piratenpartij.nl

[coretx at piratenpartij.nl]

DO NOT CONTACT *@knowledge-exchange.info !

Robbie wil get into trouble if you do!

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 17:25:22 +0200, Nicolas Sahlqvist <nicco77 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> IMPORTANT NOTICE:
> 
> I have been talking to Robbie about this since I want to go there and
> they are quickly getting fully booked so please contact Robbie
> directly on Robbie.E.C.A.Hontele at piratenpartij.nl in case you want to
> go there.
> 
> Please note that due to the limited number of seats the people going
> there need to be able to represent their PP party (deep knowledge) and
> ask questions that comes from this background so going there just to
> listen is unfortunately not possible.
> 
> - Nicolas
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 3:39 PM, <coretx at piratenpartij.nl> wrote:
>>
>> While only a few of us will have a chair in Brussels, more pirates can
be
>> politically active in Brussels.
>> Today a dutch pirate named Robbie Hontelé came to me with a invitation.
>> Robbie is employed at neth-er.
>> Neth-ER (Netherlands house for Education and Research) is an
>> international
>> association of Dutch organisations in the fields of education, research
>> and
>> innovation based in Brussels.
>>
>> He invites us for a seminar. I will paste a part of the invitation.
>>
>>
>>
>> Open Access – What are the economic benefits?
>>
>>
>> Knowledge Exchange seminar in Brussels 22 June 2009
>>
>>
>> The Knowledge Exchange seminar "Open Access - What are the economic
>> benefits?" is getting closer. The seminar is taking place in Brussels 22
>> June 2009 9:00 - 12:30 CET.
>>
>>  Registration is open until 14 June 2009 by email to
>> amw at knowledge-exchange.info.
>>
>>  At the seminar professor John Houghton, Victoria University, Australia,
>> will present his findings of three cost-benefit analyses on alternative
>> publishing models. The studies are conducted in Denmark, the Netherlands
>> and UK and show that an open-access future for academic publishing would
>> save money while boosting the profile of research and maximising its
>> economic impact.
>>
>>
>> John Houghton’s presentation will be followed by a discussion on
>> implications for stakeholders, for details, please see the attachment
>> “Seminar Programme”.
>>
>>
>> Knowledge Exchange is a partnership between Denmark's Electronic
Research
>> Library (DEFF), the German Research Foundation (DFG), the UK's Joint
>> Information Systems Committee (JISC), and the SURFfoundation (SURF) in
>> the
>> Netherlands. The four partners aim at improving the digital
>> infrastructure
>> for information and communication technology as it relates to the
>> research
>> and university library sectors. The ultimate ambition of Knowledge
>> Exchange
>> is to make a layer of scholarly and scientific content openly available
>> on
>> the Internet.
>>
>>
>>
>> Seminar event on Monday, 22 June 2009, 9:30 – 12:00 CET followed by a
>> lunch
>>
>> Venue: KoWi Office
>>
>> Place: 98 Rue du Trône, 1050 Brussels, 8th floor, c/o KoWi
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