WOLFcon 2024

This panel will feature leaders from national libraries, who will discuss the role that open source and open access play in their respective countries.

WOLFcon will be hosting a reception at Senate House. Details will be available soon.

An engaging keynote address with Kamran Naim, Head of Open Science at CERN.

Dr. Kamran Naim is the Head of Open Science at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), where he leads a diverse portfolio of activities that aim to shape the future of global open science practice. This includes organizational policy development (facilitating the development of CERN’s Open Data and Open Science Policies); chairing the CERN Open Science Forum; and managing the operations of the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, SCOAP3 (the world’s largest disciplinary open access initiative), among a range of other activities that aim to optimize the impact of CERN’s scientific mission.

This panel will feature leadership from the newest open-source initiative that will streamline resource sharing for consortia. Learn about the project’s mission to enable direct consortial borrowing for library consortia of all shapes and sizes. Learn about the governance structure of the project, the architectural design and roadmap and how to get involved.