The event, organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), will take place on June 19th and will involve the participation of three distinguished speakers who will showcase the state of open access in their respective countries.

"Set the Default to Open Access" is the theme of the 6th edition of the Open Access Week 2012 an initiative that promotes Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research to be held on October 22 – 28, 2012. The first online event to launch this year’s events will be a webcast that will involve the participation of three distinguished speakers who will showcase the state of open access in their respective countries:
1. Dr. Reggie Raju | Director of IT Services & Communication, US Library & Information Service Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2. Heather Joseph | Executive Director of SPARC in the United States
3. Iryna Kuchma | Program Manager at EIFL Open Access in Ukraine

Time: June 19th, 2012 from 14:00 to 15:00 UTC/GMT (Check your local time in the following link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html).
Location: Washington, DC / Worldwide
Organized By: SPARC

The event will be recorded and available on our website shortly afterwards.

Register at: http://sparc.arl.org/civicrm/event/register?id=108&reset=1

See more details and RSVP on Open Access Week: http://www.arl.org/sparc/