9:15-09:45- Welcome Ceremony
Welcome Ceremony
Dr. Emily Choynowski
Director of Operations – FORM
Kamran Kardan
Founder of the Knowledge E Foundation
Tan Huism
Executive Director – Qatar National Library, Qatar
Hybrid
Dr. Emily Choynowski
Director of Operations – FORM
Kamran Kardan
Founder of the Knowledge E Foundation
Tan Huism
Executive Director – Qatar National Library, Qatar
Dr. Hilal A. Lashuel
Research, Development & Innovation Advisor to the Chairperson & Executive Director of RDI at Chairperson’s Office, Qatar Foundation and Professor of Neuroscience (EPFL, Switzerland).
Dr Emily Choynowski, Director of Operations – FORM
Dr Amr Salama Secretary-General – Association of Arab Universities
Dr Yousef Tourman Manging Director – Arab States Research and Education Network
Tan Huism
Executive Director – Qatar National Library, Qatar
Dr. Aiman Erbad
Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies – Qatar University, Qatar
Dr. Khalid Fakhro
Chief Research Officer – Sidra Medicine, Qatar
Kamran Kardan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer – Knowledge E, UAE
Rosena Nhlabatsi
Senior Intellectual Property Policy Expert – Qatar Research, Development and Innovation Council, Qatar
Thuraya Slimani (Online Presentation)
National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research, Morocco
The Extent of Arab Countries’ Engagement in the Open Science Movement
Nahil Nassar
Forum for Open Science in MENA
Dr. Mohamed Koutheair Khribi
Qatar Assistive Technology Center Mada, Qatar
Rebecca Hill
Taylor & Francis, UK
Navigating the Transition to Open Science: Exploring the Impact of Publishing Partnerships
Andrew Popper
IEEE, USA
Driving Technology Innovation in the Middle East through Published Discoveries
Abdulqadir J. Nashwan
Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Unlocking Scientific Potential: The Rise of Open Access in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Kamel Belhamel
DOAJ, Algeria
Strengthening No-Fees Open-Access Publishing in the Arab World
Dr. Mohamed Boufarss
Librifyer, UAE
Breaking the Curse: Can an End to Scopus-Worship Provide an Opportunity to Embrace More Open Access Practices?
Nikesh Narayanan
Zayed University, UAE
Maximising Citation Impact: The Advantages of Hybrid and Green Open Access and Strategic Library Interventions
Kevin McCormick and Khadija Mahsud
University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar
So You Want To Set Up Your Scholarly Communication and Research Division? Lessons Learned by Two Academic Librarians
Sabine Saad
Qatar University, Qatar
Towards Common Publishing Standards for Arabic Humanities and Social Sciences Journals
Dr. Salah Ajjur
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press, Qatar
Open Access Publishing Role of HBKU Press
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