Dear colleagues (please excuse the cross posting / disculpe el mensaje cruzado),
Open access and open science are global trends, but we tend to hear most about what is happening in Europe and North America. Asia is rapidly increasing in prominence on the world stage, both in terms of R&D as well as scientific production. According to UNESCO, in 2015, the Asia region encompassed close to half of global expenditure on research and development (R&D, 42%) and for research outputs, Asia has been extremely prolific and growing quickly, with China leading the world in numbers of published research articles. But Asia is also a very diverse continent, representing many different languages and cultures and this diversity must be reflected in the way open science is implemented. International alignment, common standards and interoperability must be balanced with local priorities, needs and requirements. At COAR, we believe it is important to have venues and opportunities that allow participants to focus on issues of local importance in their own region. Asia OA is a community hosted by COAR with the aim of supporting information sharing about open science policies and practices across the Asian continent. On a biannual basis, COAR along with a different local host, organizes an Asia OA meeting. Previous meetings were held in Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu, and Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Asia OA meeting is hosted this year by the Korea Institute of Science And Technology Information, KISTI and offers participants the opportunity to learn more about what is happening in Asia related to open access and open science. This meeting, which is normally attended by delegates from different Asian communities, is taking place online this year and is therefore open to everyone. The meeting began today (September 9 - 16, 2020), and offers a mix of prerecorded presentations, live panels, and a session with country reports from 14 different jurisdictions. For more information, please visit the meeting website: https://2020korea.asiaoa.org <https://2020korea.asiaoa.org/> Best, Kathleen Kathleen Shearer Executive Director Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) www.coar-repositories.org
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