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SUMMARY:20th Lunch Talks | Rethinking Open Access: Diamond OA and alternat
 ive publishing paths
DTSTART:20261203T121500
DTEND:20261203T134500
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Bruno Lemaitre\, Guillaume Anciaux\, Daniela Hahn\, Philipp
  Tobias\nJoin our 20th Lunch Talks session\, "Rethinking Open Access: Diam
 ond OA and alternative publishing paths"\, on December 3rd\, from 12:15 to
  13:45\, in CE 1 5.\n\nLanguage: English\nDoors open from 12:05\nFree lunc
 h bag for registered participants. Water not included: please bring your r
 eusable bottle to help reduce environmental impact.\n \nPROGRAM \n \n\n
 	Welcome and introduction\n\nBy Lorenza Salvatori - Head of team\, Scient
 ific publishing\, Academic and research support at EPFL Library\n \n\n	Ta
 lk 1 | What 400 Drosophila papers tell us about reproducibility\n\nBy Prof
 . Bruno Lemaitre - Global Health Institute\, EPFL\n\n“Drosophila immuni
 ty research has transformed our understanding of innate immunity. Yet\, as
  in many fast-growing areas\, not all findings have stood the test of time
 . Revisiting 400 papers published before 2011\, we assessed key claims thr
 ough literature review and selective experimental tests. Fourteen years la
 ter\, this field-wide analysis reveals clear trends: even high-impact jour
 nals faced irreproducibility issues\, while experienced researchers showed
  greater reliability. We also explored how scientists navigate these chall
 enges in practice - and what the field can teach us about doing better sci
 ence.”\n \n\n	Talk 2 | Diamond Open Access and data curation for bette
 r science \n\nBy Dr. Guillaume Anciaux - Research and teaching associate
  at Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory (ENAC-EPFL). Research Data Ed
 itor for the JTCAM \n\n“Scientific progress requires openness: only whe
 n others can read\, reproduce\, and reuse a result does it become part of 
 the common knowledge. Since it is free for both authors and readers\, Diam
 ond Open Access embodies this principle by eliminating all barriers to acc
 essibility. However\, Open Access to scientific publications is no longer 
 enough: making the most of research data is the next step. Preparing and v
 erifying datasets requires an ever-increasing investment of time and resou
 rces\, and they need systematic curation before they can become valuable a
 ssets for the scientific community. To address these challenges\, we have 
 developed Solidipes\, a curation platform designed by scientists for scien
 tists\, with the ambition of becoming the Overleaf equivalent for large da
 tasets. It allows authors and reviewers to easily examine\, validate\, and
  interact with the data supporting published research. In this presentatio
 n\, I will trace the path that led to the creation of Solidipes and show h
 ow it contributes to our vision of supporting various scientific communiti
 es\, with a particular focus on the Journal of Theoretical\, Computational
 \, and Applied Mechanics (JTCAM)\, an overlay journal and Diamond Open Acc
 ess publication.”\n \n\n	Talk 3 | Advancing Diamond Open Access in Swit
 zerland through collaboration\n\nBy Dr. Daniela Hahn - Licensing Manager 
 at the Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries and coordinator of PLATO and
  CoDOA projects\n\n“Diamond Open Access offers a community-driven approa
 ch to scholarly publishing without financial barriers for authors or reade
 rs. Yet despite its advantages\, many scholar-led journals struggle with s
 ustainable funding and visibility. This talk introduces CoDOA (Creating a 
 National Diamond Open Access Consortium)\, a collaborative initiative that
  developed a collective funding model for Diamond Open Access journals in 
 Switzerland. It explores how collaboration between researchers\, libraries
  and academic institutions can strengthen scholar-led publishing and contr
 ibute to a more equitable\, diverse and sustainable scholarly communicatio
 n ecosystem.”\n \n\n	Talk 4 | Open Research Europe - A new publishing o
 ption\n\nBy Dr. Philipp Tobias - Scientific Officer in the Unit Funding P
 olicy\, Open Access Coordinator for the SNSF\, Deputy Chair of the ORE Fun
 ders Group\, academic background in the Sociology of Science\n\n“Open Re
 search Europe (ORE) is re-launching as a platform to publish articles in A
 utumn 2026. It expands eligibility beyond EU funded researchers and into a
  collective effort supported by 16 national funders and research instituti
 ons across Europe. The presentation will explain the service\, why the SNS
 F decided to support it and how ORE complements overarching work on schola
 rly communication and research assessment.”\n \n\n	Panel for Q&A\, open
  discussion\n\nModeration by Dr. Lorenzo Di Sopra - Scientific publishing
  specialist\, Academic and research support at EPFL Library\n\n \nThe eve
 nt is free upon registration. Lunch bags will be offered to all registered
  participants. For sustainability reasons\, plastic water bottles will not
  be provided. Please bring your own reusable bottle.\n 
LOCATION:CE 1 5 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CE%201%205
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