The Portuguese Minister of Science, Professor Mariano Gago, during the closing address at the Berlin 5 Open Access conference held in Padua, strongly supports the SCOAP3 initiative. Watch the video
The INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy) expresses its interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
Robert Aymar, CERN Director General, signs the Expression of Interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
On behalf of the Assembly of Greek universities, the University of Patras signs the Expression of Interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
The director of CNRS/IN2P3 signs the Expression of Interest to join the SCOAP3 consortium.
ICFA, the International Committeefor Future Accelerators, a major forum for future directions inHigh-Energy Physics, encourages concerned parties from all worldregions to actively get involved in the SCOAP3 initiative to ensure itssuccess. ICFA also invites its members to facilitate the implementationof SCOAP3 by raising awareness on open-access publishing in theircommunities. Read their statement.
The representatives of the Helmholtz consortium (DESY,HMI, FZK, GSI), Max Planck Society (MPG), and TechnischeInformationsbibliothek (TIB) sign the Expression of Interest to jointhe SCOAP3 consortium.