SCOAP3 is hosting an online Forum on Wednesday, June 18th, 2025. This open event will present the new SCOAP3 contract structure for Phase 4 and the evaluation of Open Science elements included in the new scheme.
The Forum also offers an opportunity to ask questions to representatives of the SCOAP3 international governance and the operations team at CERN.
The Forum is open to everyone, including representatives from institutions participating in SCOAP3, as well as members of the wider research and academic community.
To accommodate participants from around the world, the Forum will be held in two identical webinar sessions:
Session 1: For Asia-Pacific (late afternoon) and Europe (morning)
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Start time: 5:00pm AEST / 4:00pm JST & KST / 3:00pm CST / 9:00am CET / 8:00am BST
Session 2: For Europe (afternoon) and the Americas (morning)
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Start time: 5:00pm CET / 4:00pm BST / 11:00am EDT / 9:00am MDT / 8:00am PDT
For each session, the program will be as follows:
- General introduction by Ianko Lopez, Consortio Madrono, Spain, Chair of the SCOAP3 Forum – 10 minutes
- SCOAP3 Phase 4 contract structure and OS elements by Anne Gentil-Beccot, CERN SCOAP3 team – 20 minutes
- Results of the first evaluation by Pia Kretschmar, CERN SCOAP3 team – 10 minutes
- A SCOAP3 partner perspective by Anna Vernon and Charles Brophy, JISC, UK – 20 minutes
- CrossRef’s perspective by Helena Cusijn / Kornelia Korzec, CrossRef – 10 minutes
- Moderated Q&A – 10 minutes
Access the event details and join the Forum via the following link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1549610/
No registration is required.