Research4Life General Partners’ virtual meeting

Please complete this form to register for the Research4Life vGPM Registration is free.

We are excited that you’ll be joining us for the 2020 GPM, our first ever virtual conference. We have worked hard to compress it, develop an interactive piece, and ensure appropriate options for communicating ideas and opinions. Over two partial days, we will be hearing from our users, learning about the work that has been done over the past year, making needed decisions and looking towards the future.

Programme
DAY 1 – Wednesday 29 July 2020

08:45

Open the meeting, allow everyone to connect and test

09:00

Call the meeting to order and roll call Kimberly Parker, WHO [Chair, Executive Council]

09:10

09:15

09:25

09:35

Part 1:  Partnership and Landscape

Presentation of Infrastructure Review and Landscape Analysis Andrea Powell, STM

Landscape Analysis Rob Johnson, Research Consulting

Infrastructure Review Rob Johnson

Discussion and motion for adoption Kimberly Parker
Comments and questions via Slido

 

 

10:05

10:10

 

Part 2:  Views From the Field

Chair: Kimberly Parker, WHO, Chair Research4Life Executive Council

Update on User Experience Review Andrea Powell

Insight from Latest User Representative Gabriela Paz, Director of the Center for Learning and Research Resources, Central American Technological University (Unitec)

10:25

Break

10:55

Regathering and introduction to Breakout rooms

11:00

Breakout Discussions (Breakout rooms in Zoom)

    • Access to Science and the Sustainable Development Goals. 
    • Open Access and Research4Life
    • Improving the Research4Life User Experience
    • Capacity Development

11:30

Topic Reports

Comments and questions via Slido

12:25

End

 

DAY 2 – Thursday 30 July 2020

08:45

Open the meeting, allow everyone to connect and test

09:00

Regathering and Welcome to Day 2
Kimberly Parker, WHO, Chair, Executive Council

 

09:05

09:15

09:27

Part 3:  Updates and Reports 

Chair: Kimberly Parker, WHO, Chair Research4Life Executive Council

Working Group Team Updates: Technology Holly Mistlebauer, Cornell & Ged Cheng, Independent

Working Group Team Updates Eligibility Tamara Lucas, The Lancet 

Discussion and motion for adoption on Eligibility
Comments and questions via Slido

09:42

09:52

10:07

10:19

 

Working Group Team Updates Fundraising Daniel Dollar, Yale & Michael Oldham, Portsys

Discussion and motion for adoption on Fundraising
Comments and questions via Slido

Working Group Team Updates Finance Oversight Andrea Powell, STM

Discussion and motion for adoption
Comments and questions via Slido

10:34

Break

11:05

Programme Updates (FAO for the UN agencies) Imma Subirats, FAO

Launching MOOCs and FAO engagement and support

11:15

Working Group Team Updates Capacity Development Imma Subirats, Ilkay Holt, FAO & Lenny Rhine, LWB

11:25

Working Group Team Updates Communications and Marketing Edit Horvath, ILO & Domiziana Francescon, Elsevier

11:35

Discussion and Q&A on Programme Updates Technology, CapDev, Comms
via Slido

 

11:55

 

Part 4:  Review and Summary 

Chair: Kimberly Parker, WHO, Chair Research4Life Executive Council

Summary, Conclusions and Questions

What have we learnt today, where we are heading, and are there any final thoughts on the way forward with Comments and questions via Slido

12:10

And finally

Handing off of the GPM bell to the new 2020-2022 Executive Council Chair and announcement of a new Vice-Chair/Chair Elect for 2020-22

12:15

Close of Meeting


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