Communia 2009 Conference Breakout Session III

Session E and session F will be held in parallel at 16:00.

- Breakout Session E- Life science research commons - design requirements and policy proposals

• Chair: J. Wilbanks
  Science Commons
• Discussant: F. Murray
  MIT
• Revolution and Evolution in Scientific Communication: Moving from Restricted Dissemination of Publicly-Funded Knowledge to Open Knowledge Environments
  Paul Uhlir
  US National Academies
• The contribution of public networks to knowledge accumulation: Ex situ collections in microbial research
  Tom Dedeurwaerdere
  Université Catholique de Louvain
• An empirical analysis of contractual practices for global exchange of microbial genetic resources in life science research Maria-Jose Iglesias
  Université Catholique de Louvain
• Life science research commons - design requirements and policy proposals Antoni Nowakowski
  

- Breakout Session F -- Economics of Academic Research (DIME Network)

• Chair: C. Franzoni
  Politecnico of Torino
• Discussant: P. David
  Ecole Polytechnique
• Stimulating graduates' research-oriented careers: does academic research matter?
  Mauro Sylos Labini
  IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies & Natalia Zinovyeva, FEDEA
• Does globalization of the scientific/engineering workforce threaten U.S. economic leadership?
  Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
• The Great Divide in Scientific Productivity. Why the Average Scientist Does Not Exist
  Stijn Kelchtermans
  Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel