Scifoo was a blast.
Alex Palazzo and I ran a session today on the politics of scientific communication/open access, particularly for young scientists: he writes about our thoughts here. I was really delighted with how it went; many people, including some very successful academics and editor-in-chief of Nature, Philip Campbell, came along and shared their thoughts.
There’ll be more on what we actually discussed in due course, but the thing happening was itself staggering; from half-formed idea to a really deep round-table discussion in less than forty-eight hours. Creating a space where that can happen is priceless; I can’t thank the organisers enough for inviting me, and, equally importantly, everyone there for their generosity of spirit and openness.
Scientifically - intellectually - this has a strong case for being the most inspirational time I’ve ever had. Thank you, everyone.
[...] Andrew sum’s it up best … but the thing happening was itself staggering; from half-formed idea to a really deep round-table discussion in less than forty-eight hours. Creating a space where that can happen is priceless … [...]
[...] The happy campers have returned from scifoo and by all accounts, a great time was had by all. Read accounts from Andrew, Alex and Duncan (day 1, day 2, day 3). [...]
[...] by attilachordash on January 2, 2008 Philip Campbell, the open editor-in-chief of Nature was asked by John Brockman under the cover of the 2008 Edge Annual [...]