Freedom of Information Conference 2000
Below are abstracts, transcripts, and biographies from the conference. Some presentations did not lend themselves to transcription. Where possible we have supplemented them with editorials from the speakers.
We have also commissioned editorial articles from several speakers and delegates at the meeting.
The organizers
Dr Patrick O. Brown, Dr Fiona Godlee, Dr David Lipman, Mr Jan Velterop
Conference summary
Open access challenges us all to be "good scientific citizens" - Fiona Godlee
Conference Program
Keynotes
Harold Varmus
What will the new environment look like?
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Paul Ginsparg
Creating a global knowledge network
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Session 1: Publishers and Librarians
Pieter Bolman
The effects of open access on commercial publishers
AcademicPress
Elizabeth Marincola
The effects of open access on society publishers
American Society for Cell Biology
Marc Brodsky
Who Pays for the Dissemination of Physics Information?
American Society for Cell Biology
Vicky Reich
What Do Librarians Want?
HighWire Press
Session 2: Technology
Dr John Wilbur
Prospects for improved access to large document sets
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Dr Jim Ostell
National Center for Biotechnology Information Integration with databases
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Professor Blaise Cronin
Bibliometrics and Beyond: Some thoughts on Webometrics and Influmetrics
Indiana University at Bloomington
Andre Kuzniarek
Structured Document Authoring with Mathematica and Publicon
Wolfram Research
B. Tommie Usdin
What is XML and why should you care?
Mulberry Technologies, Inc
Session 3 - The public
Jean Hoffman-Anuta
The benefits to the public of access to primary research: a personal journey
Dr George Lundberg MD
The pros and cons of unfiltered access on the relationship between patients and healthcare providers
Medscape, Inc.
John H. Renner MD, Chief Medical Officer
Health Information on the Internet: Curtain calls, Pitfalls and Pratfalls
HealthScout.com
Session 4 - Scientists
Dr Barry Markovitz
Measuring Quality of Publication in an Open Access Environment: Old Tools, New Technology, Different Ideas
Washington University Medical School
Dr Fiona Godlee
How will the peer review process change and improve
BioMed Central
Professor Pat Brown
How will science and scientists need to adapt to optimize exploitation of the benefits offered by the new environment
Stanford University
Mark Doyle
Embracing the electronic age: a physics society publisher speaks
The American Physical Society
Peter Singer
When shall we be free?
University of Toronto
