WHAT

Springer Nature SpotOn Conference: Communicating Research for Societal Impact - Connecting the Global North and South

WHERE

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road

London, NW1 2BE, United Kingdom

For more than ten years, the SpotOn conference has provided a fresh opportunity for discussion, collaboration and innovation in science communication. This year, for the 10th anniversary of SpotOn, the conference will address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

From 11:30 a.m. GMT - 12:30 p.m. GMT, TReNDS Director, Jessica Espey, will be joining a panel of experts to discuss Opportunities and Challenges for Open Access in Addressing the SDGs. The event will be live streamed. The panel will be chaired by:

Jessica Monaghan, Head of Policy and Performance, Open Access in Open Research Strategy, Springer Nature.

Additional panelists include:

• Nilam McGrath - Knowledge Management & Research Communications Consultant; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Leeds

• Jo Havemann - Co-founder of AfricArXiv