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Singapore Open Research Conference 2024

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP (Mon, 11 Nov 2024)

NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Coriander Classroom (Level 2)

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm Intellectual Properties and Open Science

 

PRE-CONFERENCE NETWORKING SESSION (Mon, 11 Nov 2024)

NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Auditorium and Benefactor's Foyer (Level 2)

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Singapore Open Research Conference Networking Session: EU-Singapore Research and Innovation Community

 

CONFERENCE (Tue, 12 Nov 2024)

NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Auditorium (Level 2)

8:30 am Registration & Morning Brew
9:00 am Welcome
9:10 am 

OPENING ADDRESS

Open Science and Singapore

Guest of Honour, Prof Subodh MHAISALKAR, Executive Director for Academic Research at National Research Foundation (NRF)

Perspectives on Open Research
9:30 am

KEYNOTE
Open Science, Security, and Intellectual Property Rights

Prof Dr Julia PRIESS-BUCHHEIT, Kiel University

10:00 am

Is Open Science Possible in Healthcare and Medical Research?

Dr Wilson GOH, Chief Data Scientist, Center of AI in Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

10:20 am

The Future of Digital Research Infrastructure

Dr Emma CROTT, Chief of Staff and Company Secretary,  Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

10:40 am

Truly Open Research with Biospecimens: Can Research with Non-identified Biospecimens Be Conducted Without Consent?

Prof Jerry MENIKOFF, Professor of Bioethics and Senior Fellow of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS)

11:00 am Break / Awards Posters Viewing
Understanding Open Research: Data Management, Technologies and Best Practices
11:30 am

KEYNOTE
Pre-mortem: UnF.A.I.R – the Death of Open Research

Prof Min-Yen KAN, Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Studies, School of Computing, National University of Singapore (NUS)

12:00 pm

The Rate of Adoption of Good Data Practices in Singapore 

Mark HAHNEL, VP, Open Research, Digital Science

12:20 pm

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Prof LIM Kah Leong, Associate Vice President (Biomedical & Life Sciences), Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Panellists: Dr Emma CROTTDr Willie KOHDr Natalie PANG and Dr Julia PRIESS-BUCHHEIT

1:00 pm Lunch / Awards Posters Viewing
From Lab to Society: Open Research Case Studies
2:00 pm

Planning for Open Data in Qualitative Research: What Study Participants Want Researchers to Know

Dr Laurie J. GOLDSMITH, Senior Research Fellow, Yoo Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS)

LEONG Li Zi, Research Assistant, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

2:20 pm

Questionable Research Practices and Open Science: A Scientometric Perspective of 50 years of Research

Dr Michelle NEOH, Associate, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)

2:40 pm

Rediscovering publicly available single-cell data with the DISCO platform

Dr Jinmiao CHEN, Associate Professor, Duke-NUS and Senior Principal Investigator, A*STAR

3:00 pm

Singapore Open Research Awards 2024

Opening Remarks
Presented by Ms Goh Su Nee, Deputy Director and Lead, Open Science and Research Services, NTU Library

 

Prize Presentation Ceremony 
Awards presentation to the following recipients:

Prizes to be presented by: Guest of Honour, Prof Subodh MHAISALKAR, Executive Director for Academic Research at National Research Foundation (NRF)

 

Lightning Talks by Award Winners

  1. Professor Loy Chen Change from S-Lab for Advanced Intelligence
  2. Assistant Professor Manuel Rigger from Open Research for Robustifying Data-centric Systems
  3. Assistant Professor Cynthia S. Q. Siew from The Small World of Singlish Words: Measuring the Singaporean English Mental Lexicon
  4. Associate Professor Guillaume Thibault 
3:50 pm Closing Remarks
4:00 pm Coffee & Connections