ROMOR Results, Impact, and Sustainability
Closing Workshop 8-9 October 2019
Agenda
The main objectives of this workshop is to:
- Present ROMOR main results and impacts
- Present research data management infrastructure in Palestine, in the region and Africa, and in Europe
- Discuss the feasibility of implementing a national/regional roadmap/infrastructure, for research management
- Share knowledge with the participants on:
- Open Science and research data management
- Data Carpentry
- Setting up Open Access Institutional Repositories.
Tuesday 8 October 2019
Location: IUG: Conference Hall, Taiba Building
BZU: Law Institute Annex: Hall 243
Moderator: Talal Shahwan- BZU
Time |
Topic |
Speakers |
10:00 - 10:30 |
Opening the Workshop |
- IUG Presiden
- BZU President
- Minister (MoHE)
|
10:30 - 11:15
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ROMOR Results and Impact
|
- Rawia Awadallah- IUG
- Stefano Caselli- PARMA
- Adnan Yahya- BZU
- Joy Davidson- UoG
- Online contribution from other EU partner universities (UoB, and TUWien)
|
11:15 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break
|
11:30- 13:00 |
Session: Research Infrastructure in Palestine, in the region and Africa, and in Europe Chair: Diana Sayej |
11:30 - 12:00 |
OAIR in Palestine: challenges and needs |
Contributions form Palestinian universities |
12:00 - 12:30 |
African Open Science Platform (AOSP) |
Yousef Torman- ASREN |
12:30 - 13:00 |
European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) |
Joy Davidson- UoG |
13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
14:00 - 15:30 |
Discussion Panel:
- National or Regional Roadmap? Needs and Challenges
- Tertiary education (research education) in PS universities
- Joint Master/PhD degrees with other EU institutions
Moderator: Adnan Yahya
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Panelists: Palestinian Universities (Jaser Khalil, Ehab Qubaj, Talal Shahwan, Bassam Al-Saqqa, Samir Afifi, Elham Kateeb) PALICO MOHE/AQAC EU Partners (Stefano Caselli, Nadia Monacelli, Joy Davidson) |
15:30 - 15:45
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Closing the first day of the workshop
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Wednesday 9 October 2019
Location: IUG: Conference Hall, Taiba Building
QOU: Meetings Hall, Academic Affairs Building- Al-Biera
Moderator: Samir Afifi
Time |
Topic |
Speakers |
09:45 - 10:00 |
Opening |
Prof. Samir Al-Najdi- Vice President for Academic Affairs- QOU |
10:00 - 11:30 |
Session 1: Open Science and Research Data Management
Chair: Khaled Khanfar Target Group: Researchers, students, staff with the responsibility to implement/manage an institutional repository
|
10:00 - 10:20 |
Open Science |
Nael Salman- PTUK |
10:20 - 10:40 |
FAIR Data Principles |
Eman Maali- BZU |
10:40 - 11:10 |
Data Management Plan |
Thabet Sabbah- QOU |
11:10 - 11:30 |
Discussion followed by an online meeting with Nadia Monacelli (Director of University Center for International Cooperation of the University of Parma (CUCI) with IUG international office. |
11:30 -11:45 |
Coffee Break |
11:45 - 13:00 |
Session 2: Data Carpentry Chair: Rebhi Baraka Target Group: Researchers, and students |
11:45 - 12:15 |
Introduction to OpenRefine |
Basem AlEjla- IUG |
12:15 - 12:45 |
Introduction to R |
Khalil AlAstal- IUG |
12:45 - 13:00 |
Discussion followed by a meeting with ROMOR mobility students |
13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
14:00 - 16:00 |
Session 3: How to set up an Open Access Institutional Repository? Chair: Yousef Abuzir- QOU Target Group: Project managers/administrators, IT staff, editors & Library staff with the responsibility to implement/manage an institutional repository |
14:00 - 14:30 |
Setting up institutional repositories in steps |
Iyad Alagha- IUG |
14:30 - 14:50 |
Copyright and Licensing issues |
Alaa Alhalees- IUG |
14:50 - 15:10 |
Developing IR Policies |
Diana Sayej- BZU |
15:10 - 15:30 |
Evaluation metrics and CoreTrustSeal |
Mohammad Isifan- PTUK |
15:30 - 16:00 |
Discussion followed by a meeting with Nadia Monacell- CUCI with QOU, and BZU international offices. |
16:00 |
Certificates & Closing |