Guatemala City, March 23, 2023
With the purpose of creating a space for reflection and awareness on the importance of open science, its benefits and opportunities for improving the social impact of research, the “Central American Forum on Open Science” is being developed, organized by the National Secretariat of Science and Technology -SENACYT-, the General Directorate of Research of the University of San Carlos of Guatemala -DIGI- and the Central American Higher University Council -CSUCA- with the support of the Network of Open Access Repositories to Science -LA Referencia-.
The topics to be addressed are:
· What is Open Science? Advantages, opportunities and challenges in the Central American region, by Andrea Mora, President of LA Referencia and representative of the National University of Costa Rica -UNA-, taking place from 9:10 to 10:10 in the morning.
· The importance of Open Science for CSUCA and Mexico: planned and ongoing actions, by Francisco Alarcón of CSUCA, Andrea Mora of UNA and Martha Vergara of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico -UDG- from 11:00 to 11:45 a.m.
· Citizen Science: Opportunities and Challenges for Central America, by Bianca Amaro from the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology -IBICT- from 12:00 to 12:45.
· Research data management by Bianca Amaro from IBICT and Andrea Mora from UNA, from 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM.
· Open Science technological tools, repositories, scientific journals and CRIS Systems, by Lautaro Matas from LA Referencia, from 3:00 to 3:45 pm.
It is important to highlight that Open Science, as a new paradigm of scientific research, promotes collaboration, transparency, and free and open access to research results, thus accelerating scientific progress and helping to solve local and global problems.
The activity is being broadcast virtually from CSUCA's Facebook page and you can participate via the link https://www.facebook.com/csuca.
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