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Ghana Open Science Symposium
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Date : October 19, 2022

SESSIONS	EVENTS	MODERATORS
08:30am	Opening
Opening Session 9:00am - 10:30am	Arrival and Registration Welcome Remarks - Chair, Board of Directors, GARNET Opening Remarks - by Coordinator, LIBSENSE Opening Remarks - Keith McMahon MBE, British Deputy High Commissioner to Ghana, FCDO Opening Address - Dr Kwaku Afriyie Minister, Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation
10:00am - 10:30am	Tea Break / Group Photo
Session 1 10:30am - 12:00pm	Open Science as a Policy Priority UNESCO Recommendations on Open Science - Melody Boateng, National Professional Officer The MESTI policy process - Dr Wilhemina Quaye -Director, STEPRI Think Global, Act Local: - Kathleen Shearer - Executive Director, COAR	Oliver Boachie - Senior Advisor to Minister, Environment, Science, Technology & Innovation
12:030pm - 13:00pm	Lunch and Networking
Session 2 13:00pm - 15:00pm	Towards An Open Research Commons for Ghana NRENs as providers of Open Scholarly Infrastructure - Lucas Chigabatia, CEO, GARNET The Library as Enabler of Open Science Dr Mac-Anthony Cobblah, Chair, CARLIGH Open Data and Innovation: Matters Arising - Wisdom Donkor, Technical Lead, Ghana Open Data Initiative/li> Science Communication in the Open Science era Francis Ankrah, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Enabling Science & Innovation Communities for Social Impact Gameli Adzaho, Lead, Global Lab Network Ideas on Open Science for Public Health in Africa Dr. Dominic Agyei Dankwa, PublicHealth.Africa (PHA) Panel Discussion + QnA	Omo Oaiya - Chief Strategy Officer, West and Central African Research and Education Network
15:00pm - 15:30pm	Tea Break and Networking
Session 3 15:30pm - 17:00pm	Coordinating the Development of a National Open Science Action Plan Break out groups -1) Policy, Funding and Governance 2) Infrastructure 3) Capacity Building and advocacy Groups reports