March 11-12, Cosmos Club. 2121 Massachusetts Avenue, NW. Washington, D.C.
Day 1: Tuesday, March 11
12:00 Lunch, Welcome and Opening Remarks, Laura Wood, Director, Tisch Library, Tufts University
12:45 DuraSpace, “State of the Union,” Debra Hanken Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer, DuraSpace
1:15 DuraSpace Membership & Governance, One Year Later, Jonathan Markow, Chief Strategy Officer, DuraSpace
1:45 Open Source Project Overviews, Accomplishments, Goals and Strategies, Presented by Project Steering Group Chairs
- Fedora: Robin Ruggaber, Chief Technology Officer, University of Virginia Library
- DSpace: David Lewis, Dean, IUPUI University Library
- VIVO: Michael Conlon, Co-Director of the University of Florida Clinical and Translational Science Institute
3:30 Table Breakout: Sustainability, Debra Hanken Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer, DuraSpace
“How can we advance our individual projects while promoting a sustainable ecosystem for our collective community endeavors?”
4:00 Product Overview, The Development and Expansion of DuraSpace Services, Carissa Smith, Services Product Manager, DuraSpace
4:30 The Evolving U.S. Data Policy Environment, Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC
5:00 European Open Data and Access Activities, Michele Mennielli, International Relations Manager, CINECA
5:30 Closing Remarks, Debra Hanken Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer, DuraSpace
6:00 Cocktail reception hosted by DuraSpace in the Crentz Room
Recording of Day 1 Presentations
Day 2: Wednesday, March 13
9:00 Day Two Opening, Tom Cramer, Chief Technology Strategist, Stanford University
9:15 Breakout Sessions: Fedora, DSpace and VIVO
Fedora Project Breakouts, Facilitated by Robin Ruggaber and the Fedora Steering Group
9:30 The Fedora 4 Pilot Projects
10:30 Positioning Fedora for the Future
11:15 Sustainability
DSpace Project Breakouts, Facilitated by David Lewis and the DSpace Steering Group
9:30 The DSpace UI(s): Can We Converge on a Single One?
10:30 The DSpace Strategic Direction
11:15 DSpace Resources & How to Use Them Effectively
VIVO Project Breakouts, Facilitated by Michael Conlon and the VIVO Steering Group
9:30 What’s Happening with VIVO? Update & Discussion
10:30 Opening up the VIVO Project
11:15 The VIVO Value Proposition
12:30 Breakout Session Summaries
Fedora, David Wilcox, Fedora Product Manager
DSpace, Tim Donohue, DSpace & DSpaceDirect Technical Lead
VIVO, Michael Conlon, VIVO Steering Group Chair
1:30 Closing Remarks, Debra Hanken Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer, DuraSpace
