Sage Bionetworks Commons Congress 2012. Bio Stephen H. Friend Dr. Friend is the President and Director of Sage Bionetworks. He was previously Senior Vice President and Franchise Head for Oncology Research at Merck & Co., Inc. where he led Merck's Basic Cancer Research efforts. Open Access: Is it open season on traditional scientific publishing? What is the cost of knowledge?
That’s the question asked by thousands of academics (thecostofknowledge.com) who have pledged to boycott Elsevier journals in a stand against “exorbitantly high prices”. They want science to be open access: if science is funded by the public, it should be freely available to the public. No more frustrating links to a $30 PDF? Great! But don’t publishers provide a service? Open Access Week. 12 program. An ACM Web Science Conference 2012 Workshop Evanston, IL • 21 June 2012 Program Keynotes (9:00-10:00) Johann BollenGregg Gordon Coffee break (10:00-10:30)
