• Minister for forskning og høyere utdanning Iselin Nybø, Kunnskapsdepartementet
• Statssekretær Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen, Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet
• Policy officer Erik Yssen, European Commission, DG Research & Innovation, A3 - Horizon 2020 policy and foresight
• Direktør Harald Nybølet, Direktoratet for internasjonalisering og kvalitetsutvikling i høyere utdanning (DIKU)
• Direktør Jon-Arne Røttingen, Norges forskningsråd 
• Styreleder Mari Sundli Tveit, Universitets- og høgskolerådet
• Leder Håkon R. Mikalsen, Norsk studentorganisasjon

Open Science is presently probably the fastest moving policy field in the European Knowledge sector. The agenda and the overall goals are set and widely agreed on, and great steps are now being taken to make it happen. However, there are many uncertainties, not least among stakeholders in the scholarly community. Universities Norway invites partners and stake holders to discuss a possible national action programme in order to establish a national overview, take stock of the actors and parallel processes and review and suggest measures and actions, - in the short run and in a longer perspective. A possible model can be the Finnish “Open Science and Data- Action Programme for the Finnish Scholarly Community”, presented by the Finnish Rectors Conference, UNIFI.

See the Finnish plan here.

A preliminary structure for a national action programme will be made available prior to the conference.

Introduction by

• Executive Director, Dr. Leena Wahlfors, UNIFI: The Finnish Action Programme - How it works and how it came about

Comments by

• Associate Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius, UiO and EUA Open Science Expert Group
• Director Johannes Waage Løvhaug, Research Council of Norway?
• Professor Kenneth Ruud, UiT and Chair UHR-Research

• Rektor Dag Rune Olsen, Universitetet i Bergen
• Rektor Svein Stølen, Universitetet i Oslo
• Rektor Ingunn Moser, VID vitenskapelige høgskole
• Leder Håkon R. Mikalsen, Norsk studentorganisasjon