12:15pm Opening talk: Cathal McCauley, University Librarian
12:30pm Ellen Breen, Associate Director, Research & Teaching, O’Reilly Library, DCU ‘DCU Press: Setting up an Open Access University Press’
1:05pm Martin Ryan, Design Innovation- Innovating one of the world’s most traditional industries through Design Thinking
1:25pm Trevor Vaugh, Design Innovation- Design thinking and the Higher Education system – Introduction to Mi:Lab
1:45pm -2pm - Tea/Coffee
2pm Dr Ian Speller ‘Open Journal Project: Journal of Military History and Defence Studies’
2:35pm Dr Iain McCurdy ‘Cantus Vespertilio- electroacoustic composition sung by the ultrasonic echolocation of Maynooth’s bats.’
3:10pm Brandt Dainow ‘The Open Journal System- what it is and what you need to know to run your own journal’.
3.45pm Dr Gloria Kirwan ‘The secret world of journal article reviewing- tips and strategies for publication success’
4:20pm Prof Peter Coles ‘The Open Journal of Astrophysics – an open journal on the Scholastica platform’
4:55pm Ciarán Quinn, Research Support Librarian, MU Library ‘Choosing where to publish: Open Access vs Traditional Models of publishing.’