Zoé Ancion is Open science Policy Officer at the French National Research Agency (ANR). Zoé develops ANR’s Open science engagements and their implementation in the ANR’s processes. She coordinates the open science network of the French funding agencies.

She also represents ANR in several national and international networks such as the French Committee for Open science or the Science Europe working group on Open Science.

Experimental physicist based at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati of INFN. Past experience at Fermilab (US) and Dafne (Frascati) with activity in heavy flavour physics, detector development, installation and operation. Since 2005 leading the Frascati group in CMS experiment at CERN with responsibilities in development construction and installation of novel Muon detectors. Active in Open Access publishing since 2000. Head (2000-2005) of Frascati lab Scientific Information Service, including library and negotiations of subscriptions contracts.

National responsible of SCOAP3 since 2007. Contact point for INFN in OA2020. Referent for INFN with CRUI-CARE (the Conference of Italian Rectors) for subscription contracts.

Member of INFN working group on Open Access. Member of working group on LODES project proposed to GSF OECD for interoperability of linked open data for open science.

Dr Marion Boland is the Head of Research Policy at Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), a statutory body in the Republic of Ireland with responsibility for funding oriented basic and applied research in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics with a strategic focus.

Marion manages a diverse portfolio of policy related areas, including Open Science, Data management, Research Integrity, State aid, Grant Terms & Conditions and SFI’s Gender Strategy.

As a signatory of Plan S, Marion represents SFI in cOALition S as Chair of the Taskforce on monitoring the effects of Plan S.

Marion holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Cancer Research/University of London. Prior to joining SFI, Marion held research positions at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Alberta, University of Cambridge and as a lecturer in Molecular Oncology in the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast.

Over the past decade, Ashley Farley has worked in both academic and public libraries, focusing on digital inclusion and facilitating access to scholarly content. She completed her Masters in Library and Information Sciences through the University of Washington’s Information School. Ashley is Program Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In this capacity, she leads the Foundation’s Open Access Policy’s implementation and associated initiatives. This includes leading the work of Gates Open Research, a transparent and revolutionary publishing platform. Other core activities involve supporting the strategic and operational aspects of the foundation’s library. This work has sparked a passion for open access, believing that freely accessible knowledge has the power to improve and save lives.

Hannah’s work focuses on OA policy development, implementation and monitoring at Wellcome. Hannah is involved in the following shared infrastructure projects; Europe PMC and the cOAlition S Journal Checker Tool. Prior to Wellcome, Hannah worked for a UK learned society as a publisher and science communicator following the completion of her PhD in molecular biology.

Jon is Senior Advisor in the Department for University and University College Policy at the Research Council of Norway. He is project leader for the implementation of the RCN Open Science policy and has a special responsibility for Open Access publishing. Jon also works with funding for basic research and research infrastructure and the integration of humanities research within the broader strategic priorities of the RCN. He has a MA and PhD in Religious studies and Church History from the University of Oslo.

Kate LeMay is a Senior Project Officer at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in Australia. She is NHMRC’s Open Access subject matter expert and works on NHMRC’s Research Quality Project. Kate has worked as a Pharmacist, in health services research and in health and medical data sharing education and policy at the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC).