Organisers of the Berlin 10 Open Access Conference

Conference Chair: Ms Ellen Tise, Senior Director: Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Programme Chair: Dr Reggie Raju, Director: Client Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Conference Coordinator: Mrs Ina Smith, eRepository Manager: Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Local Organising Committee

Hilton Gibson

Systems Administrator: Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Maryke Hunter-Hüsselmann

Manager: Research Information & Strategy, Division for Research Development, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Robert Kotzé

Senior Director: Postgraduate & International Office, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Brenda Leibowitz

Director: Centre for Teaching and Learning, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Stephanie Nieuwoudt

Journalist: The Media Office, Marketing & Publication, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Ralph Pina

Director: Information Technology (Development), Information Technology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Reggie Raju

Director: Client Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Lucia Schoombee 

Senior Librarian: Research Support, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Mohammed Shaikh

Senior Director: Communication, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Ina Smith

eRepository Manager: Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Ellen Tise (Chair)

Senior Director: Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Programme Committee

Lars Bjørnshauge

Director: SPARC Europe, The Netherlands

Georg W. Botz

Senior Policy Advisor: Max Planck Society, Germany

Eve Gray

Honorary Research Associate: Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Heather Joseph

Executive Director: SPARC, United States of America

Iryna Kuchma

Open Access Programme Manager: EIFL, Italy

Reggie Raju (Chair) 

Director: Client Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Carlos Rossel

Publisher: Office of the Publisher, The World Bank, Washington DC, United States of America

Bernard Schutz

Director: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Germany

Ina Smith

eRepository Manager: Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Anja Stöber

Open Access Policy: Max Planck Digital Library, Germany

Hannes Van Wyk

Senior Lecturer: Department of Botany & Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 

Advisory Committee

Boubakar Barry

Coordinator: Research and Education Networking Unit, Association of African Universities, Ghana

Bruce Bartlett

Lecturer: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Maya Brahmam

Senior Communications Officer: The World Bank, Washington DC, United States of America

Leslie Chan

Senior Lecturer: Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada

Wieland Gevers

Chairperson: Committee on Scholarly Publishing in South Africa, ASSAf, South Africa

Helmut Grubmüller

Director: Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany

Lorraine Haricombe

Dean: The University of Kansas Libraries, University of Kansas, United States of America

Derek Law

Emeritus Professor: Information Services, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom

Buhle Mbambo-Tata

Executive Director: Library Services, University of South Africa, South Africa

Jennifer McLennan 

Head: Marketing and Communications, eLife, United States of America

Reggie Raju

Director: Client Services, Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Juergen Renn

Director: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany

Frank Sander

Head: Max Planck Digital Library, Germany

Bas Savenije

Director General: National Library of the Netherlands, The Netherlands

Ralf Schimmer

Head: Department for Scientific Information Provision, Max Planck Digital Library, Germany

Ina Smith

eRepository Manager: Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Dieter Stein

Editor-in-Chief & Chairman: University of Düsseldorf, Germany

Anja Stöber

Open Access Policy: Max Planck Digital Library, Germany

Vincent Wintermans

Programme Officer: Netherlands National UNESCO Council, The Netherlands

Xiaolin Zhang

Executive Director: National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China