From: Ken Berlack <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:36:13 +0000 NFAIS Half-Day Virtual Workshop – Can funding for R&D be separated from political agendas? Date: Monday, July 31, 2017 Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm EDT Location: Virtual Registration: https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=531330 ==================================================================== What's the focus? NFAIS intends to tackle the rarely addressed subject of R&D, STEM, and Humanities funding in light of the vagaries brought about by changes in government policies. The near-current advent of Brexit coupled with the new U.S. administration creates a palatable fear among researchers around the globe. Will funding for R&D align with political positions? And how will government agencies manage public expectations, priorities, and ideologies? What real impacts have these recent developments already had on research funding, what might come about in the near future, and which of these might be expected to impact scholarly communications in the long run? During this half-day workshop our presenters from both sides of the Atlantic will take on these tough questions: · Will funding for R&D align with political positions? · How will government agencies manage public expectations, priorities, and idealogies? · What real impacts have these recent developments already had on research funding? · What might come about in the near future? · · And which of these might be expected to impact scholarly communications in the long run? Register today: https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=531330 _________________________________________________________________________________ Please note: For individual registrations, the costs for this NFAIS Webinar are: $295 for NFAIS members; $349 for allied societies*; and $395 for non-members. For group registration, the member rate for unlimited attendance is $695 and the non-member rate for unlimited attendance is $795. *Allied Societies: LYRASIS, CENDI, ICSTI, Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Professional & Scholarly Publishing Division of AAP, Association of American University Presses, NISO and ASIS&T. Contact: For more information about this event or any of those shown below, please contact Nancy Blair-DeLeon, NFAIS Director of Professional Development, at 443-221-2980 ext. 102 or [log in to unmask] Upcoming NFAIS Events: July 25, 2017 – Lunch & Learn: Customer Research – From Discovery to Execution July 31, 2017 – Can R&D Funding Be Separated From Political Agendas October 2-3, 2017 – Open Access and Beyond Conference Subscribe to NFAIS Advances e-newsletter! NFAIS – the National Federation of Advanced Information Services www.nfais.org [log in to unmask] @NFAISForum