OpenFest 2024 Day 1 recordings - Open Research @ Sheffield talks and presentations

Recordings from Day 1 of OpenFest 2024, the annual celebration and exploration of open research delivered by the Universities of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam.

The programme for the day is included in the files and is also copied below.

Charles Rouge's talk is available under a different licence (CC-BY-NC-ND) and can be found here: https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.27100447 .

OpenFest 2024: Open Research @ Sheffield

Tuesday 10th September 2024, University of Sheffield and online

10.00-10.10 Welcome and introduction

10.10-11.25 Extending the boundaries of openness across the disciplines 

• Charles Rouge (Civil and Structural Engineering), Pushing back against a publisher: how you can do it, and why you should
• Rebecca Draisey-Collishaw and Esbjorn Wettermark (Music), Issues and approaches to Open Access for ethnographic, participatory, and creative practice methodologies
• Andy Tattersall, (Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research): Making research open is one thing, but how do we ensure it reaches the right people?

11.40-12.30 Building services and resources to support open research at Sheffield 

• Tamora James (Research Software Engineering), FAIR² for research software: developing a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) and reproducible research software training programme
• Jenni Adams, Emily Nunn and Ric Campbell (Library), Developing a range of Library services and resources in support of open research 

13.10-13.55 Unleash Your Data & Software Project Showcase 

• Laura Wiggins (Materials Science and Engineering): Developing a comprehensive software carpentry program for the TopoStats software
• Veysel Yildiz (Civil and Structural Engineering), joining remotely: HYPER: Converting an existing state-of-the-art toolbox to open source
• Fred Sonnenwald (Research Data Engineer), Water quality in river networks: making data and software more FAIR

14.10-14.40 The University of Sheffield Research Culture Strategy and Action Plan - Meera Warrier (Assistant Director, Researchers and Research Culture, Research Services) (not recorded)

14.40-15.10  Launch of the University of Sheffield Office for Open Research and Scholarship - Holly Ranger (Head of Open Research), Adam Partridge (Open Research Training Lead) and Jim Uttley (Open Research Working Group lead and coordinator of the TUoS Open Research Champions Scheme)