Figshare and Symplectic North America User Conference 2024

We’re delighted to announce that we will be holding an in-person 2-day event for our North American user community in Denver, Colorado!

The event will feature presentations from both the Symplectic Team and the Figshare Team focusing on research management, funding workflows, funder policy compliance, Open Data and more.

You can expect presentations on the themes above as well as product development-focused presentations from both Figshare and Symplectic.

We can’t wait to see you in person again.

If you’d like to present and share your experiences on a particular topic, we welcome client talks and would love to hear from you - please let us know your ideas when registering.

Attendance is free but we ask that you register, as places are limited.

Register now

Agenda

Day 1

09:30 - 09:40 Welcome and housekeeping

09:40 - 10:00 Company update, Claire Turner, SVP, Commerical, Digital Science

10:00 - 10:15 Introduction to Figshare, Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Product Specialist, Digital Science

10:15 -10:40 Figshare Roadmap, Sam Gibbons-Frendo, Senior Product Manager, Digital Science

10:40 - 11:00 Morning break

11:00 - 11:15 Figshare: Highlights from recent releases, Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Product Specialist, Digital Science

11:15 - 11:45 Redesigning the Figshare Admin Area: Where are we now and future plans, Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Product Specialist and Sam Gibbons-Frendo, Senior Product Manager, Digital Science

11:45 - 12:15 "Walk Right In, Sit Right Down..." Jumping in Mid-Migration (Client Showcase), Kate Blalack, Digital Repository Librarian, University of Notre Dame

12:15 - 12:35 The State of Open Data, Mark Hahnel, VP Open Research, Digital Science

12:35 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 13:50 Aligning Figshare use with best practices: harvesting, licenses, PIDs and more, Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Product Specialist, Digital Science

13:50 - 14:10 Enhancing the Figshare Review Workflow, Sam Gibbons-Frendo, Senior Product Manager, Digital Science

14:10 - 14:40 The Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI), Ana Van Gulick, Government and Funder Lead, Digital Science

14:40 - 15:00 Afternoon break

15:00 - 15:15 Introduction to Symplectic Elements, Alexandra Winzeler, Business Development Manager, Digital Science

15:15 - 15:30 From Figshare to Elements: Bringing OA into Research Information Management, Claire Turner, SVP, Commerical, Digital Science

15:30 - 15:45 NIH grants reporting using Elements (Client Showcase), Hope Riffee and Beth Blackwood, Duke University Medical School

15:45 - 16:15 Enhancing OA Monitoring and Reporting in Elements, Jackson Anderson, Head of Product Management, Digital Science

16:15 - 16:45 Workshop, Sam Gibbons Frendo, Senior Product Manager and Jackson Anderson, Head of Product Management, Digital Science

16:45 - 16:55 Day one wrap up and close, Claire Turner, SVP, Commerical, Digital Science

End of Day 1

Day 2

09:30 - 09:35 Welcome to day 2 and housekeeping, Claire Turner, SVP, Commerical, Digital Science

09:35 - 09:50 Product Principles: How we design and develop our products and how you can help, Jackson Anderson, Head of Product Management, Digital Science

09:50 - 10:05 Symplectic Elements: Highlights from recent releases, Alexandra Winzeler, Business Development Manager, Digital Science

10:05 - 10:30 Symplectic Elements Roadmap, Jackson Anderson, Head of Product Management, Digital Science

10:30 - 11:00 Introducing Elements Awards Management, Alexandra Winzeler, Business Development Manager, Digital Science

11:00 - 11:20 Morning break

11:20 - 11:40 Enhancing the Discovery Search Experience, Jackson Anderson, Head of Product Management, Digital Science

11:40 - 12:00 Using Discovery at the University of Toronto (Client Showcase), Maya Collum, Digital Science

12:00 - 12:25 Redesigning Groups: Managing and showcasing internal organization structures, Sam Gibbons-Frendo, Senior Product Manager, Digital Science

12:25 - 12:45 Showcasing your organizations: Introducing Groups to Discovery, Claire Turner, SVP, Commerical, Digital Science

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 14:30 Workshop, Sam Gibbons-Frendo, Senior Product Manager and Jackson Anderson, Head of Product Management, Digital Science

14:30 - 14:45 Gaining approval from Faculty Affairs to use the assessment module to P&T (Client Showcase), Rebecca Canton, Library Director, Midwestern University

14:45 - 15:00 Client Showcase

15:00 - 15:20 Afternoon break

15:20 - 15:40 Using Elements to support accreditation reporting, Alexandra Winzeler, Business Development Manager, Digital Science

15:40 - 16:00 Understanding how research happens: How to begin tracking projects with Elements, Jackson Anderson, Head of Product Management, Digital Science

16:00 - 16:10 End of day 2 wrap up and close, Claire Turner, SVP, Commerical, Digital Science

16:30 - 19:00 Drinks at Cerebral Brewing, 1477 Monroe St, Denver, CO 80206

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