We’re delighted to announce that we will be holding an in-person 2-day event for our APAC user community. The event will feature presentations from both the Symplectic Team and the Figshare Team, including themes across Open Access and Open Data, research funding workflows, and updates looking forward to ERA and PBRF. See below for the full agenda.

 

Date: February 19-20, 2024

Location: Sydney, Australia

 

We can’t wait to see you in person again and are currently working on building out the program for the event. We will communicate further details in the coming weeks.

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.

All clients are welcome; if you have not yet received an invite and would like to attend, please get in touch via the form below.

 

Draft Agenda

Day 1 – February 19th

 

09:00 – 09:30 Arrivals & breakfast

09:30 – 09:40 Acknowledgement of country and UTS welcome

09:40 – 09:45 Housekeeping

09:45 – 10:05 Company update

10:05 – 10:20 Product Principles: How we design and develop our products and how you can help

10:20 – 10:40 Figshare: Highlights from Recent Releases

10:40 – 11:00 Figshare Roadmap

 

11:00 – 11:25 Morning break

 

11:20 – 11:40 Focus on NTROs (Beyond the journal)

11:40 – 11:55 Community session: Linking research and industry to power innovation at ARDC

11:55 – 12:10 Client showcase: University of Melbourne – NTROs at Melbourne

12:10 – 12:30 Redesigning the Figshare Admin Area

12:30 – 13:00 Aligning Figshare use with best practice: harvesting, licenses, PIDs and more

 

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break & networking

 

14:00 – 14:40 Digital Science and AI

14:40 – 15:00 Taking a data-driven approach to research integrity and security

 

15:00 – 15:20 Afternoon break

 

15:20 – 15:40 Using Elements & Figshare together as an Open Access solution

15:40 – 15:55 Elements & Figshare: Joint Roadmap

15:55 – 16:10 Client showcase: University of Tasmania – Implementing Elements & Figshare

16:10 – 17:00 Figshare Product Workshop – Revisiting the Figshare Metadata Structure

 

17:30 – 19:00 Networking drinks nearby

 

Day 2 – February 20th

 

09:00 – 10:00 Arrivals & breakfast

 

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome and housekeeping

10:05 – 10:35 Symplectic Elements: Highlights from recent releases

10:35 – 10:55 Symplectic Elements Roadmap

 

10:55 – 11:20 Morning break

 

11:20 – 11:40 Discovery Search: Helping people find your experts 

11:40 – 11:55 Client showcase: University of Wollongong – Migrating from VIVO to Symplectic Discovery

11:55 – 12:10 Enhancing the Discovery Search Experience 

12:10 – 12:35 Introducing Groups to Discovery

12:35 – 12:50 Showcasing Impact with Discovery

 

12:50 – 13:50 Lunch

 

13:50 – 14:20 Awards Management: Managing your full funding lifecycle within Elements

14:40 – 14:35 Client showcase: University of Wollongong – Implementing Awards Management in Elements

 

14:35 – 14:55 Afternoon break

 

14:55 – 15:25 Redesigning Groups: Managing and showcasing internal organisation structures

15:25 – 15:40 Client showcase: University Technology Sydney – Distilling Research Impact

15:40 – 16:40 Symplectic Elements Product Workshop (TBD)