MIT Better Science Ideathon. 23 April 2018.

The first MIT Better Science Ideathon brings together teams of people involved in scientific research - including students, researchers, policy makers, publishers, and funders - to explore how the process of science can be improved. There will be a focus on how open science can accelerate scientific progress through fostering collaboration and reproducibility and by reducing the barriers to learning.

Register your interest in the Better Science Ideathon

When?

Monday, 23 April 2018.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
1 Main St,
Cambridge,
MA 02142, USA

What?

Our objectives are four fold. (1) to develop projects to improve the research enterprise; (2) to connect isolated ongoing efforts; (3) to engage social scientists, given the role that socio-political forces have played in molding today’s research structure. (4) to empower students – the future scientists – who are not yet entrenched in the current system to explore fresh ideas.

Who?

Anyone with an interest in the process of research is encouraged to attend, including for example: researchers, students, policy makers, academic administrators, research funders, and publishers.

Speakers

  • Andrew Gelman

    Professor of Statistics, Columbia University


  • Heather Piwowar

    Co-founder, Impactstory


  • Jeff Spies

    Assistant Professor, University of Virginia


  • John Ioannidis

    Professor of Medicine, Stanford University


  • Ellen Finnie

    Head of Scholarly Communications, MIT Libraries


  • Joshua Hartshorne

    Assistant Professor, Boston College


Mentors

  • Jessica Polka

    Director of ASAPbio


  • Naomi Penfold

    Innovation Officer at eLife


  • Mercè Crosas

    Chief Data Science and Technology Officer, IQSS, Harvard University


  • Leonie Mueck

    Division Editor, PLOS One


  • TBD


Partners