About the session
11.15 am, Monday 30th March 2015
Geoffrey Boulton
University of Edinburgh / The Royal Society
The technological revolution of recent decades has produced an unprecedented explosion in the human capacity to acquire, store and manipulate data and information and to instantaneously communicate them globally, irrespective of location. It challenges a principle that has been the bedrock of modern science, concurrent publication of concept and evidence whilst also offering new opportunities for scientific discovery which will require us to redefine many habits and norms of researchers and their institutions. Although science is an international activity, it is done in a national cultural setting, and requires that national strategies fit within a common international frame. Moreover, there are also deep issues about data and its analysis that must be addressed if the future is to be one of open science, with science as a public and not a private enterprise.
