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title: I'm appearing before the House of Commons BIS Select Committee into Open Access

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<p>I'm very pleased to announce that, this Tuesday, 16th April 2013, I will be joining the Commons Select Committee <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-innovation-and-skills/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">inquiry into open access</a> being hosted by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee on at the Palace of Westminster. At 12pm I will be presenting evidence on open access publishing alongside a list of distinguished speakers, including those representing:</p>
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<li>Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers</li>
<li>British Academy</li>
<li>Public Library of Science</li>
<li>Reed Elsevier</li>
<li>Professor Stevan Harnad, Professor of Web Science, University of Southampton</li>
<li>Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)</li>
<li>Research Councils UK (RCUK)</li>
<li>SPARC Europe</li>
<li>Political Studies Association</li>
<li>The Russell Group</li>
<li>Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen and Chair of Universities UK’s Research Policy Network</li>
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<p>For more information, see the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-innovation-and-skills/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">Business Innovation and Skills Committee website</a>.</p>