Nearing the end of a busy and productive year, ROCHE had a strong presence at this year’s NORF fest, held Nov. 6-7 at the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) in Dublin.
In addition to attending sessions both days, on day one ROCHE co-PI Professor Kalpana Shankar participated as a panel member in a session focused on Open Science and Innovation.
On day two Prof. Shankar delivered an update on the ROCHE project and then facilitated a workshop with a group of data managers, open science librarians, researchers, and staff from Irish funding agencies. The session used two real-world “what-if” scenarios to focus the session on the practical challenges of Open Science in Public Private Research Partnerships (PPRPs). Graphic recordist Orlagh O’Brien was also in attendance, taking notes on the various discussions and then turning them into a lively visual representation of participant feedback and key talking points.

