2022 Keynotes
A number of thought-provoking keynotes have been planned for OE Global 2022.
Dr. Sian Proctor will engage in a thought-provoking and inspiring discussion on how we are currently writing the narrative of human spaceflight and how that has implications for the future of education. In this motivating keynote, she breaks down how Open Educational Resources and the evolving Web3 space are rapidly transforming the way we learn, live, work, and play as we extend humanity to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We will look at how Web3 is creating communities, distributing knowledge, spearheading policy, and incentivizing creativity. Together, we will dive into redefining ownership on the blockchain and the implications for creating a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive space (a J.E.D.I. space) both on Earth and within the Metaverse.
Time: Monday, 23rd May at 10am CET (Check your time here)
Biography
Dr. Sian Proctor is a geoscientist, explorer, space artist, and astronaut. She was the mission pilot for the SpaceX Inspiration4 all-civilian orbital mission. She is the first black female to pilot a spacecraft and the first black commercial astronaut. She is also one of The Explorer’s Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World. Her motto is called Space2inspire where she encourages people to use their unique, one-of-a-kind strengths, and passion to inspire those within their reach and beyond. She believes that we need to actively strive for a J.E.D.I. space: a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive space as we advance human spaceflight.
She uses her afrofuturism space art to encourage conversations about women of color in the space industry. She believes that when we solve for space, we also solve issues on Earth, and she promotes the adoption of space technology to issues such as food waste and climate change.
Dr. Proctor spent 21 years as a professor teaching geology, sustainability, and planetary science at South Mountain Community College, in Phoenix, Arizona. She is currently the director of the Global Futures Institute for the Maricopa Community College District.
Ecuador underwent a profound transformation with the Constituent Assembly and a New Constitution in 2008 that elevated “Buen Vivir” (Good Living) as a constitutional paradigm and utopia. It framed human rights in the context of rights of good living and set out a detailed political path for their enjoyment, including education, science, and technology policies. This required a long and careful effort at planning for development, in the context of the twenty-first century. The government was organized into six different sectors, the newest of which was the Knowledge and Human Talent sector.
As the longest-standing Minister of Knowledge of Ecuador, Andres Arauz implemented policies for “Buen Conocer”. It implied the long-term planning of Ecuador’s education policies, new wiki-built legislation for open knowledge, a review of international treaties, new universities, free open software, a biodiversity-focused agenda, and open knowledge procurement policies for access to medicine.
Time: Tuesday, 24th May at 9am CET (Check your time here)
Biography
Andres Arauz is a former Minister of Knowledge of Ecuador. Arauz supervised education, science, technology, intellectual property, university, culture, and heritage policy. He has extensive academic and policy experience in the intersection between public economics, finance, and technology. Arauz is a doctoral fellow at UNAM (Mexico) and was a presidential runner-up for Ecuador’s center-left progressive alliance or Unión por la Esperanza (UNES) in 2021. Andres Arauz is involved in research and advocacy initiatives around the world.
Nantes University is an excellent, sustainable and open university. Openness is in its DNA, its statutes affirm: “The development of knowledge commons is a key element of social progress. Anxious to contribute to this essential objective, Nantes University is resolutely committed to open science, open educational resources and open innovation in order to make knowledge accessible to all”. Why make Nantes University an open university? How to share knowledge more widely? This talk will be an
opportunity to discuss how a university can make a concrete commitment in promoting the sharing of knowledge.
Nantes Université est une université excellente, durable et ouverte. L’ouverture est dans son ADN, ses statuts affirment : « Le développement de biens communs du savoir est un élément clé du progrès social. Soucieuse d’apporter sa contribution à cet objectif essentiel, Nantes Université s’engage résolument en faveur de la science ouverte, des ressources éducatives libres et de l’innovation ouverte afin de rendre les connaissances accessibles à tous ». Pourquoi faire de Nantes Université une université ouverte ? Comment partager plus largement les connaissances ? Cette intervention sera l’occasion d’échanger sur la manière dont une université peut s’engager concrètement pour favoriser le partage des connaissances.
Time: Wednesday, 25th May at 9am CET (Check your time here)
Biography | Résumé
Lawyer, specialist in intellectual property law, she obtained her doctorate in 2000 and was appointed lecturer, then professor of law (in 2013) at the University of Nantes. In 2008 she became an expert in intellectual property for the STDICE (Sous-Directeur des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication pour l’Education). Following this, in 2012, she was appointed 1st Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science and created the Intellectual Property diploma in distance learning, of which she took over the management. She then became a
member of the regulatory control commission of the CNC (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée – National Center for Cinema).
Between 2014 and 2017, she directed the Institute for Research in Private Law (IRDP), a research laboratory at the university. In 2017, she became vice-president in charge of university reform, then
first vice-president in 2019, before being elected President in July 2020. Since January 1, 2022, she is the first President of Nantes University.
Juriste, spécialiste de droit de la propriété intellectuelle, elle obtient son doctorat en 2000 et est
nommée maître de conférences, puis professeure de droit (en 2013) à l’université de Nantes. Elle
devient experte en propriété intellectuelle auprès du Sous-Directeur des Technologies de
l’Information et de la Communication pour l’Education (SDTICE) en 2008.
Suite à cela, en 2012, elle est nommée 1ère vice-doyenne de la faculté de droit et des sciences
politiques et crée le DU Propriété intellectuelle en formation à distance, dont elle prend la direction. Elle devient ensuite membre de la commission du contrôle de la réglementation du
CNC (Centre National du cinéma et de l’image animée).
Entre 2014 et 2017, elle dirige l’Institut de recherche en droit privé (IRDP) laboratoire de
recherche de l’université. En 2017, elle devient vice-présidente en charge de la réforme de l’université, puis première vice-Présidente en 2019, avant d’être élue Présidente en juillet 2020.
Depuis le 1er janvier 2022, elle est la première Présidente de Nantes Université.