The Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science event was inspired by a panel debate that took place a year before, in February 2012 in Oxford, entitled…
Evolution of Science: Open Science and the Future of Publishing
The diverse panel included publishers, funders, academics and entrepreneurs:
Tim Gowers the Fields Medal winning mathematician,
Victor Henning the co-founder and CEO of Mendeley,
Robert Kiley from The Wellcome Trust,
Alison Mitchell from Nature Publishing Group,
Cameron Neylon the open science activist and blogger,
Lord Robert Winston the advocate of public engagement, and
Alicia Wise from the publisher Elsevier.