PAST EVENT: A panel debate on science and transparency to launch the science issue

17 Nov 2011

Date: Tuesday 6 Dec
Time: 6.30 – 8pm
Venue: Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Mechanical Engineering Building, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ
Tickets: Free but limited – register here 

Join Index on Censorship for ‘Data Debate: is transparency bad for science?’, a panel debate to launch the new issue of Index on Censorship magazine, ‘Dark Matter: what’s science got to hide?’

Scientific data is more freely available than ever. But does the push for openness help or hinder science?

Speakers include Sir Mark Walport, Director of the Wellcome Trust, George Monbiot, Guardian columnist and Baroness Onora O’Neill. Jo Glanville, Editor of Index on Censorship, will chair.

Many thanks to SAGE for their kind sponsorship of this event.

 

 

 

 

 

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COMMENTS (5)

  1. Bill Courtney

    December 5, 2011 at 18:02

    Hi,
    On Friday 2nd December 2011 I posted Index on Censorship a collection of documents (hard copy + CD ROM) which are relevant to the debate on transparency in science.

    I would be grateeful if you would confirm receipt.

    In case there is any ambguity, here is a a copy of my cover letter:

    Dear Jo,

    I am writing to you having just read your article in New Scientist, “Leaks, hacks and science” (P34, 3 December 2011).

    In my experience there is a type of science censorship so deeply hidden within the scientific community that despite my best efforts, I have been unable to expose it.

    The scientific and financial fraud that I have attempted to expose is detailed in the attached printed testimony.

    An electronic copy of the testimony plus all of the other documents referred to in the testimony can be found on the enclosed CD ROM.

    I am unable to attend your debate on 6 December but have no objections to you circulating copies of all or any of the documents on the CD ROM to attendees.

    Most of the documents include my name and contact details, so by implication you are free to release these also.

    Over the past eight years I have sent similar information to most of the obvious players in UK science but my evidence has been ignored.

    I am withholding the names of the parties I have contacted in order to prevent pointless embarrassment.

    Yours sincerely,

    Bill Courtney

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    February 2, 2012 at 20:25

    Over the past eight years I have sent similar information to most of the obvious players in UK science but my evidence has been ignored. Trailers

  3. George Spring

    March 30, 2012 at 09:07

    Agree with you, I have the similar experience in this sphere, my evidence was also ignored all the times. http://9pillsonline.com/

  4. What’s science got to hide? | Naturally Selected

    September 18, 2012 at 13:11

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  5. What’s science got to hide? Part II | Naturally Selected

    September 18, 2012 at 13:13

    [...] mentioned last week that we would be attending the Index on Censorship data debate, at which Sir Mark Walport, George Monbiot, Baroness Onora O’Neill and David Colquhoun would be [...]

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