interview
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Sam Gregory about Deepfakes
Rhetoric about the ‘end of truth’ plays into the hands of people who already are saying you can’t believe anything – and that is neither true of most audiovisual material, nor true yet for deepfakes. We should not panic but prepare instead.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Renate Heinisch about new technologies in medicine
Interview with Renate Heinisch, pharmacist, former vice-chair of Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) panel and now member of the European Economic and Social Committee New technologies are going to deeply affect healthcare. Will citizens be ready? Renate Heinisch: We must consider that scientific and technological innovations accompanied all of human history, since ancient times. ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Professor Michel Goldman about new technologies in medicine
Interview with Michel Goldman, founder of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare (I3H) and former Executive Director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI). How was the idea of I3H born? Michel Goldman: At the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) the main goal was to bring together pharmaceutical industry and universities, patient organizations, and regulators, to ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Colleen Campbell about Open access
Open access, a scientist's opinion Interview with Colleen Campbell, Co-Director of Egenis, the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences. Are you involved with PlanS directly and if so, how? Colleen Campbell: I have no official role in PlanS, but I coordinate the global Open Access 2020 (OA2020) Initiative and our objectives for ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Liz Ferguson about Open access
Open access, a scientist's opinion Interview with Liz Ferguson, VP for Editorial Development in Wiley’s Global Research division. Wiley is the biggest publisher to have embraced open access on a large‑scale through the DEAL agreement. Is this the blueprint for other transformative agreements? Liz Ferguson: We are very pleased with the DEAL agreement, which is ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Sabina Leonelli about Open access
Open access, a scientist's opinion Interview with Sabina Leonelli, Co-Director of Egenis, the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences. How are you involved in Plan S? Sabina Leonelli: I am a Plan S ambassador. This is an independent role and does not imply being aligned with everything cOAlition S proposes. As ambassadors, we ...
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Martin Emmer about e-Governance
Our understanding of citizenship is not based on a definition that refers to formal membership of a person to a nation or political entity, but more generally on the self-perception of individuals in relation to any nation or entity they may belong to.
A scientist’s opinion : Interview with Ott Velsberg about e-Governance
e-Governance: the Estonian Case, a scientist’s opinion Interview with Ott Velsberg, Chief Data Officer for the Estonian government. Increased quality of service, the lack of bureaucracy, and the ease of interacting with the government directly benefit the business and citizens. For which aspects in public administration is Estonia’s e-Government particularly helpful? Ott Velsberg: The biggest ...