A panel of scholars representing both local and global perspectives will engage in a lively conversation about the importance of community control of knowledge sharing systems,and the costs of entrenching publicly-funded research activities in profit-seeking business models.

The panel consists of:

Dr. Janneke Adema, associate professor, Research Centre in Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University

Dr. Élika Ortega, assistant professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Dr. Danny Kingsley, visiting fellow, Australian National University

Dr. Ayesha Khan, clinical microbiology fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center