Upcoming NISO Virtual Conference: **Don’t Miss This Outstanding Lineup of Speakers!**Research Information **Systems**: The Connections Enabling Collaboration**Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2017**Time: 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)*Many in the academic community have heard about research information systems (RIS); these are increasingly sophisticated systems that capture various data surrounding the funding, workflow, and final output of the research process for purposes of analysis and assessment. The next phase of
development for RIS is to create a network of researchers in the interest of building strategic research initiatives and effective collaborations. This conference will look at the vision for and the progress being made in various initiatives. How might research information systems become more tightly integrated with workflow applications? The data captured in an RIM
or CRIS (Current Research Information System) is significant and should drive increased functionality and accruing value. The event will spotlight entities that foster-through the development of resources or networks-the ability of researchers to identify and connect with collaborators for their work.
*Final Agenda* (Speaker abstracts are available on the NISO event page
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2017/2017_virtconf/aug16_virtconf/>)
*11:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Welcome*
*Todd Carpenter*, *Executive Director, NISO*
*11:10 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Making Sense of the Confusing World of Research* *Information Management*
*Rebecca Bryant*, *Senior Program Officer, OCLC Research, OCLC*
*11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Creating a Culture of Research Reputation through Research Information Management Systems
Scott Warren*, *Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship, Syracuse University Libraries*, and *Anne Rauh*, *Collection Development and Analysis Librarian, Syracuse University Libraries, Syracuse University*
*12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Enabling and Encouraging Use of the RIS/CRIS System*
*Christine Gillis Bilton, **Manager, Research Information Systems, University of Waterloo*
*12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break*
*1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. VIVO (Open Source RIS Tools)*
*Muhammad Javed, **Ph.D., Ontology Engineer/Tech. Lead (Scholars@Cornell), Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University*
*2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Commercial RIS Systems: Benefits, Costs, and Considerations of Use*
*Daniel Calto*, *Director of Solution Services, Research Intelligence, Elsevier*
*2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. The RIS as a Part of a Larger Environment of Systems*
*Andi Ogier, **Director for Data Services, Virginia Tech, **Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker**, Associate Director, Research Collaboration and Engagement, Virginia Tech University Libraries, *and *Peggy Layne**, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development, Virginia Tech*
*3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Afternoon Break*
*3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Case Study I: GTScholar: Lessons learned in RIM/CRIS implementation*
*Marlee Givens*, *Librarian for Modern Languages and Library Learning Consultant, Georgia Tech*
*4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Case Study II: From Researcher Profiling to System of Record*
*Jan Fransen*, *Service Lead for Researcher and Discovery Systems, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities*
*4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion *
*Moderated by: Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO*
*About Registration:* Purchase of a single registration entitles you to gather an *unlimited* number of staff from your organization/institution in a class- or conference-room setting to view the event on the day of the live broadcast. It also includes access to an archived recording of the event to allow those with conflicting obligations to still benefit from the day’s content.
NISO Virtual Conferences draw upon the expertise of information industry professionals who work in a variety of settings and each bring to the discussion a different perspective on the complexities of the modern information environment. Our 11 a.m. start time and two additional breaks provided during the course of the six-hour event allow registrants to listen to and benefit from a professionally developed agenda while still being within call of daily workplace responsibilities.
For details on registration costs as well as additional information provided by our speakers, please see the NISO event page
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2017/2017_virtconf/aug16_virtconf/>.