Launch of the New Zealand ORCID Consortium

There is widespread support for national adoption of ORCID, and this has been helped by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment agreeing to pay the consortium fee and meet within-country costs to allow eligible New Zealand organisations to join. This support covers the Society's ORCID Work Programme, including consortium membership subscriptions for up to ninety-nine NZ organisations, and a software development work programme to create a New Zealand ORCID hub that will allow organisations of all scales and technical resource to productively engage with ORCID.

This event is to formally recognise the launch of the national ORCID Consortium, with representations from: the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment; ORCID; the Society; and the sector. To be followed by a workshop, “Making the most of ORCID”.

Speakers are expected to be Mr David Smol (MBIE), Dr Laurel Haak (ORCID), Professor Peter Hunter (UOA), Mr Anthony Scott (ScienceNZ), Dr Rosanne Ellis (URONZ , AUT), Dr Rob Whitney (IRANZ), and Professor Richard Bedford (Royal Society of New Zealand).

For more information see: http://royalsociety.org.nz/orcid/