NHSF Members & Friends event, 2015
On 16 December, Alastair McCapra, NHSF's newly appointed Chairman delivered a keynote speech on the topic 'Cash for Data?' to 50 of NHSF's members and friends at University College London.
Attendees had the opportunity to visit the SEAHA Mobile Heritage Lab, a unique research and public engagement vehicle that is a joint initiative of UCL, University of Oxford, and the University of Brighton, before hearing the evening's talks from Simon Cane, Nancy Bell and Alastair McCapra.
Professor May Cassar (UCL) and Gary Grubb (AHRC) outside the SEAHA Mobile Heritage Lab at the 2015 NHSF Members and Friends event.
In his keynote presentation, 'Cash for Data?' Alastair McCapra addressed the opportunities that may exist for generating income from heritage science but spoke convincingly of the benefits of open knowledge, open access, open science.
Alastair McCapra, NHSF Chairman speaking at 2015 Members and Friends event.
The subsequent question and answer session, chaired by Professor May Cassar, included questions about the fragmentation of the heritage science data set from Ewan Hyslop (Historic Environment Scotland), the impact of forthcoming requirements for open access to data on museums, libraries and archives from Edward Impey (Royal Armouries) and the skills development needs of the heritage science sector from Gary Grubb (AHRC).