People & Partners

Meet the Organizers

The people bringing Convergence together, from across open science, publishing and research funding. More coming soon.

Steering Committee

Kristen Ratan
Chair
- Founder, Strategies for Open Science (Stratos)
- Chair & Executive Director, Rapid Science
Zoe Wake Hyde
Member
- Founder, Radish Press
Michael Markie
Member
- Head of Innovation Initiatives, eLife
- Community Lead, Incentivizing Collaborative Open Research (ICOR)
Katie Corker
Member
- Executive Director, ASAPbio
Nicole Martinelli
Communications
- Convergence Communications Lead, Incentivizing Collaborative Open Research (ICOR)

Program Committee

Michele Avissar-Whiting
Co-chair
- Director of Open Science Strategy, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Daniel Lee
Co-chair
- Senior Program Scientist, Schmidt Sciences
Rowan Cockett
Co-chair
- Founder & CEO, Curvenote
- Co-founder, Continuous Science Foundation
Zoe Wake Hyde
Liaison
- Founder, Radish Press

Development Committee

Daniela Saderi
Co-chair
- Executive Director & Co-Founder, PREreview
Tracy Teal
Co-chair
- CEO, openRxiv
Kristen Ratan
Liaison
- Founder, Strategies for Open Science (Stratos)
- Chair & Executive Director, Rapid Science

Community & Outreach Committee

Michael Markie
Co-chair
- Head of Innovation Initiatives, eLife
- Community Lead, Incentivizing Collaborative Open Research (ICOR)
Josh Gottesman
Co-chair
- Director, Open Science, Michael J. Fox Foundation

Logistics Committee

Katie Corker
Chair
- Executive Director, ASAPbio

Partner Together

Meet our Partners

Our partners make this gathering possible. They support the people in the room, the ideas on the program, and design for conversations to continue long after Montreal.