SmartSimple Links Up with CASRAI at Reconnect12

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SmartSimple is excited to attend CASRAI’s first annual Reconnect conference, taking place form October 10-12 at the Delta Centre-Ville in Montreal We look forward to learning from some of the top minds in the research community.

What is Reconnect12?

The theme for Reconnect12 is Occupy Impact. Speakers will be addressing a growing issue within the research community: impact measurement. What is the impact of a system this wide and diverse, and how can it be improved? While the main purpose of Reconnect12 is to tackle the difficult issue of impact measurement, it also offers an opportunity for CASRAI’s peers and colleagues to reconnect, hence the name. This two-day conference will be attended by researchers, scholars, evaluation officers, and other stakeholders with an interest in finding informed solutions to these impact issues. Who is CASRAI? CASRAI is the Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information. In other words, they’re a non-profit organization that develops standards for diverse research organizations to work together (interoperability). CASRAI works to ensure that the research community benefits from the standardization of research data. This saves researchers time, and draws a clearer picture as to how research impacts on society.

Who are Reconnect12’s keynote speakers?
  • Claire Donovan, PhD. Presentation: Moral Panic & the Impact Agenda
  • Chad Gaffield, PhD. Presentation: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • Cameron Neylon, Advocacy Dir. Presentation: Impact - I do not think it means what you think it means

What will SmartSimple be speaking about? 

Product Marketing Manager David Resnick will be presenting a session titled Incentivizing Impact – Easy Input, Better Outcomes. The title explains it all: to ensure the best possible outcome, input must be simplified. This presentation will shed light on the social and psychological barriers that may prevent the collection of relevant information to present to stakeholders. David will also discuss the best business practices that will incentivize users to overcome these barriers. Find out more about our presentation and its scheduled time on Reconnect12’s online agenda: http://www.verney.ca/casrai2012/agenda.php 

To learn more about our Research Management System, please visit our page:  http://www.smartsimple.com/research-management-software.html

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