Hosted by CNR (National Research Council), the Italian National Open Access Workshop took place in Rome, Italy, on January 29th 2013 with the support of the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities. The workshop was part of the Mediterranean Open Access Network (MedOANet) project (www.medoanet.eu) supported by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (7FP), and organized by CINECA (formerly CASPUR), a partner of the MedOANet project, in cooperation with CNR as member of the Italian National Task Force.

The national workshop drew about 70 participants from various sectors (research performing organizations, universities, publishers, researchers and librarians).
Program and presentations are available at http://www.medoanet.eu/events/italian-national-workshop