SARIMA Virtual Conference 2021

The Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA) provides a platform where research and innovation (R&I) management professionals from Southern Africa (and beyond) can come together as a community to connect, learn and support each other.

The theme for the 2021 SARIMA Conference is: “Embracing Change in a Shifting World  |  Managing Openness, Collaboration, Sharing and Benefit in Research and Innovation.”

Digital Science is looking forward to attending the event as a virtual exhibitor and presenting our introductory talk on what we do, our values and ethos, as well as some of the products in our portfolio. Join Daryl Naylor, VP Academic Sales EMEA, on Friday 29 October from 10:05-10:15 SAST to find out more.

We are also taking part in the ‘The Search for Impact: Measuring and monitoring institutional research and innovation performance’ track. Ben McLeish will present:

Altmetric – Effectively Measure and Track the Societal Impact of South African Research

Friday 29 October, 09:20-10:05 SAST

Meet our presenter

Ben McLeish: Ben has been the Director of Advocacy and Outreach at Digital Science since 2018, prior to that he was European Sales Lead at Altmetric, also a Digital Science company, for four years. Ben has worked in academic publishing and information services since 2004. Previously at John Wiley & Sons and The American Chemical Society, he represented the introduction of the Summon Library Discovery service in Northern Europe while at ProQuest.

Ben has also worked in TV and radio Media Monitoring in Australia as well as CleanTech and Digital Media sector analysis