The Catalyst program by OLS is for people interested in applying open principles in their work and becoming Open Science ambassadors in their communities.
About
This is a 16-week long personal mentorship and cohort-based training, where participants (organisers, hosts, mentors and project leads/mentees) of this program will:
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share their expertise and gain knowledge essential to create, lead, and sustain an Open Science project
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connect with members across different projects, communities, backgrounds, and identities
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empower each other to become effective Open Science ambassadors in their communities
Participants join this program with a project that they either are already working on or want to develop during this program individually or in teams.
Timeline
The first cohort (CAT-1) runs from August 26th to December 9th, 2024.
For more information, see the Catalyst website.
Schedule
During the program,
- Mentors and mentees meet every 2 weeks for a 30 minutes call
- Mentees participate every ~2 weeks to 90-minutes cohort calls during which the program leaders introduce new topics and resources, facilitate break-out discussions, and invite experts from the field to give talks
- Mentees can participate to skill-up, Q&A or coworking sessions in the weeks without cohort calls
- Mentors take part in mentoring workshop and calls
Organizers will inform participants of the week schedule by email.
Subscribe to the OLS calendar
| Week |
Call |
Date |
Topic |
Agenda |
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Week 00(start. September 09, 2024) |
Mentor |
September 13, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Mentor onboarding group 1 |
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Mentor |
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Mentor onboarding group 2 |
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Week 01(start. September 16, 2024) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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1st mentor-mentee meeting |
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Mentor |
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Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 1 |
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Mentor |
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Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 2 |
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Week 02(start. September 23, 2024) |
Cohort |
September 25, 2024 |
Welcome to Open Seeds & Tooling for Project Design |
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Cohort |
September 25, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
**Welcome to Open Seeds ** |
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Cohort |
September 25, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Welcome to Open Seeds |
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Week 03(start. September 30, 2024) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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2nd mentor-mentee meeting |
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Q&A |
October 02, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Informal Office Hour |
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Week 04(start. October 07, 2024) |
Cohort |
October 09, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Tooling for Open Collaboration |
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Week 05(start. October 14, 2024) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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3rd mentor-mentee meeting |
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Skill-up |
October 16, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
GitHub tutorial for beginners |
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Week 06(start. October 21, 2024) |
Cohort |
October 23, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Open Science Garden I |
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Week 07(start. October 28, 2024) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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4th mentor-mentee meeting |
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Skill-up |
October 30, 2024 |
Open Leadership in Practice |
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Skill-up |
October 30, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Open Leadership in Practice (Clock changes for the UK/Nigeria) |
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Week 08(start. November 04, 2024) |
Cohort |
November 06, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Community Management Café I |
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Cohort |
November 06, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Community Management I |
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Week 09(start. November 11, 2024) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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5th mentor-mentee meeting |
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Skill-up |
November 13, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Tooling for Collaboration: Open-source software in practice |
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Week 10(start. November 18, 2024) |
Cohort |
November 20, 2024 |
Open Science Garden II |
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Cohort |
March 05, 1900 |
Open Science Garden II |
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Week 11(start. November 25, 2024) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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6th mentor-mentee meeting |
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Skill-up |
November 27, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Personal Management |
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Week 12(start. December 02, 2024) |
Cohort |
December 04, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Open Science Garden III |
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Cohort |
March 19, 1900 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Open Science Garden III |
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Week 13(start. December 09, 2024) |
Cohort |
December 11, 2024 |
Community Management Café II |
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Cohort |
March 26, 1900 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Community Management Café II |
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Cohort |
December 11, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Community Management II |
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Week 14(start. December 16, 2024) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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7th mentor-mentee meeting |
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Week 15(start. January 13, 2025) |
Mentor-Mentee |
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8th mentor-mentee meeting |
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Skill-up |
January 14, 2025 (14:00 Universal Time) |
Final presentation rehearsal - Group 1 |
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Skill-up |
January 15, 2025 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2 |
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Skill-up |
January 16, 2025 (18:00 Universal Time) |
Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3 |
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Week 16(start. January 20, 2025) |
Cohort |
January 21, 2025 (14:00 Universal Time) |
Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 1 |
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Cohort |
January 22, 2025 (16:00 Universal Time) |
Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2 |
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Cohort |
January 23, 2025 (18:00 Universal Time) |
Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 3 |
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Mentor-Mentee |
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8th mentor-mentee meeting |
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Week 00 Week starting on September 09, 2024
Mentor call: Mentor onboarding group 1
Date: September 13, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Mentor call: Mentor onboarding group 2
Date: During the week starting on September 09, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 01 Week starting on September 16, 2024
Mentor-Mentee call: 1st mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Mentor call: Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 1
Date: During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 180 min
Mentor call: Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 2
Date: During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 180 min
Week 02 Week starting on September 23, 2024
Date: September 25, 2024
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Cohort call: Welcome to Open Seeds
Date: September 25, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 180 min
Cohort call: Welcome to Open Seeds
Date: September 25, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Week 03 Week starting on September 30, 2024
Mentor-Mentee call: 2nd mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on September 30, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Date: October 02, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration:
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 04 Week starting on October 07, 2024
Date: October 09, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Week 05 Week starting on October 14, 2024
Mentor-Mentee call: 3rd mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on October 14, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Skill-up call: GitHub tutorial for beginners
Date: October 16, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Learning objectives
At the end of this call, learners will be able to:
- Create a (README) file
- Write in Markdown
- Manage issues and labels
- Enable a small website via GitHub
- Submit changes to a GitHub repository via Pull Request (PR)
- Set the scene for self-paced learning after this session
Before the call
Week 06 Week starting on October 21, 2024
Cohort call: Open Science Garden I
Date: October 23, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Week 07 Week starting on October 28, 2024
Mentor-Mentee call: 4th mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on October 28, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Skill-up call: Open Leadership in Practice
Date: October 30, 2024
Duration: 30 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Skill-up call: Open Leadership in Practice (Clock changes for the UK/Nigeria)
Date: October 30, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 30 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 08 Week starting on November 04, 2024
Date: November 06, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Date: November 06, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Week 09 Week starting on November 11, 2024
Mentor-Mentee call: 5th mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on November 11, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Date: November 13, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 10 Week starting on November 18, 2024
Cohort call: Open Science Garden II
Date: November 20, 2024
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Cohort call: Open Science Garden II
Date: March 05, 1900
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 11 Week starting on November 25, 2024
Mentor-Mentee call: 6th mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on November 25, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Skill-up call: Personal Management
Date: November 27, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Week 12 Week starting on December 02, 2024
Cohort call: Open Science Garden III
Date: December 04, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Cohort call: Open Science Garden III
Date: March 19, 1900, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 13 Week starting on December 09, 2024
Date: December 11, 2024
Duration: 30 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Date: March 26, 1900, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Date: December 11, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan
Week 14 Week starting on December 16, 2024
Mentor-Mentee call: 7th mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on December 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 15 Week starting on January 13, 2025
Mentor-Mentee call: 8th mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on January 13, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 90 min
Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 1
Date: January 14, 2025, at 14:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2
Date: January 15, 2025, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3
Date: January 16, 2025, at 18:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Week 16 Week starting on January 20, 2025
Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 1
Date: January 21, 2025, at 14:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2
Date: January 22, 2025, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 3
Date: January 23, 2025, at 18:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Mentor-Mentee call: 8th mentor-mentee meeting
Date: During the week starting on January 20, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min