The Catalyst program by OLS is for people interested in applying open principles in their work and becoming Open Science ambassadors in their communities.
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:
share their expertise and gain knowledge essential to create, lead, and sustain an Open Science project
connect with members across different projects, communities, backgrounds, and identities
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 .
The first cohort (CAT-1) runs from August 26th to December 9th, 2024 .
For more information, see the Catalyst website .
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
Week 00 (start. September 09, 2024)
Mentor
Mentor onboarding group 1
Mentor
Mentor onboarding group 2
Week 01 (start. September 16, 2024)
Mentor-Mentee
1st mentor-mentee meeting
Mentor
Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 1
Mentor
Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 2
Week 02 (start. September 23, 2024)
Cohort September 25, 2024
Welcome to Open Seeds & Tooling for Project Design
Week 03 (start. September 30, 2024)
Mentor-Mentee
2nd mentor-mentee meeting
Q&A October 02, 2024
Informal Office Hour
Week 04 (start. October 07, 2024)
Cohort October 09, 2024
Tooling for Open Collaboration
Week 05 (start. October 14, 2024)
Mentor-Mentee
3rd mentor-mentee meeting
Skill-up October 16, 2024
GitHub tutorial for beginners
Week 06 (start. October 21, 2024)
Cohort October 23, 2024
Open Science Garden I
Week 07 (start. October 28, 2024)
Mentor-Mentee
4th mentor-mentee meeting
Skill-up October 30, 2024
Open Leadership in Practice
Week 08 (start. November 04, 2024)
Cohort November 06, 2024
Community Management Café I
Week 09 (start. November 11, 2024)
Mentor-Mentee
5th mentor-mentee meeting
Skill-up November 13, 2024
Tooling for Collaboration: Open-source software in practice
Week 10 (start. November 18, 2024)
Cohort November 20, 2024
Open Science Garden II
Week 11 (start. November 25, 2024)
Mentor-Mentee
6th mentor-mentee meeting
Skill-up November 27, 2024
Personal Management
Week 12 (start. December 02, 2024)
Cohort December 04, 2024
Open Science Garden III
Week 13 (start. December 09, 2024)
Cohort December 11, 2024
Community Management Café II
Week 14 (start. December 16, 2024)
Mentor-Mentee
7th mentor-mentee meeting
Week 15 (start. January 13, 2025)
Mentor-Mentee
8th mentor-mentee meeting
Skill-up
Final presentation rehearsal - Group 1
Skill-up
Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2
Skill-up
Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3
Week 16 (start. January 20, 2025)
Cohort
Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 1
Cohort
Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2
Cohort
Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 3
September 09, 2024
Date : During the week starting on September 09, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Date : During the week starting on September 09, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
September 16, 2024
Date : During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 30 min
Date : During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 180 min
Date : During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 180 min
September 23, 2024
Date : September 25, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
September 30, 2024
Date : During the week starting on September 30, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 30 min
Date : October 02, 2024
Duration :
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
October 07, 2024
Date : October 09, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Malvika Sharan
October 14, 2024
Date : During the week starting on October 14, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 30 min
Date : October 16, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
October 21, 2024
Date : October 23, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Malvika Sharan
October 28, 2024
Date : During the week starting on October 28, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 30 min
Date : October 30, 2024
Duration : 30 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
November 04, 2024
Date : November 06, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Malvika Sharan
November 11, 2024
Date : During the week starting on November 11, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 30 min
Date : November 13, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
November 18, 2024
Date : November 20, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
November 25, 2024
Date : During the week starting on November 25, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 30 min
Date : November 27, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Malvika Sharan
December 02, 2024
Date : December 04, 2024
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
December 09, 2024
Date : December 11, 2024
Duration : 30 min
Hosts : Malvika Sharan
December 16, 2024
Date : During the week starting on December 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 90 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
January 13, 2025
Date : During the week starting on January 13, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 30 min
Date : During the week starting on January 13, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Date : During the week starting on January 13, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Date : During the week starting on January 13, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
January 20, 2025
Date : During the week starting on January 20, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Date : During the week starting on January 20, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe
Date : During the week starting on January 20, 2025 (to define with mentors)
Duration : 60 min
Hosts : Tajuddeen Gwadabe