Dr. Marcum is an Open Science Advocate and Senior Fellow at the Data Foundation Center for Data Policy. His portfolio focuses on data access, science and information policy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. Immediately, prior to his current role, Dr. Marcum served as Senior Statistician and Senior Scientist in the Office of the Chief Statistician of the United States at the White House Office of Management and Budget, where he was also the Senior Advisor to the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers and the staff lead on matters related to scientific integrity and research security. Dr. Marcum also served in the Biden-Harris Administration as the Assistant Director for Open Science and Data Policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Dr. Marcum oversaw transformative science policies in his OSTP portfolio that led to the 2022 OSTP Public Access Memo, the 2023 Federal Scientific Integrity Framework, and the White House declaring the 2023 as a Year of Open Science. Dr. Marcum received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) in 2011. He also has a Master’s degree in demographic and social analysis from UCI and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in economics and statistics at the RAND Corporation. After his formal training, he joined the intramural research faculty of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a staff scientist and methodologist where his research focused on social networks and health. Eventually, he moved into science policy at the NIH and was appointed to be the Genomic Program Administrator and chair of the Data Access Committee at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). His professional accolades include over fifty scientific publications, a commendation of exceptional service from OSTP, two Special Act or Service Award honors from NIAID, a Matilda White Rile Early Stage Investigator Honor from the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research at the NIH, two GREAT Awards from the NHGRI, an Order of Merit Award from the University of California-Irvine, and two On-the-Spot Awards and an Achievement Award from the Office of Management and Budget. He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, nominated by his peers for his research, training, and advocacy on issues related to aging and the life course.

Dan Rudmann is a librarian at Utrecht University focused on institution reform and culture change through open science and community organising. He developed the Utrecht Digital Competency Center, rethinking collaboration, professionalization, and recognition for research support staff throughout the university, and manages the Open Science Community Utrecht to empower researchers seeking alternative forms of university practices.

George Cooper is a scholarly publishing professional and researcher. George has worked in publishing for over ten years, managing and developing publications and open research platforms in health sciences, global development, communication studies, cultural heritage and anthropology. George has PhD in Information Studies from University College London, having just completed a 6-year project on the censorship of online research journals in China.