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:

• 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.

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
Week 00(start. September 09, 2024)	Mentor	September 13, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	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
	Cohort	September 25, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time)	**Welcome to Open Seeds **
	Cohort	September 25, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Welcome to Open Seeds
Week 03(start. September 30, 2024)	Mentor-Mentee		2nd mentor-mentee meeting
	Q&A	October 02, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Informal Office Hour
Week 04(start. October 07, 2024)	Cohort	October 09, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Tooling for Open Collaboration
Week 05(start. October 14, 2024)	Mentor-Mentee		3rd mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	October 16, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	GitHub tutorial for beginners
Week 06(start. October 21, 2024)	Cohort	October 23, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	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
	Skill-up	October 30, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Open Leadership in Practice (Clock changes for the UK/Nigeria)
Week 08(start. November 04, 2024)	Cohort	November 06, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time)	Community Management Café I
	Cohort	November 06, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Community Management I
Week 09(start. November 11, 2024)	Mentor-Mentee		5th mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	November 13, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Tooling for Collaboration: Open-source software in practice
Week 10(start. November 18, 2024)	Cohort	November 20, 2024	Open Science Garden II
	Cohort	March 05, 1900	Open Science Garden II
Week 11(start. November 25, 2024)	Mentor-Mentee		6th mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	November 27, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Personal Management
Week 12(start. December 02, 2024)	Cohort	December 04, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Open Science Garden III
	Cohort	March 19, 1900 (16:00 Universal Time)	Open Science Garden III
Week 13(start. December 09, 2024)	Cohort	December 11, 2024	Community Management Café II
	Cohort	March 26, 1900 (16:00 Universal Time)	Community Management Café II
	Cohort	December 11, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Community Management 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	January 14, 2025 (15:00 Universal Time)	Final presentation rehearsal - Group 1
	Skill-up	January 15, 2025 (17:00 Universal Time)	Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2
	Skill-up	January 16, 2025 (19:00 Universal Time)	Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3
Week 16(start. January 20, 2025)	Cohort	January 21, 2025 (15:00 Universal Time)	Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 1
	Cohort	January 22, 2025 (17:00 Universal Time)	Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2
	Cohort	January 23, 2025 (18:00 Universal Time)	Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 3
	Mentor-Mentee		8th mentor-mentee meeting

Week 00 Week starting on September 09, 2024

Mentor call: Mentor onboarding group 1

Date: September 13, 2024, at 17:00 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

Cohort call: Welcome to Open Seeds & Tooling for Project Design

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 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

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

Q&A call: Informal Office Hour

Date: October 02, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration:

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Week 04 Week starting on October 07, 2024

Cohort call: Tooling for Open Collaboration

Date: October 09, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

• Identify essential files to add in a collaborative project

• Explain why you need to select a license for an open project
• Select the best license for your project
• Write a clean and welcoming README file
• Discuss about Code of Conduct

After the call

• Create a GitHub repository for your project

• Add the link to your repository in your issue on https://github.com/open-life-science/ols-9/issues
• Use your canvas to start writing a README.md file, or landing page, for your project: https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/opening-your-project/write-a-great-project-readme/
• Link your README in a comment on the OLS-9 issue
• Add an open license to your repository as a file called `LICENSE.md: https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/get-your-project-online/sharing-your-work-in-the-open/
• Add a Code of Conduct to your repository as a file called `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md: https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/building-communities-of-contributors/write-a-code-of-conduct/

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 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

• Create a new repository

• 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

• Please create a GitHub account: https://github.com

• Have a look at the OLS-8 repository for ‘project issues’: https://github.com/open-life-science/ols-8/issues
• Comment of 1-2 project’s recent post (vision, open canvas etc.)
• Create your ‘project issue’

Week 06 Week starting on October 21, 2024

Cohort call: Open Science Garden I

Date: October 23, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

• Define Open Science and Responsible Research

• List the different principles of Open Science

• Give examples of 2 use cases of the different Open Science principles

After the call

• Check the GitHub Intro notes, learning resource and video from last week

• Prepare to share your project online through Git Pages, Google Site, Wordpress or other option. ← long term assignment, do it in your own pace.

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 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 30 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

• Recall non traditional (academic) career path

• Appreciate different leaderships

Week 08 Week starting on November 04, 2024

Cohort call: Community Management Café I

Date: November 06, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Cohort call: Community Management I

Date: November 06, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

• Considering different kinds of interactions for your community

• Use the Mountain of Engagement method to support participants through various levels of engagements

• Develop persona and pathways for your community for taking people’s experiences and expectations in planning your projects

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

Skill-up call: Tooling for Collaboration: Open-source software in practice

Date: November 13, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

• Apply good coding practices to your software

• Review code

• Identify package management for your software

• Make your software ready for open-source-

Week 10 Week starting on November 18, 2024

Cohort call: Open Science Garden II

Date: November 20, 2024

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

• Define Open Science and Responsible Research

• List the different principles of Open Science

• Give examples of 3 use cases of the different Open Science principles

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 17:00 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 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

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

Cohort call: Community Management Café II

Date: December 11, 2024

Duration: 30 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Cohort call: Community Management Café II

Date: March 26, 1900, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Cohort call: Community Management II

Date: December 11, 2024, at 17:00 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 15:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2

Date: January 15, 2025, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3

Date: January 16, 2025, at 19:00 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 15:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2

Date: January 22, 2025, at 17:00 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