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 expert from the field to give talks
• Mentees can participate to skill-up, Q&A or coworking session in the weeks without cohort calls
• Mentors take part to mentoring workshop and calls

Organizers will inform participants of the week schedule by email.

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Week	Call	Date	Topic	Agenda
Week 00 (start. )	Mentor	September 13, 2023	Mentor onboarding group 1
	Mentor	September 14, 2023	Mentor onboarding group 2
	Mentor	September 15, 2023	Mentor onboarding group 3
Week 01 (start. September 18, 2023)	Mentor-Mentee		1st mentor-mentee meeting
Week 02 (start. September 25, 2023)	Mentor	September 26, 2023 (08:00 Universal Time)	Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 1
	Mentor	September 28, 2023 (14:00 Universal Time)	Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 2
	Cohort	September 26, 2023 (09:00 Universal Time)	Welcome to Open Seeds & Tooling for Project Design
Week 03 (start. October 02, 2023)	Mentor-Mentee		2nd mentor-mentee meeting
	Cohort	October 04, 2023 (16:00 Universal Time)	Welcome to Open Seeds & Tooling for Project Design
Week 04 (start. October 09, 2023)	Cohort	October 11, 2023 (16:00 Universal Time)	Tooling for Open Collaboration
Week 05 (start. October 16, 2023)	Mentor-Mentee		3rd mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	October 17, 2023 (09:00 Universal Time)	GitHub tutorial for beginners
Week 06 (start. October 23, 2023)	Cohort	October 24, 2023 (09:00 Universal Time)	Open Science Garden I
Week 07 (start. October 30, 2023)	Mentor-Mentee		4th mentor-mentee meeting
	Q&A	November 01, 2023 (17:00 Universal Time)	Q&A call
Week 08 (start. November 06, 2023)	Cohort	November 08, 2023 (17:00 Universal Time)	Community Management Café I
Week 09 (start. November 13, 2023)	Mentor-Mentee		5th mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	November 14, 2023 (10:00 Universal Time)	Open Leadership in Practice
Week 10 (start. November 20, 2023)	Cohort	November 21, 2023 (10:00 Universal Time)	Open Science Garden II
Week 11 (start. November 27, 2023)	Mentor-Mentee		6th mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	November 29, 2023 (17:00 Universal Time)	Tooling for Collaboration: Open-source software in practice
Week 12 (start. December 04, 2023)	Cohort	December 06, 2023 (17:00 Universal Time)	Open Science Garden III
	Skill-up	December 08, 2023 (16:00 Universal Time)	In-depth thematic session: documentation/metadata
Week 13 (start. December 11, 2023)	Mentor-Mentee		7th mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	December 12, 2023 (10:00 Universal Time)	Personal Management & Social call
	Skill-up	December 14, 2023 (16:00 Universal Time)	Self-care & Social call
Week 14 (start. December 18, 2023)	Cohort	December 19, 2023 (10:00 Universal Time)	Community Management Café II
	Skill-up	December 20, 2023 (17:00 Universal Time)	In-depth thematic session: inclusive meetings
Week 15 (start. January 08, 2024)	Mentor-Mentee		8th mentor-mentee meeting
	Skill-up	January 09, 2024 (09:00 Universal Time)	Final presentation rehearsal - Group 1
	Skill-up	January 10, 2024 (14:00 Universal Time)	Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2
	Skill-up	January 11, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3
Week 16 (start. January 15, 2024)	Cohort	January 16, 2024 (09:00 Universal Time)	Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 1
	Cohort	January 17, 2024 (14:00 Universal Time)	Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2
	Cohort	January 18, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time)	Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 3

Week 00

Week starting on **

Mentor call: Mentor onboarding group 1

Date: September 13, 2023

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Paz Bernaldo

Mentor call: Mentor onboarding group 2

Date: September 14, 2023

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Paz Bernaldo

Mentor call: Mentor onboarding group 3

Date: September 15, 2023

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Week 01

Week starting on September 18, 2023

Mentor-Mentee call: 1st mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on September 18, 2023 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

In this call

In this call, participants will:

• Meet each other
• Discuss their personal motivation, expectations, workin practices and project goals

Week 02

Week starting on September 25, 2023

Mentor call: Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 1

Date: September 26, 2023, at 08:00 Universal Time

Duration: 180 min

Mentor call: Mentor Skill Workshop by 360 Training - Group 2

Date: September 28, 2023, at 14:00 Universal Time

Duration: 180 min

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

Date: September 26, 2023, at 09:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Bérénice Batut

Learning objectives

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

• Know about the Community Participation Guidelines or Code of Conduct: https://openlifesci.org/code-of-conduct

• Explain about your role as a mentee and start your Open Seeds journey as a project lead with assignments
• Identify tools to help you design your project in a clear way for newcomers to quickly understand what the project is about, who can be involved, and where the work is headed
• Fill the open canvas for your project to think through an open project strategy to develop a MVP
• Make and post a Roadmap for your project with milestones, tasks, and description

Before the call

• Create your project vision statement

• Bring that statement to the call to share with others - It’s OK to create this in your shared document with your mentor, google doc or a GitHub repository (if you feel comfortable) - whichever is most convenient at this point.
• Optional: Read this post on mentorability: https://ideas.ted.com/are-you-mentorable/

After the call

• Create a GitHub account if you don’t have one

• 📑 Open an issue on OLS-8 repo where you will be able to track you progress in this cohort: https://github.com/open-life-science/ols-8 using the template and with a title by editing the main text with information that it asks about your project and team

• 🤔 Reflecting on our role as a mentee using the Reflection exercise https://docs.google.com/document/d/13icLglfw4IN4uoCQLSzhWD6lQW00Vn2vhIIssXP-sTs/edit?usp=sharing

• ⚖ Complete this compare and contrast assignment about current and desired community interactions and value exchanges: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vV42TezsLX2cxiJjb9nTEVVcqWJ_nymyDiRy0CgTR-4/edit?usp=sharing

• 📝 Start working on your Open Canva (Template, instruction and example: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nUD0jdZsr16PVfDfejXjKuMdZGeX18i6-tDdpzzeGwY/edit?usp=drive_link)

• Share the image/link to your Open Canva on your GitHub issue

• Look up at least two other projects in the issues and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement.

• 🛣 Start your Roadmap and comment on your issue with your draft Roadmap: https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/opening-your-project/start-your-project-roadmap/Q\&A

Week 03

Week starting on October 02, 2023

Mentor-Mentee call: 2nd mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on October 02, 2023 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

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

Date: October 04, 2023, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

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

• Know about the Community Participation Guidelines or Code of Conduct: https://openlifesci.org/code-of-conduct

• Explain about your role as a mentee and start your Open Seeds journey as a project lead with assignments
• Identify tools to help you design your project in a clear way for newcomers to quickly understand what the project is about, who can be involved, and where the work is headed
• Fill the open canvas for your project to think through an open project strategy to develop a MVP
• Make and post a Roadmap for your project with milestones, tasks, and description

Before the call

• Create your project vision statement

• Bring that statement to the call to share with others - It’s OK to create this in your shared document with your mentor, google doc or a GitHub repository (if you feel comfortable) - whichever is most convenient at this point.
• Optional: Read this post on mentorability: https://ideas.ted.com/are-you-mentorable/

After the call

• Create a GitHub account if you don’t have one

• 📑 Open an issue on OLS-8 repo where you will be able to track you progress in this cohort: https://github.com/open-life-science/ols-8 using the template and with a title by editing the main text with information that it asks about your project and team

• 🤔 Reflecting on our role as a mentee using the Reflection exercise https://docs.google.com/document/d/13icLglfw4IN4uoCQLSzhWD6lQW00Vn2vhIIssXP-sTs/edit?usp=sharing

• ⚖ Complete this compare and contrast assignment about current and desired community interactions and value exchanges: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vV42TezsLX2cxiJjb9nTEVVcqWJ_nymyDiRy0CgTR-4/edit?usp=sharing

• 📝 Start working on your Open Canva (Template, instruction and example: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nUD0jdZsr16PVfDfejXjKuMdZGeX18i6-tDdpzzeGwY/edit?usp=drive_link)

• Share the image/link to your Open Canva on your GitHub issue

• Look up at least two other projects in the issues and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement.

• 🛣 Start your Roadmap and comment on your issue with your draft Roadmap: https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/opening-your-project/start-your-project-roadmap/Q\&A

Week 04

Week starting on October 09, 2023

Cohort call: Tooling for Open Collaboration

Date: October 11, 2023, at 16:00 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-8/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-8 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 16, 2023

Mentor-Mentee call: 3rd mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on October 16, 2023 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Skill-up call: GitHub tutorial for beginners

Date: October 17, 2023, at 09:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Bérénice Batut, Yo Yehudi

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 23, 2023

Cohort call: Open Science Garden I

Date: October 24, 2023, at 09:00 Universal Time

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

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 30, 2023

Mentor-Mentee call: 4th mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on October 30, 2023 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Q&A call: Q&A call

Date: November 01, 2023, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 30 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Week 08

Week starting on November 06, 2023

Cohort call: Community Management Café I

Date: November 08, 2023, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

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 13, 2023

Mentor-Mentee call: 5th mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on November 13, 2023 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Skill-up call: Open Leadership in Practice

Date: November 14, 2023, at 10:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 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 10

Week starting on November 20, 2023

Cohort call: Open Science Garden II

Date: November 21, 2023, at 10:00 Universal Time

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

Week 11

Week starting on November 27, 2023

Mentor-Mentee call: 6th mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on November 27, 2023 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

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

Date: November 29, 2023, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

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 12

Week starting on December 04, 2023

Cohort call: Open Science Garden III

Date: December 06, 2023, 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 3 use cases of the different Open Science principles

Skill-up call: In-depth thematic session: documentation/metadata

Date: December 08, 2023, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Irene Ramos, Paz Bernaldo

Week 13

Week starting on December 11, 2023

Mentor-Mentee call: 7th mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on December 11, 2023 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Skill-up call: Personal Management & Social call

Date: December 12, 2023, at 10:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Skill-up call: Self-care & Social call

Date: December 14, 2023, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Week 14

Week starting on December 18, 2023

Cohort call: Community Management Café II

Date: December 19, 2023, at 10:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Skill-up call: In-depth thematic session: inclusive meetings

Date: December 20, 2023, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Irene Ramos, Paz Bernaldo

Week 15

Week starting on January 08, 2024

Mentor-Mentee call: 8th mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on January 08, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 1

Date: January 09, 2024, at 09:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2

Date: January 10, 2024, at 14:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3

Date: January 11, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Week 16

Week starting on January 15, 2024

Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 1

Date: January 16, 2024, at 09:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2

Date: January 17, 2024, at 14:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Yo Yehudi

Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 3

Date: January 18, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan