Comment Neelie (Kroes)

[...] Making the most of that openness has been one of the main themes of my mandate as European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda. My support for open science and open access starts right back with the Digital Agenda itself, three and a half years ago. This grew to a statement of principle as we created the Innovation Union. And from there on it moved on as we planned our research and innovation policies, including Horizon 2020, and through the 2011 Open Data Strategy, the 2012 Scientific Information package and the European Research Area. In short: we've been busy. So maybe that explains why I couldn't attend recent Berlin conferences – but I'm very pleased to be here for this year's anniversary edition!