Symplectic Events and Webinars

Event

Research Transformation (DS APAC Showcase)

4th March 2025 — 6th March 2025

We are delighted to host an event for members of the academic community on 4-5 March at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

On Demand Webinars

On Demand Webinar

Webinar: Enhanced Open Access Compliance Tools in Elements

In this “Functionality Focus” webinar, we will delve a little deeper into some of the new OA compliance enhancements in Elements 6.21 and give you a chance to ask specific questions around this new and exciting functionality.

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Why migrate to Hosting? Unlocking the Full Potential of Symplectic Elements with a Hosted Instance

Join us for our upcoming webinar for current Symplectic Elements clients to learn about the migration process and the key benefits of moving to a hosted instance. We’ll introduce the benefits of migrating to a hosted environment, and talk through what the process would look like. 

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Elements v6.20 overview

Join us for a walkthrough of new functionality as part of the Symplectic Elements 6.20 release.

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Departmental Discovery: Leveraging New Group Pages in Symplectic Elements

By showcasing departments and other kinds of groups in public profiles alongside researchers and facilities, we can help visitors learn more about the organisation, and provide them with additional pathways to find potential collaborators.

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Navigating the REF: Workflows and infrastructure to support the community

With speakers from Figshare, Symplectic and Loughborough University, we cover how specially created workflows and infrastructures can support REF submissions, and the benefits of having them in place.

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An introduction to Research Information Management Systems

In today’s fast-paced academic landscape, managing research data efficiently is paramount. A Research Information Management System (RIMS) serves as a comprehensive solution, streamlining the process of collecting, organizing, and disseminating research information across your institution. Join this webinar to learn more about what a RIMS can do for you.

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Using Symplectic Elements for Award Management

Did you know you can now handle pre and post award funding cycles within Symplectic Elements? Register for our upcoming webinar to learn how our configurable workflows, built-in email templates, and tracking features can ensure smooth collaboration among researchers and administrators.

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Introduction to our Research Funding Solution

In this on-demand webinar, Senior Product Owner Manya Buchan introduces the solution and highlights its key use cases, features and functionality. Simply fill in the form below for immediate access.

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Introduction to Elements

This on-demand webinar from Julia Hawks, Senior VP of Strategy & Business Development, is a perfect introduction to our platform, highlighting its key use cases and most-used features. Simply fill in the form below for immediate access.

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Effective Research Management with Elements & Figshare

In this webinar, we cover how using Symplectic Elements as a research information management system, integrated with Figshare for Institutions as a research repository, drives a holistic approach to research management. Together, Elements and Figshare provide a complete solution for collecting, storing, showcasing and reporting on all research outputs and scholarly activities, with a focus on open access compliance and engagement.

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Figshare and Symplectic Elements integration

In this 45 minute webinar, Andrew McKenna-Foster (Figshare) and Sue Brown (Symplectic) introduce how to combine the power of Figshare as a cloud-based institutional repository, with Elements as a scholarly information management solution.

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Tracking Impact with the Elements Impact Module

The Elements Impact Module helps researchers to capture emerging indicators of research impact resulting from their work, track how it connects to their work and to develop narratives around it to underpin case studies.

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Getting the Most Out of Reporting in Elements

Sam Gibbons-Frendo, Senior Product Manager, overviews the Reporting Hub in Symplectic Elements and teaches you how to get the most out of reporting in elements.

This central hub for reporting functionality makes it easier to modify existing reports and create new reports.

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New use cases for the Assessment Module in Symplectic Elements

In this hour-long webinar, the Symplectic product team overviews enhancements to the Assessment Module and the new use cases and workflows it can support where you need to gather submissions from your users – such as publication review & approvals, requests to attend conferences, internal peer reviews, and promotion rounds.

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Getting the most out of the API and the reporting database

In this on-demand session we hear from Clarke Iakovakis, Scholarly Services Librarian at OSU, to learn more about OSU’s use of Elements, focussing particularly on their use of the API and reporting database. This webinar is recommended for more technical users of Symplectic Elements.

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Using Symplectic Elements and Figshare together as an Open Access Solution

In this 30 minute webinar, Claire Turner (VP Commercial, Digital Science) discusses how to evolve your infrastructure to keep in step with changing funder mandates by integrating Figshare as an institutional repository alongside Symplectic Elements as a research information management system.

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University of the Arts London: Using Symplectic Elements to Showcase Peer Observation Opportunities

Join the University of Arts London’s Mark Hibbett and Anab Hussen to hear about a pilot project at UAL using Symplectic Elements to power peer observations across their teaching body.

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Redesigning Groups: Managing and showcasing group hierarchies in Elements

Sam Gibbons-Frendo will give an overview of changes to the functionality in utilising Groups to manage and showcase internal organisation structures.