Jean-Claude Bradley, professor at Drexel University and father of Open Notebook Science passed away in May 2014. A memorial gathering in his honor was held at Drexel University on September 8th 2014. This is my short five minute movie that I recorded to be played at the gathering.

1. Jean-Claude Bradley – a
Visionary in the field of
Open Science
Antony Williams

2. How I knew JC
• As a student
• As a standout
• As an idea guy
• As an open scientist
• As an advocate for his students
• As a demanding and challenging collaborator
• As a humble, driven, gentle wonderful friend

3. Rediscovered Through Data

4. www.SpectralGame.com
http://www.jcheminf.com/content/1/1/9

5. Collaborations in Openness
• JC believed in HIGH-QUALITY data
• He invested himself, and his students, in
validating, checking and re-measuring data
• He demanded openness of data, free of
restrictions and constraints
• Do his efforts make a difference???

6. Supporting Open Data

7. OCHEM Modeling of Data

9. JC and Drug Discovery
• JC cared passionately about neglected
disease research
• Many of our conversations were around better
data-sharing for the various groups
• I work in distributed teams committed to Open
Science and we are trying to help

10. • 3-year Innovative Medicines Initiative project
• Integrating chemistry and biology data using
semantic web technologies
• Open source code, open data and open
standards
• Academics, Pharmas, Publishers…
• To put medicines in the pipeline…

12. Recognizing JC’s work

14. Recognizing JC’s work

15. Recognizing JC’s work

17. These are my judgments though:
•He was well ahead of the curve and not everyone
understood or supported his vision
•JC’s push for Open Notebook Science will come of
age and impact science in a big way
•Many already miss him, his drive and presence