In the final part of their conversation, Nikesh Gosalia and Mark Hahnel talk about open science, but this time with an emphasis on the future. They discuss carrot-and-stick incentives that can encourage researchers to participate in open science. Mark shares his views on future developments in academic publishing, specifically on how machine interpretation of data can help detect publishing fraud and make scientific findings more understandable to the general public. Mark also shares his opinion on the biggest change needed in academia: paid peer review. Possibilities for the future are further explored as Mark addresses the future of Figshare and the constantly evolving nature of technology, which means that Figshare will have always something new to work on. To wrap up their discussion, Mark talks about his way of staying updated with new developments in open data and his personal mission for the science community.

Mark Hahnel is the Founder and CEO of Figshare, the all-in-one repository for papers, FAIR data, and nontraditional research outputs. He is passionate about open science and its potential to bring positive change to the research community. Mark has acted as an advisor for the Springer Nature master classes and is currently on the advisory board for the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). He can be reached on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Insights Xchange is a fortnightly podcast brought to you by Cactus Communications (CACTUS). Follow us:

• LinkedIn /cactus-communications
• Facebook /CactusCommunications
• Twitter @Cactusglobal
• YouTube @CactusCommunications