The 2019 Association of Learned and Professional Scholarly Publishers (ALPSP) Conference will take place from 11 to 13 September at the De Vere Beaumont Estate in Old Windsor, UK. This year’s event will focus on Open Research and transparency, business models and innovation (including technology), internationalization, and diversity.
Jamie Curci Carter, Manager of Publisher Solutions at CCC, looks ahead to this year’s highlights: “Breaking the Glass Ceiling includes top-notch presenters and I am excited to hear from them. Thanks to Amy Brand for representing the US. During Business Models and Innovation, I will be interested to see how Annual Reviews is treated after it made headlines at SSP with its Subscribe to Open program. Transforming publishing offers a diverse group of publishers, with the terrific addition of Max Planck to the conversation. Congratulations, ALPSP, for bringing this group together.”
Between networking breaks, charitable activities, and receptions across the grounds of the estate fill your schedule with our top picks for sessions from this year’s program.
Keynote: The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA): Opening up the measure of success
Wednesday, 11 September from 1:45 PM- 2:45 PM
Hanover Suite, Ground Floor
- Prof. Stephen Curry, Assistant Provost (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion), Professor of Structural Biology, Imperial College London, and Chair, DORA
Scholarly publishing seems to have been poised at the threshold of the open access revolution for over twenty years. While there has certainly been tremendous progress over that time, we have yet to realise all the potential that appeared to be within our grasp at the outset of the 21st Century. Part of the difficulty is that the community has become entangled by the metricisation of research assessment. Unpicking this devilishly knotty problem is the task that DORA – among others – has set itself. But it is not enough just to expose the problem. We have to focus on providing workable solutions.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Wednesday, 11 September from 3:15 to 4:15 PM
Hanover Suite, Ground Floor
- Rebecca Asher, Deputy Director, Sense about Science
- Dr. Amy Brand, Director, The MIT Press
- Magdalena Skipper, Editor in Chief, Nature & Chief Editorial Advisor, Nature Research
- Lesley Yellowlees, Head of College, The University of Edinburgh
Part of the Internationalization & Diversity strand, this panel discussion will feature female industry leaders.
Business Models and Innovation: Reducing User Friction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Thursday, 12 September from 2:50 to 3:35 PM
Hanover 1, Ground Floor
- Miss Sara Grimme, Director of Strategic Accounts, Digital Science
- Andrea Powell, Outreach Director and Publisher Coordinator, Research4Life
- Dr. Kamran Naim, Director of Partnerships & Initiatives, Annual Reviews
In this session, we will discuss the challenges faced by research communities in the Global South as they seek access to online resources via over-stretched networks and primarily via mobile devices.
The Changing Copyright Landscape Across the World and the Impact of Brexit
Thursday, 12 September from 4:05 to 4:35 PM
Hanover Suite, Ground Floor
- Ms. Sarah Faulder, Chief Executive, Publishers’ Licensing Services Ltd
- Elisabeth Ribbans, Director of Policy and Affairs, British Copyright Council
In this session, we will discuss the opportunities and threats for publishing arising from recent developments in copyright in Europe and around the world with a particular focus on the impact on UK copyright of Brexit.
Transforming publishing: Sharing perspectives on the latest models to expand open access
Friday, 13 September from 9:15 to 10:15 AM
Hanover Suite, Ground Floor
- Phil Garner, Managing Director, Future Science Group
- Dan Pollock, Chief Digital Officer and Open Access Practice Director, Delta Think
- Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing Office, Springer Nature
- Malavika Legge, Director of Publishing, Portland Press/Biochemical Society
- Niamh O’Connor, Director, Global Journals Development, PLOS
- Ralf Schimmer, Director of Scientific Information Provision, MPDL
How are you feeling about the accelerating transition towards full and immediate open access? Are you excited, scared, overwhelmed, confused? Are you ready?
CCC is a proud member of ALPSP and is an active partner in the information industry’s transition from subscription content to hybrid and pure Open Access content. For years, CCC has brought together key Open Access stakeholders from the author, publisher, institution, funding and vendor communities through roundtables, panel events, webinars, podcasts, and published pieces.