STM Board 2007 - 2008

Officers

Jerry Cowhig, Chair, Institute of Physics Publishing   (2010)
Peter Hendriks, Treasurer, Springer    (2009)

Members

Ian Bannerman, Taylor & Francis   (2009)                                                 
Marc Brodsky, American Institute of Physics (2008)
Sue Corbett, Wiley-Blackwell   (2009)
Erik Engstrom, Elsevier   (2010)
Valentina Kalk, World Bank   (2008)
Masayoshi Kitamura, Institute of Pure and Applied Physics   (2008)
Jayne Marks, Sage Publications   (2010)
Jack Ochs, American Chemical Society   (2010)
Rhonda Oliver, Portland Press Limited   (2009)
Mark Robertson, Wiley-Blackwell, Asia   (2008)
Mark Seeley, Elsevier (ex officio)  
Eric A. Swanson, Wiley-Blackwell   (2008)
Gary vandenBos, American Psychological Association   (2010)
Paul Weislogel, Wolters Kluwer Health   (2009)
Michael Mabe, Chief Executive Officer, STM

Marketing & Membership

Janice Kuta, Director 

Education & Training

Anthony Watkinson, Director

Standards & Technology

Eefke Smit, Director

Enabling Publishing Activities

HINARI, AGORA, OARE, Maurice Long
patientINFORM, Maurice Long

Industry Relations

STM Committees

The task of the STM Committees can be summarized as follows:

• To establish, together with the STM Secretariat, a pro-active agenda and continue or open dialogues with international (non) governmental institutions and bodies engaged in technology and higher education;

• To provide a platform to the membership for practical assistance;

• To organize information sharing seminars and training courses;

• To generally increase professional excellence and cooperation in the international STM publishing environment.

It benefits members to participate, whenever possible, in these committees.

STM Copyright and Legal Affairs Committee

Mark Seeley, Chair, Elsevier
Ian Bannerman, Taylor & Francis
Fiona Bennett, Oxford University Press
Marc Brodsky, American Institute of Physics
Rosemary Heald, Institute of Physics Publishing
Guido F. Herrmann, Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Roy Kaufman, Wiley-Blackwell
Kim Lenart, British Medical Journal
Burkhart Menke, Springer
Jack Ochs, American Chemical Society
Carol Richman, Sage
Hill Slowinski, American Society of Clinical Oncology

Outside Counsel
Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, Legal Counsel

Brief
To pursue, within the limits of the STM Association's aims and objectives, the highest possible level of international protection of copyright works and of the publishers performance in making these available in whichever form or manner;

To advise on the legal consequences of various approaches to rights acquisition and management (e.g. enforcement);

To enhance and improve, in whichever way, awareness and knowledge of copyright and related rights, in particular on the international level, among publishers as well as all other members of the information transfer community insofar as these are unaware of the special implications of copyright and related rights for publishers;

To prevent and fight piracy and all other unauthorized uses of protected publishers products world-wide, wherever possible in conjunction with other relevant organizations.

Enforcement Task Force 
Tracey Armstrong, Copyright Clearance Center
Annika Dirks, Springer
Paul Doda, Elsevier
Frederic Haber, Copyright Clearance Center
Guido Herrmann, Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Roy Kaufman, Wiley-Blackwell
Carol Richman, Sage
Mark Seeley, Chair, Elsevier 

Outside Counsel
Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, Holger Gehring (CSL Law) Bill Strong (Kotin Crabtree & Strong) 

Brief
Recognizing that STM needs a regular active group monitoring copyright enforcement priorities, principally in the area of unauthorized document delivery services, the Legal Affairs & Copyright Committee formed a task force within the Committee, which meets on a regular basis to discuss th overall program, investigation results, and strategies and tactics with respect to negotiations and discussions. 

STM Future Lab Committee

Jonathan Clark, Elsevier
Olaf Ernst, Springer
Tim Ingoldsby, American Institute of Physics
David Martinsen, American Chemical Society
Howard Ratner, Nature Publishing Group
John Sack, Highwire
Eefke Smit, STM
Marco Vinaccia, Institute of Physics Publishing 

This is a high level brainstorming group on 'Technology Trends.' Working on behalf of the membership, the remit of the Committee includes the monitoring of new technology trends and their impact on the STM publishing industry. The Committee will alert the Board to key developments and trends in the area of standards and technology and will propose joint STM strategies wherever useful or ncessary. It will also act as the Program Committee for the annual Innovations Seminar in London in December.

STM Public Affairs Committee

Jack Ochs, Chair, American Chemical Society
Ian Bannerman, Taylor and Francis
Youngsuk Chi, Elsevier
Jerry Cowhig, Institute of Physics Publishing
Stella Dutton, BMJ Publishing Group
Steven Hall,  Wiley-Blackwell
Guido Herrmann, Georg Thieme Verlag KG
Eric Merkel-Sobotta, Springer SBM
Mark Robertson Wiley- Blackwell Publishing
Mark Seeley, Elsevier
Paul Weislogel, Wolters Kluwer

The committee’s charter is to discuss government relations, strategy, and policy communications issues and provide advice and recommendations on these matters as appropriate to the STM Board and/or Chief Executive Officer. The Committee is in the process of reviewing ways in which it might help define the message we want to send to key stakeholders about the publishing industry and its role in access, dissemination, and preservation of scholarly information worldwide.