08:30  

Registration, coffee & networking

09:20

Opening & Welcome – Nick Fowler, Chief Academic Officer, Elsevier & STM Board Chair

Introduction of Keynote Speaker

09:25

Keynote Speaker: Sir Peter Gluckman – President, International Science Council

10.25

Refreshment break & networking

10:50

Making Global Local
Moderated by: Roheena Anand, Executive Director, Global Publishing Development, Public Library of Science (PLOS)

For publishing to be a truly inclusive and global endeavor, publishers -- irrespective of location and language -- need to be aware of and engaged with regional priorities. With a shift to open access, the author is in many ways more the customer of a journal than the reader. How can publishers better serve the needs of diverse authors throughout the world?

This session brings together regional experts from Latin America, China, India, and the African continent to highlight trends, policies, and priorities vital to STM researchers in local geographies.

Ana Heredia, Scholarly Communication Senior Consultant, Brazil
Harini Calamur, Head, Impact Science, India
Shuai Yan, Independent Consultant, STM, China
Joy Owango, Executive Director, Training Centre in Communication, Kenya

11.45

The New Collaborations
Moderated by Heather Staines, Senior Strategy Consultant, Delta Think

The complexities of the scholarly communications infrastructure grow more challenging every day. Small and even medium-sized publishers may struggle to replicate services and offer new models around their content. As a result, many players are banding together to share the load. While we are used to industry associations and member organizations, often in conjunction with vendors, libraries, and other stakeholders, the new collaborations find like-minded organizations working together to build infrastructure, create and disseminate content, and share best practices. These initiatives share the cost and the risk enabling the participants to accomplish more together than they could have on their own.

STM Integrity Hub, SeamlessAccess, GetFTR, Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions
Scholarly Publishing Collective, Kim Steinle,  Library Relations and Sales Manager, Duke University Press 
Subscribe2Open, Andrea Lopez, Director of Sales, Partnerships & Initiatives, Annual Reviews
Research4Life Country Connectors, Blessing Mawire, Senior Consultant and Director, Integra Professional Services

12.35

Lunch and networking

13:35

Innovation in Scientific Communication
Moderated by Ann Michael, Chief Transformation Officer, AIP Publishing

Innovation comes in many shapes and forms. In this session, we explore experiments with, and implementations of, new models to progress scholarly communications. Some of our speakers have innovated around business models, while others have pursued new models that impact the scholarly communications process itself. Join us to hear the latest and to let us know what models your organization is exploring!

Niamh O'Connor, Chief Publishing Officer, Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Nick Lindsay, Director of Journals and Open Access, The MIT Press
Laurie Goodman, Director, GigaScience Press
Mathieu Denis, Acting CEO and Science Director, International Science Council

14:35

Embracing Open Research
Moderated by: Phill Jones, Co-Founder, Digital and Technology at MoreBrains Consulting Cooperative

The open research movement has been growing in strength over the past two decades; in recent years, the pace of change has increased.

Funders, institutions, and publishers are increasingly mandating or encouraging various open practices from data management and availability, to open methods and even transparent peer review.

This session will showcase some of the initiatives that publishers are involved with and will explore how to prepare for the next frontier of open research.

Open Methods, Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Director, Open Research Solutions at Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Transparent Peer Review, Miriam Maus, Publishing Director, IOP Publishing
Open Code, Erika Pastrana, Editorial Director, Springer Nature
Open Data Policies, Michael Cairns, Head of Partner and Channel Development, American Psychological Association (APA)

15:35

Refreshment break & networking

16:00

Executive Panel – Change at Scale

Moderated by Caroline Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, STM

Throughout our community, organizations are adapting to a rapidly changing scholarly communications environment. Our executive panel will look at larger organizations, those with broad portfolios of publications and diversified businesses. Where do these leaders see the market heading, and what new ideas and activities are they bringing to bear on behalf of themselves, their publishing partners, and the community as a whole?

Jay Flynn, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Research, Wiley 
Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing, Cambridge University Press
Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing Officer, Springer Nature
Judy Verses, President, Academic and Government Markets, Elsevier

17:15

Reception drinks & networking