London Info International 2016 has announced its inaugural conference programme.
Presented below is a preview of some of the key elements of the event as well as an introduction to some of the keynote speakers.
The opening keynote by David Worlock on December 6 will look at the current state of the scholarly research and professional publishing world, the challenges, the opportunities and threats and will offer his unique insight into the future of this community. He will assess the interplay between elements of change and permanence, the difficulty of making choices, the need to follow users, the difficulty of tracking and interpreting user behaviour and expectations, how to be 'open' when carrying the heavy bags of an existing business, the threat of open the opportunity of open, rights 'rights' and obligations
This session will be followed by further plenaries and a panel debate looking at The Rise of the user - how traditional scientific discourse is being transformed by the social world. The greatest transformation and disruption happening inside the scholarly communication process is the 'rise of the user'. Scientific discourse is meeting social networking culture. Content users, formerly remote and impersonal, are now individual and ubiquitous. Publishers - experts in managing channels and processes - are increasingly having to add the advanced skills of fast moving consumer businesses, identifying customer needs and delivering customer service, while users are demanding content on their own terms.
• How to balance institutional and individual business models
• Understanding and profiling individuals
• Protecting IP in a networked and OA world
• User stories, case studies, approaches and success stories
• Managing the economics of a system in transition.
Other chair, plenary and keynote speakers for these sessions will include Vincent Cassidy, Publishing Consulting, Outsell; Jan Reichelt, Managing Director, Mendeley; and Jason Markos, Director of Platform Capabilities, John Wiley and Sons .
Day 2, December 7 will open with the core theme Open access, open science and the rights struggle - whose content is it anyway? There will be an opening keynote from Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing Officer, Springer Nature. Steven will address the fast-moving information landscape, the growth of open access and the ways in which publishers can support authors, their institutions and funders in the pursuit of advancing human knowledge and scientific discovery.
Eighteen months after the Springer Nature merger, Inchcoombe will also discuss how the newly-formed business is responding to key information industry challenges and opportunities, including leading the way on content sharing for subscription articles.
Further plenaries and a panel discussion will attempt to capture the essence of the issues surrounding this area. While Open Access comprises less than ten percent of the scholarly communication output, it continues to be the single issue that dominates STM. The political weight of research funding mandates and higher education policy, often at national policy levels, will continue to push through an agenda to transform the scholarly communication community.
• When public policy meets the free market – impressions from the research community
• What are the prospects for hybrid journals?
• The case for and against 'gold' open access
• Economic considerations - will institutions and publishers be better or worse off?
Participating keynotes and plenary speakers for these sessions include Rebecca Lawrence, Managing Director F1000; Lara Speicher, Publishing Manager at UCL Press; Bas Straub Managing Director of Konvertus; and Boyd Hendricks, Director of Informationland.
Other Keynote speakers include Frances Pinter, Founder of Knowledge Unlatched (day 1 in the afternoon); Tracey Armstrong, CEO of Copyright Clearance Center (day 2 in the afternoon); and Timo Hannay, Founder of School Dash and Digital Science (day 2 in the afternoon).
The full conference programme is available at http://londoninfointernational.com/conference-programme/.
While conference places are filling fast, a few places are still available. Click here to register for the conference.
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