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Webinar: The Changing Landscape of Open Access Policies and Transformative Agreements

Participate in this informative session for a thorough overview of the latest developments in open access policies, including Plan S and the evolving requirements of US funding agencies. In this webinar, Council of Science Editors (COE) will cover how mandates have changed over the past year and what publishers, researchers, librarians, and other members of the scholarly communication ecosystem need to know about these changes. COE will also delve into the future of transformative agreements such as cOAlition S’s confirmation that its members will no longer financially support them after 2024.

Event Date: October 26, 2023

Chorus Forum: supporting Accessibility

Supporting accessibility in scholarly communications has a number of positive impacts, both for individuals and for the broader research community. While important work is being done to make content accessible to people with disabilities, doing so makes it better for everybody. By making sure that all scholarly communications, including articles, books, and conference proceedings, are accessible to everyone, we ensure that everyone has equal access to knowledge and the ability to participate fully in the research community. This is particularly important in light of the US government mandates, including the OSTP public access mandate of 2022, which stresses the importance of equitable access to all publicly funded research, including ensuring that the research is accessible. Overall, supporting accessibility in scholarly communications is an important step towards a more inclusive, equitable, and effective research community.

Event Date: October 24, 2023

Global Summit on Diamond Open Access

The Global Summit on Diamond Open Access / Cumbre Global sobre Acceso Abierto Diamante is a unique event that will bring together the community of researchers, editors, universities, research funding and performing organizations, academic libraries, learned societies, and policy makers who are engaged worldwide in strengthening the Diamond Open Access ecosystem. The events are organized by a group of organizations committed to progressing Open Science and Diamond Open Access: Redalyc, UAEMéx, AmeliCA, UNESCO, CLACSO, UÓR, ANR, cOAlition S, OPERAS, and Science Europe.

The Diamond Open Access community will gather during this event and focus its discussions on the equity, quality, usability, and sustainability of this scholarly publishing model. The objective of the Global Summit / Cumbre Global is to encourage a deeper understanding and mutual learning between world regions. It will focus on good practices and policies from across the globe. The event will also be instrumental in developing global principles that unite the initiatives developed in diverse, local contexts.

Event Date: October 23 - 27, 2023

International Open Access Week

Open Access Week is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they have learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.

“Community over Commercialization” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week. This theme encourages a candid conversation about which approaches to open scholarship prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community—and which do not. International Open Access Week is organized by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee. It was founded in 2008 by SPARC and partners in the student community.

Event Date: October 23 - 29, 2023

Forum for Open Research in MENA

The Forum for Open Research in MENA (FORM) is a non-profit membership organisation supporting the advancement of Open Science policies and practices in research communities and institutions across the Arab world. The Annual Forum for Open Research in MENA supports the Arab world’s transition towards more accessible, sustainable and inclusive research and education models.

The 2023 Annual Forum will offer a series of carefully tailored presentations and panels addressing the key themes and topics raised during the highly successful 2022 Annual Forum. The theme of the 2023 Annual Forum is Democratising Knowledge: The evolution of open science ecosystems and communities in the Arab World.

Event Date: October 23 - 24, 2023

Frankfurt Book Fair 2023

The Frankfurt Book Fair will be held on October 18-22, 2023. Frankfurt Book Fair is the world’s most important fair for the publishing industry, as well as an outstanding social and cultural event. The event gathers publishers, EdTech companies, technology specialists and representatives from creative industries, and that’s the greatest opportunity to discuss the future of the educational branch together. This year’s Guest of Honour is Slovenia.

Event Date: October 18 - 22, 2023

STM Dinner & Conference 2023 | Frankfurt

STM Annual Dinner & Conference in Frankfurt will be held on October 16 - 17, 2023. STM’s annual Frankfurt conference has established itself as the ‘sell-out’ event prior to the Frankfurt Book Fair (scheduled for October 18 - 22 2023). Attracting the leading figures from scholarly and professional publishing, STM’s event provides a program focused on strategic thinking, public policy, business models, and key drivers shaping the future of the STM industry.

Event Date: October 16 - 17, 2023

13th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference

The 13th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference will be held as a hybrid event on October 12, 2023, with a virtual-only half-day on October 13. The GW Ethics in Publishing conference is organized by the Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program. The conference features presentations from (and for) publishing and library professionals, scholars, faculty, and students. The Association of University Presses (AUPresses), Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), Association of American Publishers (AAP), Council of Science Editors (CSE) and International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) are co-sponsors of the GW Ethics in Publishing Conference.

Event Date: October 12 - 13, 2023

2023 SSP Seminar: Climate Change and Publishing – How Publishers Can Make an Impact

In anticipation of COP 2023, this panel will share pertinent information that scholarly publishers need to know about climate change from two key points of view: What challenges will climate change pose for the industry, and what can scholarly publishers, as science disseminators, do to help advance climate change research?. Publishers have the credibility and resources to play a key role in expediting the trajectory of climate change research globally by placing this important work front and center for decision makers at both the international and regional levels. They also have the opportunity to lead by example via their own solutions to the problems that climate change may pose directly to the industry. Speakers will address the varied avenues by which scholarly publishers can engage with their audiences on climate change research.

Event Date: October 11, 2023

2023 SSP Seminar: New Directions in Scholarly Publishing

The 2023 New Directions Seminar will focus on how those working in scholarly communications are managing commercial and cultural disruptions. Where are the sands shifting most dramatically? How are content and service providers responding to these disruptions? What are the priorities and what is being left behind? And What tools and methods do we need to successfully weather these disruptive changes?. The 2023 New Directions seminar will be designed to address where and how the “sands” are shifting at each junction of the scholarly communications lifecycle. Sessions will address topics from how changing funder mandates and AI tools are impacting researcher practices to open peer review, data sharing, and more.

Event Date: October 4-5, 2023

NISO Plus Forum 2023

The NISO Plus Forum is an opportunity to engage in some of the most vital conversations in the information ecosystem and connect the often disparate aspects of that ecosystem in concrete and meaningful ways. This year’s conference will be held at the AGU headquarters in Washington, DC on October 3, 2023. The theme of the day of conversation and problem-solving is AI & Machine Learning in Scholarly Publishing: Services, Data, and Ethics.

Event Date: October 3, 2023