The fourth University Press Redux conference will take place virtually in 2022 as the organisers open it up to a wider audience.
Run by the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and Cambridge University Press, the conference is scheduled for May 17-18, 2022. The conference will focus on the themes of diversity and sustainability, and look at practical ways that presses can improve.
As well as ensuring the conference can go ahead despite the continuing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, holding the event online will enable many more people around the world to attend.
In a further move to widen participation, a number of free places will be offered to students, to those in their early career and other publishing professionals without access to funding to attend meetings. The places are available to applicants anywhere in the world whether or not they work for an ALPSP member organisation.
The Press is programming the event, which will include sessions on reducing the carbon footprint of the supply chain; the environmental impacts of business travel; how to embed a culture of equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging; and increasing digital accessibility.
For the second year, the conference will also present the University Press Redux Sustainability Award, which was launched in 2020 to recognise the work of university press publishers and others in addressing important global issues.
The prize is given to an initiative, publication, product or project aimed at addressing one or more of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among other things, these cover poverty, equality, the environment, and the pressing need to make real progress towards a sustainable and equitable future. The inaugural prize was won by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for its SDG Pathfinder.
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