ACM joins call for ‘Hour Of Code’ to underscore critical role of computing in all careers - October 16, 2013
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has joined leaders of the computing community to invite schools, teachers, and parents to experience computer programming through the Code.org campaign known as Hour of Code. Scheduled to occur during Computer Science Education Week, December 9-15, this nationwide campaign hopes… Read More
Dr. Derek Lowe to keynote second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development - October 16, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and BioCentury Publications, Inc. have announced that Dr. Derek Lowe will be the keynote speaker at the second annual SciBX Summit on Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development. The Summit will be held October 29-30 in Boston, Mass., at the… Read More
Around 276,000 visitors attend Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 - October 14, 2013
The Frankfurt Book Fair closed on October 13 with around 7,300 exhibitors in total, from over 100 countries. Altogether 275,342 visitors attended the Fair (October 9 – 13), of which 142,921 were present during the trade visitors' days. Apart from the Brazilian authors calling for… Read More
Econtent takes centre stage on day 3 of the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 11, 2013
Apart from the weary faces and tired feet around the halls of this truly International event, the buzz and talk on the 3rd day of the Frankfurt Book Fair is all about making econtent much more attractive, accessible and a good revenue stream for all types… Read More
Discovery and the user journey to e-content takes centre stage on day 2 of the Frankfurt Book Fair - October 10, 2013
The theme of discovering and the user journey to e-content continues to be a hot topic at the on-going Frankfurt Book Fair. Various hot spot sessions discussed this and the impact it would make on publishers e-content. In the hotspot sessions around the exhibition some very… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair begins - October 9, 2013
The annual Frankfurt Book Fair kicked off October 9, 2013. About 7,300 exhibitors from 100 countries are attending the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Calling on publishers to use “Tarzan” Economics to swing to the new vine, Jim Griffen of Onehouse LLC delivered the keynote… Read More
Two-day conference highlights growing interest in using art to train physicians - October 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the Art + Medicine: How Art Can Make Better Doctors conference. Co-sponsored by Jefferson Medical College and Elsevier, the conference is scheduled to be held from November 2-3, 2013, at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. It coincides with the annual meeting… Read More
W3C Workshop Report: Publishing and the Open Web Platform - October 4, 2013
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published the final report of the 'Workshop on the Publishing and the Open Web Platform' that was held September 16-17, 2013, in Paris. The W3C Workshop in Paris was the third in a series of industry consultation events… Read More
A week before the biggest meeting of the industry, Frankfurt Book Fair Director Juergen Boos talks of a start-up boom that has reached continental Europe - October 2, 2013
At a recent press conference in Berlin, director of the Frankfurt Book Fair Juergen Boos compared the state of international publishing to Germany’s 19th century “Gründerzeit” – an age of pioneering entrepreneurship: “2012 was called the ‘year of the start-up’ in the USA and the UK.… Read More
SPARC and the World Bank announce speakers for Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event - September 30, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced the speakers for the Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event to be held October 21, starting at 3:00 p.m. EDT in Washington, DC. Speakers include: Stefano Bertuzzi, Executive Director of the American… Read More
