ConTech 2019 Keynote speakers announced - September 10, 2019
ConTech.Live has announced the keynote speakers for its flagship event, ConTech 2019, a conference that looks at the transformation of content through data science, AI and emerging technologies. The event takes place from December 5-6 in London. Content creation and consumption is changing faster than… Read More
ARL-CNI Fall Forum Registration deadline extended through September 9 - September 4, 2019
The 2019 Fall Forum, to be hosted by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), is scheduled for September 26, in Washington, DC. A few spots are still available and interested parties may register by September 9. The theme… Read More
ConTech Pharma 2019 – Full programme is now available - September 3, 2019
The full programme of ConTech Pharma 2019, scheduled for October 10, 2019 at the Millennium Knightsbridge Hotel, London SW1, is now available. Learn how leading pharma and digital healthcare industry experts are today achieving practical benefits from data integration and predictive analytics.… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe to organise first Patent Text Mining & Semantic Technologies workshop - September 3, 2019
The first workshop on Patent Text Mining and Semantic Technologies (PatentSemTech) will be held at FIZ Karlsruhe within the scope of the SEMANTiCS 2019 conference. The one-day workshop, scheduled for September 12, 2019, is organised jointly with Technische Universität Vienna. The… Read More
SEMANTiCS 2019: Representatives from industry and science to discuss use of semantic technologies and artificial intelligence - August 30, 2019
Representatives from industry and science will discuss the use of semantic technologies and artificial intelligence at the SEMANTiCS conference in Karlsruhe from September 9 to 12. FIZ Karlsruhe is a co-organiser, and with good reason: the digital change has reached and affected… Read More
SPARC Europe on Open Science policy and Education at the LIBER Conference - August 30, 2019
In late June, around 400 delegates – library directors and their staff – from throughout Europe convened at the 48th Liber Conference in Dublin. SPARC Europe was involved in the joint organisation of a pre-conference workshop titled ‘How European policies and legislation affect academic library leaders… Read More
Copyright: Commission launches dialogue between platforms and rights holders - August 30, 2019
The European Commission has opened a call for expression of interest to participate in the stakeholder dialogue on the application of Article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market on the use of protected content by online content-sharing service providers. The… Read More
ALPSP Networking: Communicating the Value of your Society Publishing Program - August 29, 2019
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is inviting society publishers to join scholarly communication colleagues for an afternoon and evening of thought-provoking presentations and conversation. In the increasingly complex debate around mandates and business models, how do societies ensure that the value… Read More
Registration is now open for the 2019 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop - August 27, 2019
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has announced that registration is now open for the 2019 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop (CLAW). CARL is committed to supporting and developing outcomes-based measures to assist libraries in moving beyond inputs and outputs in order to better demonstrate… Read More
Special one day workshop to focus on the wave of activities related to making data ‘FAIR’ - August 27, 2019
A special one day workshop ‘Implementing FAIR Data for People and Machines: Impacts and Implications,’ being organised for data and information professionals, information technologists, and for disciplinary scientists interested in effective data sharing is focused on the wave of activities related to making data “FAIR” (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable).… Read More