ConTech 2018 – first draft programme is announced - June 19, 2018
In just over 3 months ConTech has gone from concept to first draft programme! This has been possible due to the vast amount of enthusiasm they have had for this event and the knowledge out there that a conference like this is very much needed. This… Read More
Nature Research and NASA partner for a new Nature conference on the Microbiome of the Built Environment (MoBE) - June 15, 2018
Nature Research and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be convening a new conference designed to guide NASA’s approach to interaction with and control of the Microbiome of the Built Environment (MoBE) of future spacecraft including transports, habitats, landers, rovers… Read More
COAR convenes meeting to discuss implementation of technical recommendations in the COAR Next Generation Repositories Report - June 15, 2018
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) recently held a meeting of open source repository platforms to talk about the implementation of technical recommendations in the COAR Next Generation Repositories Report. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Open Repositories Conference in Bozeman, Montana, and… Read More
ConTech 2018 – First 20 speakers announced - June 13, 2018
With the first 20 speakers now announced for the ConTech 2018 event, which runs from November 29-30, the line-up brings together the movers and shakers from the worlds of content, data science and AI. Publishers, Content Strategists, Information Professionals, Technologists, Academics and Scientists from start-… Read More
Altmetric to organise publisher workshop - June 11, 2018
Altmetric is organising an afternoon of talks and workshop sessions at Warwick Business School in London – on level 17 of The Shard. The event will feature a mixture of talks from publishers already making use of altmetrics, product updates, interactive workshops and a panel… Read More
OpenAthens announces new webinar to facilitate debate - June 1, 2018
Identity and federated access management provider OpenAthens has announced a new webinar on the topic of federated access. Chaired by Tasha Mellins-Cohen, director of publishing at the Microbiology Society, the eminent panel of four is being reunited for a follow up webinar to complete the… Read More
BMJ and Ministry of Health hold Clinical Decision Support Initiative conference - May 29, 2018
Medical knowledge provider BMJ and the Ministry of Health recently held a joint conference on Clinical Decision Support Initiative for healthcare professionals in Azerbaijan. The programme provides over 2,000 healthcare professionals with evidence-based online tools, including BMJ Best Practice and BMJ Learning, to improve the… Read More
ConTech 2018 – Conference chairs to meet to finalise 2018 conference programme - May 22, 2018
The ConTech conference chairs are meeting on May 23, 2018, to finalise the conference programme. ConTech 2018 is aimed at information providers and content owners who increasingly have to address the challenges of competing in a data world, driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence and other… Read More
AAAS and China Association for Science and Technology explore new collaboration - May 18, 2018
Leaders of the China Association for Science and Technology and counterparts at the American Association for the Advancement of Science explored ways to build on a longstanding collaboration between the two scientific organisations through science communication and education partnerships. During a meeting at AAAS headquarters… Read More
Springer Nature launches third Change the World, One Article at a Time campaign - May 15, 2018
Springer Nature has launched its third Change the World, One Article at a Time campaign, helping to uncover research-based solutions to real-world problems. The campaign will showcase more than 250 articles published in Springer Nature journals in 2017, which have been handpicked because the research within… Read More
