Full program for 10th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing announced - July 10, 2018
The full program for the 10th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP), hosted by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, is now available on the conference page: https://oaspa.org/conference/coasp-2018-program/. The conference will be held at the University of Vienna from September… Read More
NIH to host full-day public workshop on using AI and ML to advance biomedical research - July 9, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are accelerating the capabilities and possibilities for a range of industries, including biomedical research and healthcare delivery. Current and potential applications of AI/ML to scientific research are anticipated to speed clinical diagnosis, treatment, and therapies. To explore these opportunities, the Read More
European Open Education Librarian Network launches - June 29, 2018
European Open Education Librarian Network convened its first meeting on June 28. Participants from Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK met to discuss a number of key goals, primary among them, how libraries can partner with educators to open up more education for all in Europe.… Read More
Google to present at ConTech 2018 - June 28, 2018
Info International has announced that Alice Zimmermann, Global Product Partnerships at Google will be speaking and taking part in a panel session at ConTech 2018, taking place at Chelsea Harbour Hotel from November 29-30. Alice looks after Google Assistant partnerships in the UK, working closely with… Read More
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
