Scientific Programme

The 2026 EASE Summer Symposium will be held online from Tuesday, 2 June to Thursday, 4 June 2026, with satellite events before and after.

Please note: all times displayed in this Programme are in BST/ UK time. Times, content and speakers are subject to change at this stage.

Registration is now closed for the six core sessions. You may still register for the free events up until their time.

Tuesday, 19 May 2026

JAMS webinar – Satellite event

Beyond Impact Factors: Measuring Success Through Impact on Community

Speakers: Alex Ramos, JAMS | Damaris Odeny, African Journal of Crop Improvement | Duncan Nicholas, Reproductive BioMedicine Online

View the recording

Tuesday, 26 May – all day

Regional Chapter Events

A number of our Regional Chapters are planning events in their own country/region on the theme of the Symposium, Influence and Impact.

The events will be free and open to all, but please check the language to be used to see that it is appropriate for you.

Monday, 1 June 2026, 2pm-3pm UK time

Manuscript Editors Session – Satellite event – free for all

Beyond Track Changes: Measuring the Impact of Human Manuscript Editing in an AI-Driven Publishing Landscape

Speakers: Roohi Ghosh, Ambassador, Researcher Success, Cactus Communications Services Pte Ltd; Suzana Fonseca, Associate Director of Editing and Publication Support Services at Editage; Yateendra Joshi, freelance editor and trainer; Dr. Raffaella GozzelinoGroup Leader at NOVA Medical School of Lisbon.

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

9.30am-9.40am

Opening Session – Welcome from the EASE President, Dr Bahar Mehmani

 

9.40am-9.55am

Poster Winners

Announcement of the winners of the Poster Competition and short presentations from the winners of each of the three categories:

  • Community Engagement and Collaboration poster winner 9.40am
  • Scholarly Publishing Process and Innovation poster winner 9.45am
  • Scientific Poster winner 9.50am

10.00am-11.30am

EASE Session 1

Standards, Quality, and the Reception of Published Research

Speakers: Bahar Mehmani, Peer Review Innovation lead, Elsevier | Elizabeth Moylan, Senior Manager, Research Integrity Strategy & Policy, Wiley | Anna Treadway, Executive Editor, Web of Science, Clarivate | Ana Marušić, Co-editor-in-chief, ST-OPEN, University of Split | Marie McVeigh, Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team, Elsevier

12.00pm-1.00pm

Peer Review Committee Session – free for all

The Quality of AI Peer Review Reports

Speakers: Mario Malički, Research Scholar, Stanford University; Arjun Kumar Manrai, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard University; Natalie Khalil, CEO & Co-Founder, Reviewer3; Mark Hahnel, Preprints, Vice President, Open Research at Digital Science, United Kingdom

2.00pm-3.30pm

EASE Session 2

Understanding  Metrics: What They Mean and How to Use Them

Speakers: Jason Roberts, Independent consultant, Canada | Jenny Neophytou, Director, Strategic Market Analysis, Wiley, UK | Maryam Sayab, Executive Director Communications & Global Engagement, Asian Council of Science Editors, UAE |  Liz Turner, Customer Success Manager at Taylor and Francis, UK | Ginny Pitman, Executive Publisher at Elsevier, USA | Erin Landis, Founder & CEO, Landis Editorial Consulting, Inc. (USA) | Tim Vines, Founder and Director at DataSeer, Canada | Adam Etkin, Senior Consultant & Publication Director, KGL, USA

 

7.00pm-8.30pm

Social Event

Join us for an relaxed social night via the Zoom Platform, hosted by Vice President of EASE, Are Brean.

 

Wednesday, 3 June 2026

10.00am-11.30am

EASE Session 3

Methods for Setting and Upholding Editorial Standards

Speakers: Iva Grabarić Andonovski, Editor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology | Tetyana Yaroshenko, Vice Director for Research and International Affairs, State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine | Loreta Tauginienė, Editor in Chief, Kaunas University of Technology | Milica Ševkušić, Project Coordinator for the EIFL Open Access Programme and librarian at the Institute of Technical Sciences of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts | Cheol-Heui Yun, Chair of Publication Ethics Committee, Seoul National Univ./Dept Agricultural B

12.00pm-1.00pm

Environmental and Sustainability Committee Session – free for all

The Importance of Global Research in Achieving the SDGs

Speakers: Haseeb Irfanullah, Independent Consultant | Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, Senior Vice President Research Networks, Elsevier | Johanna Havemann, Open Science Trainer and Consultant, Access 2 Perspectives | Nikesh Gosalia, Chief Partnership Officer, CACTUS

2.00pm-3.30pm

EASE Session 4

What are Journals for? Stakeholders, Mission and Sustainability

Speakers: Phill Jones, Co-founder, Digital and Technology, MoreBrains Cooperative | Tasha Mellins Cohen, Executive Director, COUNTER Metrics and Founder, Mellins-Cohen Consulting | Martin Vinding, Senior Director, Partner Publishing EMEA, Wiley | Helina Marshall, Editor-in-Chief of the society based Open Research Platform, Access Microbiology and Chancellor’s Fellow/Lecturer in Infection and Immunity at the University of Strathclyde

4.00pm-5.30pm

ISMTE Partner Event – free for all

Harnessing Community and Innovation to Strengthen Standards in Peer Review

Speakers: Stephen Johnson, Editor in Chief, PeerJ | Jan Martini, Data Analyst, Research Integrity Group, Springer Nature | Anju Sah, Reviewer One | Michaela Atherley, Director of Editorial Operations, Taylor & Francis | Paulo Lombari, Director of Technology Innovation, Taylor & Francis | Francesca Cockshull, Director of Publishing and Communication, Association of Anaesthetists | Juanita Goossens-Roach, Peer Review Group Manager, Cambridge University Press & Assessment | Daphne Ezer, Co-director, York Plant Chronobiology Hub

Thursday, 4 June 2026

10.00am-11.30am

EASE Session 5

10 Actions to Maximise Journal Impact

Speaker: Lou Peck, Founder, The International Bunch

12.00pm-1.00pm

DEI Committee Session – free for all

Celebrating five years of the EASE DEI Committee making an impact

Speaker: Shelly Pranić, Associate Professor, University of Split School of Medicine, Croatia

 

2.00pm-3.30pm

EASE Session 6

Developing a Strategic Plan for Quality, Visibility and Viability

Speakers: Jo Wixon, Director, External Analysis, Wiley | Emily Horne, Senior Publisher, Partner Publishing, Wiley | Duncan Nicholas, Development Editor, Reproductive BioMedicine Online | Dinesh Soares, Assistant Director of Journals, American Society of Microbiology | Hamid Jamali, Professor of Information Science, Charles Sturt University

 

7.00pm-8.30pm

Council Science Editors Partner Event  – free for all

Beyond Borders: Growing Journal Influence and Impact Worldwide

Speakers: Steve Smith, Independent Consultant, STEM Knowledge Partners, CSE | Priyanka Gupta, Development editor, American Chemical Society | Jason Hu, Director, Research Integrity Engagement, Taylor and Francis | Jason Roberts, Independent consultant | Julia Robinson, Executive Editor, PLOS Global Public Health | Tat Okada, Senior Managing Director, Seekl (Kyorinsha)