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UKSG 44th Annual Conference and Exhibition 2021
2021-04-12 - 2021-04-14
For the first time, the UKSG Annual Conference will be held online. We are looking forward to bringing you an interesting, engaging programme with lots of additions between now and the event.

For information about sponsoring the conference, please see the details here.
The Exhibition is now open for bookings – please see here for details! https://www.uksg.org/event/uksgconference2021/exhibitors
For further information at this time, please contact Bev Acreman, bev@uksg.org

EASE Webinar Series: Research integrity for editors
2021-03-09 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom
This edition of the EASE Webinar series, exclusively for EASE members, will give an overview of various ways in which editors can enhance the ethical standards of papers published in in their journals.
Register on the event page
Poor reporting of scientific research, particularly any that involves animals or human subjects, is unethical, as it wastes time and resources, might cause unnecessary suffering, and might lead to inaccuracy in the scientific record.
Speaker:
Dr Joan Marsh, Deputy Editor, The Lancet Psychiatry, Past President EASE, Chair of Gender Policy Committee
Contents
Literature review: putting research in context and preventing waste in research
Protocols and statistical analysis plans: keeping authors on track
Reporting guidelines and checklists
Sex and gender reporting
Validation and reproducibility: including verification of large datasets and real-world data
Data sharing statements, database citation, secondary use of data
Authorship and CRediT taxonomy
Conflict of interest declarations
Gender and diversity policies (including end-user viewpoints). ethicsethics,

ISMTE European Conference 2020
2020-11-19 - 2020-11-20 | Online
Evolving Trends in Scholarly Publishing
The 2020 European Virtual Event will be ISMTE’s third virtual event in 2020. The conference will be staged over two days, and explore trends in Journal agnostic peer review, responses to the pandemic, publishing ethics, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Registration is open, and the full agenda available on the conference webpage now. Our friends at ISMTE have offered all EASE members the chance to register at the ISMTE member rate. Contact the EASE Secretary for your discount code before registering.

Medical Editors short course, 11-13 November 2020
2020-11-11 19:00 - 2020-11-13 16:00
This international workshop (in its 23rd year) is designed to help editors ensure their journals achieve the maximum impact with the best research. The programme looks at the world of publishing, attracting (and keeping) authors; ensuring quality and increasing visibility and readership.
Run with only 25 participants, the course is highly interactive and allows editors to discover solutions for their own journals.
The course is ideally suited for newly-appointed Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and senior managing editors.
The workshop is fully residential, and takes place in Oxford, UK.
The workshop is endorsed by EASE, The BMJ and Wiley.

UKSG November Conference - From Transition to Transformation: providing scholarly content and services in tumultuous times
2020-11-11 - 2020-11-12
Join us for the 2020 UKSG November Conference – “From Transition to Transformation: providing scholarly content and services in tumultuous times”. This year’s event will take place online over two consecutive half days. Wednesday 11th November: 9am GMT to approx. 1pm and Thursday 12th November: 1.30pm GMT to 5pm.
All members of the UKSG community have had to adapt rapidly to a seismic change which has implications for what services we offer and how; the sustainability of our business models; and for the persistence of agreements and norms that are now revisiting. At the UKSG November Conference From Transition to Transformation: providing scholarly content and services in tumultuous times, will explore how the pace of change in the scholarly communication sector has accelerated as a result of the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conference co-convener Charlie Rapple, Chief Customer Officer at Kudos, explains, “We were already a sector in transition; now we are seeing that become rapid transformation, as so many of our environmental factors have changed overnight. What does this mean for how libraries and publishers will work together in future? UKSG’s unique position as a cross-community membership organization means we are well placed to bring together a range of different perspectives for this important and timely discussion.”
Conference co-convenor Katherine Rose, Head of Content and Discovery at Imperial College London Library Services, adds, “We are thrilled to have been able to bring together such a strong and diverse set of speakers, whose range of perspectives will provide us with real insight into how our sector will move forward from the current situation, and how we will manage future disruptions. We are also excited to be running this event online for the first time, as this brings great benefits in terms of more affordable pricing, and greater inclusivity. We already have an astonishing number of pre-bookings and look forward to a well-attended conference of the high standard for which UKSG is renowned.”

'The past, the present and the future of preprints'
2020-10-19 15:00 - 17:00
Join us for a panel discussion on ‘The past, the present and the future of preprints’
Monday, October 19, 2020
10am New York | 3pm London | 4pm Berlin | 7:30pm Mumbai
Preprints allow faster and broader dissemination of research and bring opportunities for new peer review models, but there are also asymmetries in their use, with some research disciplines and geographical areas more active than others.
At our panel discussion, chaired by ASAPbio Fellows Yamini Ravichandran and Marco Fumasoni, we will discuss with our five speakers the current status of preprints in the life sciences, how to maximize their benefits for all within the scientific community, and explore what the future may hold.
Schedule

Introduction by the Chairs
Perspectives on the preprint landscape: Anjana Badrinarayan (NCBS-Bangalore), Ross Mounce (Arcadia Fund), Antonis Rokas (Vanderbilt School of Medicine), Richard Sever (bioRxiv & medRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), Sowmya Swaminathan (Nature Research)
Roundtable discussion
Q&A

Register now

Plain Language is a Civil Right virtual conference
2020-10-13 - 2020-10-15
Tuesday-Thursday October 13th-15, 2020
Access for All is a virtual conference dedicated to using #plainlanguage to break down barriers in society. We will explore five areas where plain language can increase #access, #justice, and #transparency for all. #AFA2020 #AccessForAllConference
Register at: accessforallconference.com

Association of Earth Science Editors 54th Annual Meeting
2020-09-30 - 2020-10-03
Association of Earth Science Editors 54th Annual Meeting
Columbus, Ohio, USA

September 30–October 3, 2020

Venue: Hilton Garden Inn Columbus – University Area, Columbus, Ohio

The 54th annual meeting of the Association of Earth Science Editors will take place in Columbus, Ohio, September 30–October 3, 2020. This year’s theme is “Effectively Communicating Geoscience in the Public Sphere.” The full schedule of programs, including keynote speaker, is being compiled, but the meeting hotel is set and a field trip has been arranged.
This year’s meeting will be hosted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey. Traditionally referred to as the Ohio Geological Survey, it is Ohio’s oldest natural resources agency, dating back to 1837, and a charter division of the ODNR in 1949. The AESE meeting field trip will be led by Erika Danielsen and Sam Hulett, both with the Ohio Geological Survey. The trip will highlight Central Ohio geology, which features Devonian and Mississippian rocks, and the influence of the Acadian Orogeny at the western edge of the Appalachian Basin.
We invite AESE members and other interested persons to submit an abstract for a talk based on this or other earth science-related themes. Abstract deadline is August 1, 2020.

The annual meeting is open to anyone interested in earth science or science editing and communication. For more information, contact host chair Chuck Salmons, Ohio Geological Survey, charles.salmons@dnr.state.oh.us, or visit www.aese.org

Peer Review Week - Trust in Peer Review
2020-09-21 08:00 - 2020-09-25 17:00
This year’s Peer Review Week (PRW), a yearly event led by academic publishers and societies, as well as other scholarly organizations, is dedicated to “Trust in Peer Review.” During the week of September 21 – 25, participating organizations will highlight the critical role of peer review in research with a week of virtual events and activities.
The importance of reliable scholarly publications has rarely been as public or pressing as now, with the world in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining trust in the peer review decision-making process is paramount if we are to solve the world’s most pressing problems. This global, week-long event will shine a light on how the peer review process works and why it helps build trust in research.
“Research contributions — on climate change, poverty, disease, or any of the other challenges we face — have an important impact on people’s lives. It’s vital for researchers, the public, and policymakers to know whether and, if so, how the research they’re relying on has been evaluated and tested,” says Phil Hurst of The Royal Society, co-chair of the Peer Review Week steering group.
“Every year, Peer Review Week puts a spotlight on the essential work that often goes on behind the scenes, yet plays a critical role in ensuring accuracy in the scientific and research process. By drawing attention to the issue of ‘trust’ we hope that this year’s PRW will stimulate discussions and further initiatives that will ultimately lead to strengthening the scientific record,” says Lou Peck of The International Bunch, Phil’s co-chair.
In this time of uncertainty, ensuring that peer review is trustworthy has never been more urgent. We invite all scholarly and scientific societies, researchers, editors, publishers, libraries, universities, funders, and anyone interested in the advancement of high-quality research to join us during Peer Review Week for this celebration and learning experience.

PubMet2020: 7th Conference on Scholarly Communication and Publishing in the Context of Open Science
2020-09-16 - 2020-09-18
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the conference will now be held as a virtual event.
We welcome you to take part in PUBMET2020 conference, which strives to present and discuss the plurality of approaches to the scholarly communication, scholarly publishing and assessment (metrics). It will present innovative approaches, best practice discussions and take on future challenges.
The organizers aim to maintain lively discussion among experts in various fields involved in scholarly publishing and dissemination of knowledge. The field of scholarly communication, scholarly publishing and metrics includes all disciplines and variety of skills: researchers from different research areas, information specialists and librarians, editors, publishers, educators, students, policy makers, communication specialists and managers.
This year the newly founded Croatian Association for Scholarly Communication (CROASC) has joined the organizers of previous PUBMET conferences: University of Zadar, Department of Information Sciences, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, and Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb.

ALPSP Conference
2020-09-16 - 2020-09-18 | Manchester, UK
The ALPSP Conference provides a friendly forum in which to share information and knowledge, learn about new initiatives, and engage in open discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing publishing today. With expert speakers and a wide ranging programme, our annual event is for everyone in the scholarly publishing community. We also offer a range of sponsorship opportunities for this key event in the calendar, which attracts a high level audience from all sectors of the scholarly communications industry.

FSCI2020
2020-08-03 - 2020-08-07 | UCLA, Los Angeles, California, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States of Amercia
FSCI IS A WEEK-LONG PROGRAM OF INTENSIVE COURSEWORK, GROUP ACTIVITIES, AND HANDS-ON TRAINING AROUND THE LATEST TRENDS IN SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION.
Courses cover new and emerging topics in scholarly communication from a multidisciplinary and global perspective: from research ethics, rigor and responsibility, and measuring impact to new publishing technologies and forms of scholarly publication. Whether you’re a researcher, a librarian, or an administrator, you’ll encounter new ideas, challenge your preconceptions, and return home with ideas, tools, and tactics for instigating change at your institution. See what past attendees have to say about their FSCI experience.
EASE members receive a discount on registration fee.

2020 Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting
2020-05-02 - 2020-05-05 | Portland, Oregon, Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Parkway Portland, Oregon 97201, OR, United States
Advancing Science by Exchanging Knowledge

Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
1401 SW Naito Parkway
Portland, Oregon 97201
Hotel Rate: $199 per night
Program Co-Chairs:
Emilie Gunn, Managing Editor, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Journal of Global Oncology, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Peter J. Olson, Senior Copyediting Coordinator, Sheridan Journal Services

9TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE
2020-04-21 - 2020-04-24
9th International Scientific and practical conference
The annual International Scientific and Practical Conference “World-Class Scientific Publication” which is usually held in Moscow is the largest and most prestigious event in Russia dedicated to the development of the publishing industry in the fields of science and high education. The aim of the Conference is to raise the level of regional academic/ scholarly journals and publications of Russia (predominantly), CIS and Eastern Europe countries for promotion better vision and recognition of these countries’ research results in the world, among scientific community and with the access through global citation databases and other information resources. The diversity of topics covered at the Conference expands and deepen every year.
To be held at:
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and public adminstration (RANEPA) , 84 Bld 2, Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119571, Russian Federation

University Press Redux Conference 2020 - Postponed
2020-03-17 - 2020-03-18
We are delighted that this now biennial event will return in 2020 and anticipate that around 300 delegates and speakers will join us in the beautiful city of Cambridge from 17-18 March at Churchill College.
If you would like to be kept up-to-date with news on Redux 2020 please contact:

Susie Brown
E: info@alpsp.org
T: +44 (0)1494 784446
Lesley Ogg
E: events@alpsp.org
T: +44 (0)7855 171091

2nd PEERE International Conference on Peer Review - postponed
2020-03-11 - 2020-03-13
Please note that this conference has been postponed due to the COVID-19 situation. It is hoped that the conference can be rescheduled, and we will provide more news as soon as it is available.
Important dates
15 November 2019: Abstract & paper submission deadline
10 January 2020: Notification to authors
11-13 March 2020: Conference in Valencia
Scope
Following the success of the 1st PEERE International Conference on Peer Review, the PEERE COST Action follow-up community organises the second edition of the PEERE International Conference on Peer Review in Valencia on 11-13 March 2020.
The conference aims to provide a forum for scholars, practitioners and science stakeholders to share research, models, tools and experience on peer review in different fields, e.g., medicine, computer science, social sciences and humanities. It aims to stimulate the use of evidence-based research in the design and implementation of peer review in a variety of fields and encourage more systematic research.
The conference welcomes any contribution (e.g., original research, position papers, literature reviews) that uses any method (e.g., quantitative, experimental or qualitative) to investigate peer review in a variety of scientific domains (e.g., scholarly journals, funding agencies, research assessment). Interdisciplinary research is especially welcome.
Main topics of interest
The topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis of peer review in scholarly journals, funding agencies and research assessment
• Estimating editorial and reviewer bias
• The impact of different peer review models (single vs. double blind, confidential vs. open etc.) on reviewer attitudes and editorial decisions
• Incentives, motivation and recognition in peer review
• Social network analysis of peer review and editorial policy
• Models and theories of peer review: principles, functions and management
• Computer simulation studies of peer review dynamics and outcomes
• Applications of bibliometrics, altmetrics and scientometrics to peer review
• Perspectives from policy makers, grant funding agencies, libraries and publishers
• Peer review outside academia (e.g., private companies, public sector, online communities)
Submission
We encourage two types of submissions: full papers, 10 to 12 pages, single column, max 8000 words or extended abstracts,3 to 4 pages, single column. Submissions should include title, author(s), including affiliations and corresponding author address, abstracts (in case of full papers), keywords, text (including tables and figures) and references.
Submissions will be judged on their originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and technical correctness. Each submission will be peer -reviewed by at least two programme committee members.
External reviewers will be used in case of lack of expertise of the programme committee members.
The peer review process will follow a single-blind procedure.
To manage submissions, we use Easychair. To submit, please click on this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=peerewic2020.
The submission deadline is 15 November 2019 and the deadline for acceptance notification is 10 January 2020.
For any information, please, contact us here.
Program committee chairs
Francisco Grimaldo (University of Valencia, Spain)
Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Milan, Italy)
Ana Marusic (University of Split School of Medicine, Croatia)

Reward Equator Conference
2020-02-20 - 2020-02-22 | Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The 2020 REWARD | EQUATOR Conference will be hosted by the BIH QUEST Center. The meeting will take place in the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, in the heart of historic Berlin, from 20th to 22nd February 2020.
The conference theme – “Sharing strategies for Research Improvement” – for us represents an ambition to move beyond the articulation and description of problems, to instead provide greater focus on possible solutions; their development, testing, evaluation and dissemination. We will consider challenges and opportunities for improvement from the perspective of Ethics Committees and Regulators, Publishers, Institutions and Researchers, and Funders; and will have themes running through the conference on new methods for measuring and testing interventions. By involving communities beyond biomedical research we hope to broaden the discussion, that we can learn from each others‘ experience.
The choice of the meeting venue enables us to come together under one roof with ample circulation areas to promote discussion. The agenda includes opportunities and facilities for ad hoc groups to form and to discuss specific issues arising during the conference, with a view to establishing new collaborative networks. We are particularly keen to provide a platform for the next generation of research improvement researchers and practitioners, and the agenda reflects this.

Association of Earth Science Editors 53rd Annual Meeting, Regina, Saskatchewan 4-7 Sept 2019
2019-09-04 - 2019-09-07 | Double Tree by Hilton Regina, 1975 Broad Street, Regina, Saskatchewan, S4P 1Y2, Canada
The 53rd annual meeting of the Association of Earth Science Editors will take place in Regina, Saskatchewan, September 4 to 7, 2019. AESE meetings are a wonderful way to learn about earth science editing, publishing and communication. Our meetings, generally small in size, consist of two days of technical sessions and a one-day field trip, and provide an unparalleled opportunity to network with other editors, publishers, educators and others working in the earth sciences.
Nicknamed ‘The Queen City’, Regina is the capital of the province of Saskatchewan, one of the three ‘Prairie Provinces’ in Canada. Settled in 1882, Regina was originally called ‘Wascana’, a Cree term meaning ‘Pile of Bones’. Located roughly in the centre of the North American continent, Regina is like an oasis of trees, people and buildings in the heart of the Canadian prairies. With a population of over 230,000, it is the second-largest city in Saskatchewan, and a cultural and entertainment destination for many in this part of the province. Wascana Centre, the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, the RCMP Heritage Centre, and the iconic Legislative Building are just a few of the city’s attractions.
The meeting is open to anyone interested in earth science editing, publishing and outreach. The program is in the initial planning stage, but meeting information is now available on AESE’s web page www.aese.org. A Call for Abstracts will be issued mid Spring. We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be a great meeting.
For more information, please contact meeting host Heather Brown (Saskatchewan Geological Survey), heather.brown4@gov.sk.ca, or acting Chair of the Technical Program Committee Karen MacFarlane (Yukon Geological Survey), Karen.MacFarlane@gov.yk.ca.

ISMTE 2019 North American Conference
2019-07-31 - 2019-08-02 | Durham Convention Center, 301 W. Morgan St., Durham, NC, 27701, United States
The ISMTE North American Conference is the largest gathering of ISMTE members in the world. The event features a variety of educational formats including keynote and plenary sessions, concurrent breakout sessions, interactive workshops, vendor breakout sessions, a poster session, social events, tabletop exhibits and constant opportunities for networking.
Members can save $50 with special early bird rates – available from May 1 through June 28, 2019.
Full details can be found on the conference pages: https://www.ismte.org/page/2019NAAGENDA

PSP Consulting: Medical Editors’ Short Course
2018-11-07 - 2018-11-09 | Cotswold Lodge Hotel, 66a Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6JP, United Kingdom
PSP Consulting presents its annual international workshop (now in its 23rd year), to be held on 7th-9th November, 2018.
The course focuses on strategies for developing a medical journal, paying special attention to:

How to publish better content

​Working with authors, attracting higher quality submissions
Working with reviewers, improving quality control

How to increase impact

​Thinking of readers, what to publish, and how
Thinking of promotion, how editors can raise awareness

Run with only 25 participants, the course is highly interactive and allows editors to discover solutions for their own journals. It is ideal for newly-appointed Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board members and senior managing editors.
For more information and registration details, see the PSP Consulting website here…and watch the video below for attendees feedback on previous courses.

Association of Earth Science Editors 52nd Annual Meeting, Niagara Falls, New York
2018-09-26 - 2018-09-29 | Conference and Event Center Niagara Falls, 101 Old Falls Street, Niagara Falls, NY, 14303, United States
The 52nd annual meeting of the Association of Earth Science Editors will take place in Niagara Falls, New York, September 26 to 29, 2018.
AESE meetings are a wonderful way to learn about earth science editing, publishing and communication. Our meetings, generally small in size, consist of two days of technical sessions and a one-day field trip, and provide an unparalleled opportunity to network with other editors, publishers, educators and others working in the earth sciences.
Niagara Falls has been a prime tourist destination since the mid-19th century. People come from around the world to see just the falls, themselves. But there is so much more to explore on both the American and Canadian sides of the falls, from world class wineries, Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Gorge hiking trails, and art galleries to the Schoellkopf Power Plant museum, Niagara rapids jet boat tours, Old Fort Niagara, Niagara-on-the-Lake and more….so plan to come early or stay after the meeting to take in all that the area has to offer!
The meeting is open to anyone interested in earth science editing, publishing and outreach. Registration is now open. Please visit AESE’s web page www.aese.org for more information about the meeting. The Call for Abstracts will be issued mid Spring. For more information, please contact host chair, Marg Rutka (Ontario Geological Survey), marg.rutka@ontario.ca, and technical program chair, Phil Farquharson (San Diego Miramar College) philfarq@gmail.com .

PUBMET 2018
2018-09-20 - 2018-09-21 | University of Zadar, Ul. Mihovila Pavlinovića, Zadar, 23000, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
The 5th conference on scholarly publishing in the context of open science will be held on 20-21 September, 2018 at the University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
More details to be added as they are announced.
Pubmet.unizd.hr

COASP10 - Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing
2018-09-17 - 2018-09-19 | University of Vienna, Universitätsring 1, Wien, 1010, Austria
The 10th annual Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP), will take place on September 17th-19th, 2018, at the University of Vienna, Austria.
Further announcements will be made on the COASP website in the coming months, by email when registrations for the event are open and the preliminary program is available.
Enquiries regarding the conference should be directed to coasp@oaspa.org.

ALPSP Conference and Awards 2018
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14 | De Vere Beaumont Estate, Windsor, United Kingdom
Following their hugely successful 10th Anniversary event in the Netherlands last year, the ALPSP Annual Conference and Awards returns to the UK for 2018.
This conference is a key date in the scholarly publishing calendar attracting a high level, international audience from all areas of the scholarly communications industry. Spread over three days, the event provides a relaxed and friendly environment in which to share information and knowledge, learn about new initiatives, as well as engage in open discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing publishing today
The key themes of the conference this year are:

Openness and Policy
All aspects of “open” and transparency, including funder policies and mandates and how these are affecting publishers of all sizes, researchers in all disciplines, and various regional markets.
Business and Technology
Exploring new technologies driving innovation in content creation and content consumption, including practical applications for Artificial Intelligence and blockchain, new monetization strategies around data, sustainable publishing partnerships, and new markets such as online teaching materials.
Researchers and Ethics
Examining the publisher role in supporting researcher and author workflows around journals and books across all disciplines, including data and metrics, as well as researcher and author experiences during peer review, ensuring a diverse environment with freedom to publish.

See the full event website and programme here: https://events.bizzabo.com/alpsp18/home and follow the #alpsp18 hastag on Twitter

ISMTE Asian-Pacific Conference 2018
2018-08-02 - 2018-08-03 | Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 202 East Platt Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202, United States
The 11th ISMTE North American conference will be held at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, 2nd-3rd August, 2018.
The conference theme for the 2018 events is ‘Committed to Editorial Excellence’. The agenda for the event is currently being assembled. News will be added to the ISMTE website as it becomes available.
In addition to the conference, ISMTE will be hosting an additional practical workshop focussed on plagiairism and similarity checking. The session will be held on Wednesday 2nd August, and is designed for editorial office staff to discuss the current published guidelines on plagiarism, how editorial offices can use those guidelines to define in-house standards, use of tools such as iThenticate software, and when text reuse might be acceptable.
In order to attend this additional workshop, registration to the ISMTE North American Conference is required.
The registration form for he conference and workshop, along with further details are available on the ISMTE website

EuroScience Open Forum 2018
2018-07-09 - 2018-07-14 | Place du Capitole, Toulouse, 31000, France
The next EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) will be held in Toulouse from 9 to 14 July 2018. ESOF is a biennial interdisciplinary general science meeting and the highlight of the European science calendar.
ESOF 2018 is constructed around the motto “Sharing science: towards new horizons”. Sharing science means bridging barriers between disciplines, communities and countries, making a link between generations, encouraging and welcoming citizen aspirations and initiatives, and being the anchor of a knowledge based society.
Sessions will focus on current and future path-breaking science and its ways of producing and sharing knowledge and innovation. ESOF includes all disciplines. At ESOF, the word “science” is understood as encompassing the arts, social sciences and humanities as well as physical and life sciences, engineering and medicine. Science and technology are now embedded in a myriad of contexts, greatly affecting the everyday life of people across virtually every corner of the globe. Many of the universal challenges of all societies are now pervaded by science and technology. We take into consideration transversal themes such as risk, inequalities, gender and ethics in the proposal for sessions, inviting in particular interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approaches from the social sciences and the humanities.
Visit the ESOF website to find out more about the themes: https://www.esof.eu/en/scientific-programme.html

14th EASE Conference, Bucharest 2018
2018-06-08 - 2018-06-10 | University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
The 14th EASE Conference will be held in Bucharest, Romania, 8th-10th June, 2018, in partnership with the University of Bucharest.
Register now!
The theme for the event will be ‘Balancing Innovation and Tradition in Science Editing‘.
The venue for the event is the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest. See the Location page for full details.
For the first official EASE event in Romania, we have chosen a theme that is particularly relevant to editors in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, but also to editors anywhere working independently or in small offices, whether on major international journals, niche local ones or anything in between. We want to appeal to editors from other countries and those working directly for publishers, as well as freelancers and authors’ editors, so there will be plenty for everyone.
Social Events
Opening ceremony and welcome reception
Conference dinner at Pescarus, Bucharest
Optional courses
Practical workshop courses, charged separately, will be offered before or after the main conference on subjects such as “How to be a successful journal editor”, “Statistics for
editors”, “Plagiarism” and “How to get published in high impact medical journals” (for local authors).
See details for all the courses on the Optional Workshops page.

Poster Presentations
Abstracts for posters may be submitted until 1st April. Interested parties should please submit a title and 200-word abstract by this deadline.
Posters may address any aspects of science editing and publishing, as well as topics on the theme of the conference. Please see the Conference Programme for the list of sessions.
All submissions should be sent by email to either the EASE Secretariat Tea Marasovic, or to the Conference Chair, Joan Marsh.
Exhibitor and Sponsor Information
EASE welcomes all organizations interested in exhibiting at the conference or in sponsoring any aspect of the events. Please see our Exhibitors page for more information on how to get involved.
Enquiries should be directed to our Sponsorship and Exhibitions Manager Horatio Beceriu
Keep an eye on our website, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages for more information.

SSP 40th Annual Meeting
2018-05-30 - 2018-06-01 | Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 East North Water Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
The Society for Scholarly Publishing will be celebrating a big birthday event this year, at their 40th meeting.
The event will be held betwen May 30th to June 1st, 2018 at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, Chicago, IL
Few detailks are available at present, but keep an eye on the event website here

2018 CSE Annual Meeting
2018-05-05 - 2018-05-08 | Hilton New Orleans Riverside, 2 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA, 70130, United States
The Council of Science Editors annual meeting will be held in May, in New Orlenas. The event features two days of presentations on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information. Additional courses on manuscript editing, journal management, and publishing skills are available.
The keynote speaker at the event will be Professor of Atmospheric Science, Dr. Michael E. Mann. The full programme of events is beign finalised.
Registration for the event is now open on the CSE website here

2nd HEIRRI Conference
2018-04-27 | Aula der Wissenschaften, Wollzeile 27a, Wien, 1010, Austria
The 2nd HEIRRI conference “‘Education towards a responsible society, transforming universities through RRI“, will be held in Vienna on the 27th April 2018.
Sessions at the conference will present the results of nearly three years of project activities designed to promote the integration of Responsible Research and Innovation within the education of scientists, engineers and other professionals involved in the R&D process.
Participants, including high-level education representatives, academics, industry, international associations and other stakeholders, will have the opportunity to discuss the HEIRRI training programmes and their piloting, to join debates on the future of RRI in Europe and beyond, to discover other initiatives on RRI training, and to engage in multidisciplinary sessions.
A combination of keynote talks, parallel thematic sessions, RRI initiatives speed dating and a poster session are bound to make for an engaging and enriching event. This conference will also allow for networking, all under one roof in the heart of Europe: Vienna.
The preliminary conference programme is available here
More information on the Conference: can be found at the HEIRRI website: www.heirri.eu/2nd-heirri-conference/
Join the event on Facebook and use the hashtag #HEIRRIConf on Twitter
