EASE

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

2018 International Publishing Symposium: Scholarly Publishing in Europe and China
2018-04-12 - 2018-04-13 | St Catherine’s College, Oxford, Manor Rd, Oxford, OX1 3UJ, United Kingdom
This symposium is new two-day event focussed on building collaborative networks between academic publishing houses in China and the west. It brings together experts and delegates in a forum to discuss and understand more fully each other’s needs and explore solutions and opportunities for future collaboration.
The Symposium offers an unrivalled opportunity to hear speakers from the world of scholarly publishing, in order to understand each other’s needs and explore solutions and opportunities for future collaboration. Delegates will enjoy a full day of talks with discussion; plus a reception and banquet, with inclusive overnight accommodation, and a special guest lecture following the dinner.
The Symposium is organized by the Confucius Institute at Oxford Brookes University and Ingenta UK Ltd.
Confirmed speakers include:

Professor James Lee, Chair Professor and Dean of Humanities and Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Sven Fund, Managing Director of Verlagsgruppe Peter Lang and fullstopp.com
Michiel Kolman, President of the International Publishers Association, and Senior Vice President, Global Academic Relations at Elsevier
Phill Jones, Director of Publishing Innovation, Digital Science
Hongzhong Zhou, Principal Product Architect, Baidu
Charlie Rapple, Co-founder of Kudos
Lara Speicher, Publishing Manager, University College London Press
David Taylor, Senior Vice President, Content Acquisition International, Ingram Content Group

The full programme and registration information can be viewed on the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies website here

London Book Fair 2018
2018-04-10 - 2018-04-12 | Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London, W14 8UX, United Kingdom
The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. This year, the Fair will take place in on 10th to 12th April at Olympia, West London, covering all aspects of the publishing industry.
Full details and registration information are available on the website here

UKSG Annual Conference 2018
2018-04-09 - 2018-04-11 | Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 8YW, United Kingdom
The UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition is a major event in the scholarly communications calendar which each year attracts over 900 delegates from around the world – librarians, publishers, content providers, consultants and intermediaries. The conference combines high-quality plenary presentations, lightning talks and breakout sessions with a major trade exhibition and entertaining social events.
This year the event will be held at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow from 9th to 11th April, 2018.
Topics this year include open access transitioning, research impact within academia and the wider world, putting policies into practice, andf of course, the development of library community resources. The full programme is available here

Full registration details and other information are available on the UKSG website here

ISMTE Asian-Pacific Conference 2018
2018-03-27 - 2018-03-28 | Novotel Singapore, 177A River Valley Road, Singapore, 179031, Singapore
The 2nd ISMTE Asian-Pacific conference will be held at the Novotel Singapore, 27th-28th March 2018.
The conference theme is ‘Committed to Editorial Excellence’, which will be conveyed through presentations and workshops discussing professionalizing editorial offices, effective science communication, nurturing authors, preprint servers, launchign new journals and more.
The full agenda, registration form and further details are available on the ISMTE website here

PEERE International Conference on Peer Review 2018
2018-03-07 - 2018-03-09 | National Research Council, Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, Rome, Italy
PEERE International Conference on Peer Review, 7-9 March 2018, CNR (National Research Council) Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro, Italy
The TD1306 COST Action PEERE organises an interdisciplinary conference on peer review. The conference aims to provide a forum for scholars, practitioners and science stakeholders to share evidence 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.
The submission process will be open on 10 July to close on 1 December 2017. To submit, please vising the submission page here

PRINTEGER European Conference on Research Integrity
2018-02-05 - 2018-02-07
The PRINTEGER European Conference on Research Integrity: Why Research Integrity Matters to You aims to promote a culture in which integrity is part and parcel of what it means to do excellent research. An improved governance of integrity and responsible research has to be informed by practice: the daily operation of researchers and their efforts to respond to the tensions and pressures of a complex research system.
The conference is aimed at early stage researchers, senior researchers, students, research managers, industrial researchers, academic teachers, journal editors and research policy makers, as well as the media and the broader public to exchange views about how to effectively address integrity challenges emerging in contemporary research.
The conference organisers invite participants to discuss research integrity from multiple perspectives, exchange views and discuss project results and educational as well as organizational tools. Topics will be addressed and discussed by keynote speakers and in parallel sessions.
Day 1
Day 1 of the conference focusses on four topics: integrity challenges in the science system, research integrity and the role of media, deviance in science, and peer-review processes.
Day 2
On day 2, institutional challenges are addressed, along with conceptual issues, retractions, and the legal perspective.
Day 3
The conference closes on day 3 with a consensus conference on research integrity parallel to the tryout of tools especially for students.
The detailed agenda can be found here.
Registration for the conference is now open here

HEIRRI Workshops: Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation
2018-01-23 08:00 - 2018-01-25 17:00 (America/Sao_Paulo) | porto alegro, Porto Alegro, Brazil
HEIRRI is providing two workshops in South America for researchers, teachers and university staff interested in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) to discuss possible futures connected to developments in research and innovation.

These events will address strategies on directing R&I developments and their possible wider societal and environmental impacts using concepts of RRI. The courses will also focus on how to integrate such reflection on issues of RRI into higher education teaching and training. Together in groups participants will develop different approaches and designs for teaching RRI to various higher education audiences.
More details can be found on the HEIRRI website
Registration for the events is free, and open at the following links:

– 23th January 2018 – HEIRRI workshop in Porto Alegro: ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’
www.guninetwork.org/events/heirri-workshop-brasil-facilitating-reflection-responsible-research-and-innovation

– 25th January 2018 – HEIRRI workshop in Mexico: ‘Facilitating reflection on Responsible Research and Innovation’
www.guninetwork.org/events/heirri-workshop-mexico-facilitating-reflection-responsible-research-and-innovation

1st International Forum on Women’s Brain and Mental Health
2017-12-12 | Rolex Learning Center, Ecublens, CH-1015, Switzerland
The 1st International Forum on Women’s brain health is the first worldwide attempt at fostering an interdisciplinary discussion with patients, caregivers, regulators, policymakers, industry, artificial intelligence experts and academic scientists on the role of sex and gender in the management and treatment of brain and mental diseases.
The event, which will convene in Lausanne, Switzerland, 200 international leaders from the broad neuroscience community, as well as patients suffering of mental diseases and caregivers, is organized by the Women’s Brain Project in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Women’s Brain Health.
Full details including registration, agenda, scientific advisory board, and speaker information on the website: www.wbp-forum.com

International Colloquium: Monolingualism or Multilingualism in the Production and Dissemination of Science: Dynamics and Challenges
2017-11-14 - 2017-11-15 | Universidad del Rosario, Auditorio Jockey Club (Carrera 6, # 15-18), Bogotá, Colombia
The International Colloquium “Monolingualism or Multilingualism in the Production and Dissemination of Science: Dynamics and Challenges” calls for engagement in the debate through presentations. We invite you to participate!
Download the Call for Papers, or read on!
Call for Papers – Monolingualism or Multilingualism
“In modern Western culture, it is no longer a discourse that plays this role, but rather a transport,
in other words, a practice: writing. The origin is no longer what is narrated, but rather
the multiform and murmuring activity of producing a text and producing society as a text.
“Progress” is scriptural in type.”
Michel de Certeau

Language and the Dissemination of Science

The development of links to incentivize international scientific cooperation is a
common practice today in higher education and research. The role of language is important
in this context, where about one fourth of scientific production is carried out with
international collaboration. Language has a role in allowing for or facilitating the
communicative process among researchers and between researchers and the society that
contributes to science through public financing. While 86.5% of research needs are
financed by industry itself in the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), state assistance to businesses conducting research is increasing.
On the other hand, 35% of public research in the world takes place in non-OECD countries,
where 40% of researchers are concentrated.
The colloquium is intended for researchers and those responsible for the production and
dissemination of scientific books and publications. Topics addressed will include the
sustainable economics of international scientific collaboration, the strategic roles of
scientific journals and university publications in local and world markets, the quality of
scientific expression in non-native languages, and the comparative effects of
monolingualism and multilingualism in the medium and short term.
The general objectives of the colloquium are:
– To debate the role of language, particularly the language of science
– To analyze language, culture, and the diversity of thought
– To examine science, the transmission of scientific knowledge, and development
– To promote on line networking using different languages
The Colloquium proposes to organize the discussion into the following thematic focuses,
which may be reformulated depending on the nature of the proposals received:

Focus 1: The languages of science
The work of editing, publishing, and disseminating scientific knowledge is arduous.
Different constituencies recommend using just one language in order to receive higher
evaluations from the many academic information systems that are used. But if our goal is to
make newly-produced knowledge available for debate in different contexts, and keeping in
mind that science seeks to improve the lives of human beings, it is necessary to consider the
diversity of languages.
1. Monolingualism or plurilingualism in the filed of science and higher education;
– The field of science and higher education: production, circulation, and knowledge
creation;
– Field models related to languages: monolingual and plurilingual proposals and
experiences.

Focus 2: Language, culture, and the diversity of thought
One conception of culture is as a form of language that allows us to observe and analyze
the different forms of comprehension that allow human beings to understand their
surroundings, and how these ways of understanding relate to each other (Clifford Geertz,
1983, in Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology, New York, Basic Books).
The global organization of a culture is then constituted in a group of interpretative schemes
that allow, in this specific context, to produce and perceive the social meanings of
behaviour of a given group, and of the “objects” of the world, categorized and built by
language and culture (Claude Clanet, 1990, Introduction aux approches interculturelles en
éducation et en sciences humaines, Toulouse, Presses Universitaires du Mirail). Different
languages enrich the processes, the meanings, the symbolism, and the actions of each social
group, and science is not extraneous to cultural processes. Thus, our challenge is to
stimulate a productive dialogue for scientific progress and development from the Tower of
Babel, preserving diversity.
2. Diversity of languages, scientific speeches and cultural models in science and higher
education
– Higher education and college globalization: the language role;
– Globalization of investigation models and publishing from the Anglo-Saxon space
opposite to local Latin American models;
– The role of knowledge, epistemology and indigenous languages in the science and
higher education.

Focus 3: Language: science, transmission, translation and development
The dissemination of scientific knowledge is a continuous challenge. The communication
of high quality information to potential readers, those interested in widening their
knowledge through reliable sources of information such as academic publishers, is even
more complex when one or another language must be chosen in which to do so. Publishing
all such content in one language increases visibility and reputation while doing so in several
languages may bring about dialogue, diversity, and inclusion.
3. Writing and publishing in different languages: challenges and solutions
– Higher education and college globalization: the role of the languages;
– Demands and requisites of English as a foreign language in research and
international relations;
– Barriers and difficulties to publish in English and other foreign languages from
science and higher education in Latin America;
– Evaluation: selection systems, prioritization and exclusion of scientific publishing
and its relation with the use of a certain language.

Requirements for the presentations

1. Proposals should be written in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or English. They
should have tentative titles and be accompanied by abstracts of 550-650 words
(4,000-5,000 characters). No more than one proposal will be accepted from any
author.
2. The proposal should indicate in which thematic focus the author wishes to
participate, with a brief explanation of why. A summary of the presenter’s resume
should be included, not to exceed 150 words, and indicating his or her principal
academic positions as well as current academic affiliation.
3. The deadline for receiving proposals will be Tuesday, September 5, 2017.
4. Proposals will be examined by the Scientific Committee, made up of specialists
from different institutions and countries, which will select presentations for the
Colloquium based on criteria of quality and thematic relevance.
5. The Committee will announce its decisions no later than September 20, 2017. Its
decisions will be final and not subject to appeal.
Send proposals to the following address:
Email: coloquio@urosario.edu.co
Editorial Universidad del Rosario,
Carrera 7ª No. 12 B 41, oficina 501
Tel. (57 1) 297-0200 ext. 3110
Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia, June 2017.

ISMTE 2017 European Conference
2017-11-09 - 2017-11-10 | Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington, Scarsdale Place Kensington , London, W8 5SY , United Kingdom
Attendees of the 2017 ISMTE European conference drive the editorial process in the fields of science, technology, medicine, nursing and allied health, and the humanities, as well as business, finance, economics, law, criminology, and the social sciences.
The theme of the event will be ‘Empowering editorial offices’, and also pay tribute to the 10th anniversary year of meetings.
The 2017 European confrence will be held on 9-10th November, at the Copthorne Tara hotel, in Kensington, London.
Visit the ISMTE events page for details.
http://www.ismte.org/page/2017EuroConference

eJournalPress Annual EU User Group Meeting
2017-11-07 12:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Hodgkin Huxley House, 30 Farringdon Lane, London, EC1R 3AW, United Kingdom
The European User Group meeting is a great opportunity to meet and interact with other eJournalPress clients and their Journal Staff teams.
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Registration opens at 11:30
Meeting Time: 12:00 – 17:00 (GMT)
Lunch will be provided by eJournalPress from 12:00 to 13:00. A Networking Hour will be held from 17:00 to 18:00.
Location:
Hodgkin Huxley House, 30 Farringdon Lane, London, EC1R 3AW
Tentative Agenda

12:00 PM Networking Lunch
13:00 PM Production Tracking and Billing Payment Systems
14:00 PM Roundtables
15:00 PM Break
15:30 PM New Features
16:30 PM New Reports, Upcoming Features
17:00 PM Networking Hour

Please feel free to contact us at +1 301-230-7601 or support@ejpress.com with any questions.

Mediterranean Editors & Translators Meeting 2017 - “Understanding our clients: the writing process from concept to completion”
2017-10-26 - 2017-10-28 | Centro Pastorale Paolo VI, Via Gezio Calini, 30, Brescia, 25121, Italy
The annual Mediterranean Editors and Translators Meeting (METM), now in its 13th year, is an established CPD and networking event – a highlight in the calendar for many editors, translators, interpreters and other providers of English-language support services in the Mediterranean area and beyond. It offers one and a half days of presentations and keynote speeches, two half-days of pre-conference workshops, and a programme of “Off-METM” events.
The 2017 meeting will be held in Brescia, Italy, at the Centro Pastorale Paolo VI. This historical venue houses a modern conference facility and also offers accommodation. METM17 will have as its keynote speakers Rowena Murray, Professor of Education and Director of Research at the University of the West of Scotland, and Tim Parks, novelist, essayist, travel writer and translator based in northern Italy.
EASE members are offered a discount on the METM17 registration fee.
The full programme has been posted. Click here to register.

Peer review: the nuts and bolts
2017-10-20 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sense About Science event.
Find out about peer review. Debate challenges to the system. Discuss the role of peer review for scientists and the public.
Peer review: the nuts and bolts is a free half-day workshop hosted by Sense about Science for early career researchers and will explore how peer review works, how to get involved, the challenges to the system, and the role of peer review in helping the public to evaluate research claims. It will be held at Glasgow Caledonian University on Friday 20 October 2017.
Should peer review detect plagiarism, bias or fraud? What does peer review do for science and what does the scientific community want it to do for them? Should reviewers remain anonymous? Does it illuminate good ideas or shut them down?
To apply to attend this workshop, please fill out the application form: http://bit.ly/2hBREAP.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Monday 2 October.

International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society 2017
2017-09-25 - 2017-09-26 | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, Rome, 00185, Italy
The scientific research is more and more addressing a holistic and multidisciplinary approach in the perspective of the Responsible Research and Innovation, aiming to anticipate and assess Implications and societal expectations and to foster the design of inclusive and sustainable research and innovation.
Many researchers, European initiatives and projects in different domains and contexts already started to address Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) principles and themes, but in the last years a wide discussion is arising on these topics that requires to systematically share information and knowledge.
The annual conferences organised within the activities of the MARINA project (the project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under GA No. 710566) are the best occasion to reach and federate diverse targeted RRI groups and discuss with them case studies and experiences on RRI principles and themes starting from the marine domain, but not limited to it. These conferences are launched also for reinforcing the RRI community identity to be built according to the final resolution of the conference of Rome in 2014 “SIS-RRI: Science, Innovation and Society: achieving Responsible Research and Innovation”.
The International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017) is the first annual conference of the MARINA project that aims at presenting the cases studies highlighting environmental preservation, RRI issues, principles and topics related with the research and innovation in the context of the H2020 societal challenges. The concept of Responsible Research and Innovation is relatively recent and it is part of the Europe 2020 strategy with the objective to promote a vision for a stronger collaboration among social, natural and physical scientists, societal actors and citizens in order to achieve a wider dimension of science and innovation and improve the role of society in environmental preservation. With this focus the conference will cover and systematise these themes and will help fill the gap in the present literature.
The conference overall aim is to establish, organise and activate a Responsible Research and Innovation community which involves scientists and societal actors working together during the whole research and innovation process with the common goals of aligning both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and expectations of the society and integrating citizens visions, needs and desires into science and innovation. Case studies and experiences will be collected and presented in the conference proceedings so providing an overview of several cases and experiences on Responsible Research and Innovation performed in several past and running projects on RRI.

The proceedings will be composed of the following sections:

Governance, Public engagement and Inclusion in the responsible R&D and Innovation process

RRI actions in science education and communication

Gender and Ethical issues in RRI initiatives

Sustainability of RRI processes

COASP 2017
2017-09-19 - 2017-09-21 | Altis Grand Hotel, Rua Castilho, 11, Lisbon, Portugal
Now in its 9th year, COASP is a vital conference for the open access publishing community to gather to develop and advance discussions, relationships, policy and research around open access publishing. As in previous years, delegates from a wide range of backgrounds will be brought together for an exciting range of panels, events, and networking opportunities. We are proud to consistently offer global, diverse perspectives on publishing each year, and welcome attendees at all stages of their careers who work in publishing, librarianship, government, higher education, funding agencies, nonprofits, and other affiliated industries. Community and collaboration is at the heart of open access publishing, and we are excited to offer both again at COASP this year for all those working in open access around the world.
Speakers confirmed include Jean-Claude Burgelman (European Commission), Jessica Polka (ASAPbio), Louise Page (PLOS), Robert Kiley (Wellcome Trust), Vanessa Proudman (SPARC Europe), Mikael Laakso (Hanken School of Economics), Danny Kingsley (University of Cambridge), Jean-Sébastien Caux (University of Amsterdam), Paul Peters (Hindawi), Tony Ross-Hallauer (Goettingen State and University Library), Edit Görögh (Goettingen State and University Library), Liz Allen (F1000), Anke Beck (De Gruyter), Lara Speicher (UCL Press), Jonas Gurell (Swedish Research Council), Susan Veldsman (ASSaF), Colleen Campbell (Max Planck Digital Library), David Shotton (OpenCitations), Paul Shannon (eLife), Martin Quack (ETH Zürich), Aina Svensson (Uppsala University Library), Alexandra Smith (Copyright Clearance Center), Frances Pinter (Knowledge Unlatched), Jamie Humphrey (Royal Society of Chemistry), Liz Bal (BioMed Central and SpringerOpen), Maria Levchenko (Europe PMC), and Roman Gurinovich (Xpansa).
Panel topics this year are: The market for APCs; Open infrastructure in scholarly communications; Research evaluation and assessment; Open peer review in both journal publishing and in open access books and monographs publishing.

COASP 2017 Program Committee:

Caroline Sutton (Taylor & Francis Group) Chair
Catriona MacCallum (Public Library of Science)
Liz Ferguson (Wiley)
Lars Bjørnshauge (DOAJ)
Xenia van Edig (Copernicus Publications)
Stuart Taylor (Royal Society)
Eelco Ferwerda (OAPEN)

Please discuss the conference on social media using the hashtag #COASP9.
Enquiries regarding the conference should be directed to coasp@oaspa.org.

28th annual SfEP conference - ‘Context is key: Why the answer to most questions is “It depends”’
2017-09-16 - 2017-09-18 | Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Highlights of the programme this year include Oliver Kamm, a leader writer for The Times and writer of its ‘Pedant’ column, and author of Accidence Will Happen: The Non-Pedantic Guide to English, as Whitcombe lecturer; workshops and seminars on a range of topics, from using templates and styles in Word to using corpora, and from editing fiction to making the most of PerfectIt. There will also be the return of both lightning talks and live forum discussions – full summaries of these and all other sessions will be released in July.
EASE members are offered a special discounted rate.
Booking is open until 14 July.

Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication
2017-09-10 - 2017-09-12 | Swissôtel, 323 East Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601-9722, United States
The aim is to encourage research into the quality and credibility of peer review and scientific publication, to establish the evidence base on which scientists can improve the conduct, reporting, and dissemination of scientific research.

What should journals do in the wake of predatory journals?
2017-09-09 13:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Swissotel Chicago, 323 East Upper Wacker Drive , Chicago, 60601, United States
Can you trust what you read? Can you trust where you read it?
We are pleased to announce a workshop focusing on potentially illegitimate and predatory publications. This workshop will present evidence-based criteria for distinguishing illegitimate predatory publications and will discuss journal standards, legitimacy, and transparency.
Target audience:
Editors, Editorial Staff, Publishers, Funders, Researchers
The session will be especially pertinent to editorial offices and publishers keen to distinguish themselves from predatory journals and to educate their own authors.
Workshop speakers:
Hilda Bastian (Absolutely Maybe, PLOS Blogs, Washington DC, USA)
Kelly Cobey (Centre for Journalology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada)
Ana Marušić (University of Split School of Medicine, Croatia)
Jason Roberts (Origin Editorial, USA)
Peush Sahni (The National Medical Journal of India, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India)
Larissa Shamseer (Centre for Journalology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada)
Liz Wager (Sideview, UK)

Association of Earth Science Editors 51st Annual Meeting
2017-09-06 - 2017-09-09 | Explorer Hotel, 4825 49th Avenue, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
AESE’s meetings generally consist of 2 days of technical sessions and a 1-day field trip. Please join us for a fun-filled and educational experience this September. Meeting headquarters will be the Explorer Hotel. The meeting is open to anyone interested in earth science editing, publishing and outreach.
Watch for meeting updates on AESE’s web page www.aese.org

ISMTE 2017 North American Conference
2017-08-10 - 2017-08-11 | Hilton Denver Downtown Convention Center, 1420 Stout Street , Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States
The ISMTE North American conference attracts attendees from all over the world. This is your opportunity to deliver your message directly to representatives of some of the top journals worldwide. Leaders will arrive ready to discuss new trends in publishing, including products and services to help them work better and smarter.

ESOF 2018
2017-07-09 - 2017-07-14
The ESOF 2018 six-day event includes various programmes. Its content is selected by the Programme Committee, based on proposals from the scientific community and guided by current topics related to science and technology.
The scientific programme will include hundreds of seminars, workshops and debates on the latest breakthroughs in research, led by world-renowned scientists.

The 4th Conference for Asian Science Editors’ (CASE-2017)
2017-07-06 - 2017-07-07 | GIS NTU Convention Center, B1, No.85, SEC. 4, Roosevlet Rd.,, Taipei, Taiwan
The aim of this conference is to bring together the editors and experts on scientific journals to discuss the promotion of the Asian Scientific, Technological and Medical journals to the international level.

EASE, 14th General Assembly and Conference
2017-06-08 - 2017-06-10
The 14th EASE Conference will be held in Bucharest, Romania, 8th-10th June, 2018.
The theme for the event will be ‘Balancing Innovation and Tradition in Science Editing’.
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 Caru’ cu Bere, 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).
Registration
Registration will open in January 2018.
Discounts will be available for early registration and for EASE members.
Keep an eye on our website, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn pages for more information.

5th World Conference on Research Integrity
2017-05-28 - 2017-05-31 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105 , Amsterdam, Netherlands
The 5th World Conference on Research Integrity will be organized around the interlinked themes of transparency and accountability, building on the premise that the honesty and reliability of research are best served by openly sharing all aspects of research and by taking personal responsibility for it. The conference program will explore the challenges of promoting transparency and accountability and the consequences of the failure to do so, with the overall goal of developing an evidence-based agenda for addressing the various lapses of integrity that seem to have become an endemic problem in research today.
The 5th WCRI will feature of series of keynote speakers and be organized around plenary and concurrent sessions exploring conference themes and related topics. In keeping with past conferences, there will be ample opportunities for interaction between participants, including during all sessions, pre-conference workshops and satellite symposia. There will also be interactive poster sessions and exhibitor space as well as time for informal contact during breaks and the social events.
