The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, is pleased to
announce registrations are now open
<http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/> for the 8th Conference
on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP), which will be held at the
Westin Arlington Gateway, Virginia, on the 21st and 22nd September, 2016.
Details can be found on the Registration and Accommodation page
<http://oaspa.org/conference/registrations-and-accommodation/> on our
website, including how to book rooms at the hotel at our discounted
delegate rate.
An essential conference for all those working in and interested in open
access publishing, COASP returns for its 8th year with a diverse range of
panels, events, and collaborative opportunities to bring together the open
access community. With open access now at the top of the agendas of global
governments, universities, libraries, funders, and policy makers, and of
critical importance to researchers at all stages of their careers, COASP
offers a crucial space for those working in open access around the world to
come together and discuss developments, innovations, and best practices,
and to make and build upon collaborations old and new.
Keynote speakers for this year are Heather Joseph
<http://sparcopen.org/people/heather-joseph/> (Executive Director,
SPARC),MacKenzie
Smith <https://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/meetnewul.php> (University
Librarian, University of California, Davis), Hilda Bastian
<http://hildabastian.net/> (Chief Editor, PubMed Health/PubMed Commons),
and Meredith Morovati
<https://blog.datadryad.org/2015/03/03/execdirmm/> (Executive
Director, Dryad).
Other confirmed speakers include: John Willinsky
<https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/willinsk> (Khosla Family Professor,
Graduate School of Education, Stanford University),Caroline Edwards
<http://www.drcarolineedwards.com/about/> (Open Library of Humanities), Arianna
Becerril-García
<http://www.redalyc.org/redalyc/media/redalyc_n/acerca-de/curriculum/ariannaCV/ariannaCV.html>
(Redalyc), Liz Allen <https://about.me/allenliz> (Director, MarCom and
Strategic Development, Annual Reviews), Melissa Gymrek
<http://melissagymrek.com/> (PhD student, Harvard/MIT Health Science and
Technology Program), and Melissa Haendel
<http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/about/staff-directory/melissa-haendel.cfm>
(Oregon
Health & Science University and FORCE11).
Panel discussions are scheduled to cover: ‘Technology & Innovation’,
‘Non-APC Publishing’, ‘Evaluation’, and ‘Open Scholarship Initiatives’. A
pre-conference reception for delegates will be held on the evening of
Tuesday 20th September. The full program for the conference will be
announced as soon as possible.
Please discuss the conference on social media using the hashtag
*#COASP8. *Questions
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We hope you can join us!
Best wishes,
Leyla
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Leyla Williams
Events and Communications Coordinator
Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association, OASPA
oaspa.org | Twitter: @OASPA <https://twitter.com/OASPA>
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