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** Early-bird bookings extended til June 10 ** Why pay for content? An open debate sponsored by the Academic & Professional Division of The Publishers Association 24th June at The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS The debate begins at 2.00pm and will conclude with a wine reception. * Will all digital content need to be free? Does the Internet make that inevitable? * How profound is the current revolution in publishing? Or are current experiments just accelerating natural evolution? Will the established value chains hold up? Should they? * How can publishers best serve the academy? How can the academy best serve its students? How should research outputs be funded? * Will the academic, scholarly and professional markets still pay for content? Why should they? Come along to the Royal Institution in London on 24 June to debate these issues first hand with an invited panel of guests - some managing change in established businesses, others looking for more radical alternatives. Click here <http://www.publishers.org.uk/en/home/events/detail_event/index.cfm/eid/ DDA4A264-E5F6-47ED-9A6A294AD59E24FB/page/1/> for the programme and to register. The debate will run in two sessions in sequence, first one on teaching and learning in HE, then one on research and reference. Each session will be led by opposing debaters, then the debate will be open to the floor to interact with the panel. The event will conclude with a plenary looking to draw out ideas and observations from the debate that can help us to achieve our respective missions. How might we act together? How can content be sustainably delivered? Panellists will include: Teaching and learning: * Liam Earney, Collections Team Manager, JISC Collections * Eric Frank, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Flat World Knowledge * Roger Horton, CEO, Taylor and Francis * Dominic Knight, Managing Director, Palgrave Macmillan Research and reference: * Nick Baker, Head of Global Medical Research, Elsevier Group * Louise Edwards, Director, The European Library * David Hoole, Head of Brand Marketing, Nature Publishing Group * Professor Charles Oppenheim, Department of Information Science, Loughborough University * Frances Pinter, Publisher, Bloomsbury Academic * David Prosser, Director, SPARC Europe The conference will be chaired by David Worlock, Chief Research Fellow, Outsell (UK) Ltd Who should attend? The issues will engage all stakeholders in higher education and research: strategy and policy managers, fund holders, library professionals, academics, researchers, publishers and students. *** Apologies for cross-posting *** APD Open Debate 24 June 2009: "Why Pay for Content?" Click through <http://www.publishers.org.uk/en/home/events/detail_event/index.cfm/eid/ DDA4A264-E5F6-47ED-9A6A294AD59E24FB/page/1/> for further information. Nicola Swann Executive Assistant The Publishers Association 29B Montague Street London WC1B 5BW t: +44 20 7691 1378/9191 f: +44 20 7691 9199 e: [log in to unmask] w: www.publishers.org.uk <http://www.publishers.org.uk/> The Publishers Association Limited is a company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. Registration number 3282879; Registered office: 2 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3ST lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn