JOINPubTech 2025 – Technology Driving the Future of Academic Publishing
On June 16, 2025, STM supported the 3rd PubTech Conference in Beijing, aligning with global partners to explore how technological innovation is reshaping scholarly publishing. Organized by China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Ltd. (CNPIEC) and co-organized with the Society of China University Journals and APPA Key Laboratory, this year’s PubTech focused for the first time on academic publishing, under the theme “Publishing’s Future Empowered by Technology.”
Held in the lead-up to the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF)—the world’s second-largest book fair—PubTech and the STM APAC Conference are two flagship events aimed at strengthening international collaboration and innovation in academic publishing.
At PubTech, STM joined global colleagues to explore how technology is shaping the future of research communication. The conference offered a space for shared learning and collaboration across publishing and tech. STM was represented by Caroline Sutton, Mark Robertson, Sameer Puri, Lei Shi, Eric Na, and Shuai Yan.
Here’s a summary from our partners at CNPIEC:
The event brought together leading experts from global publishing houses, research institutions, and digital innovators. Keynotes addressed publishing integrity, corpus construction, and copyright protection.
Highlights included:
- CEO Lin Liying of CNPIEC highlighted AI developments like the “Luffa” large language model and their growing role in scholarly communication.
- STM CEO Caroline Sutton emphasized the publishing sector’s legacy of innovation and praised China’s investment in high quality scholarly publishing.
- Speakers from Elsevier, Clarivate, Wiley, and others shared visions for how AI and technology are transforming knowledge production, dissemination, and solutions.
Panels explored AI in research integrity, licensing, and corpus building, offering deep insights into future innovation pathways.
New technologies unveiled included Clarivate’s Academic AI Platform, MDPI’s JAMS, CNPIEC’s Luffa AI Studio, and Scinapse from South Korea’s Pluto Labs.
The conference welcomed over 300 attendees from across publishing, academia, and tech sectors worldwide.
The following day, focus shifted to the APAC Conference — a second event dedicated to open science in the region. Learn more here.
More on this event:
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202506/25/WS685b976aa310a04af22c86ee.html
https://www.stdaily.com/web/gdxw/2025-06/16/content_355512.html (in Chinese)
