From Insight in Trust
to Implementation of Trust

Wednesday 2nd – Thursday 3rd April 2025

As an industry of disseminators of trusted knowledge, our goal for this 2-day conference is to explore implementations of ‘trust’ by our stakeholders — the ways publishers, libraries and innovative organisations are ensuring that information is reliable, credible, and produced with integrity. The ways we are leveraging agile and iterative solutions within this evolving ecosystem to advance trusted research.

In other words, here we will shine a light on potent innovations already in play — and show you how they are working to drive reliable scholarship though real-world examples, case studies and strategies. And, as always, creating ample space for questions, answers and collaborative ideation.

What’s the STM Annual US Conference?

This is an inspired convening of individuals and organisations committed to advancing trusted research — academic publishers, learned societies, funders, university presses, government bodies, and innovators — from across the globe for two days of inspired networking, learning, and ideation.

Join us in Washington DC on April 2nd – 3rd at the National Press Club in the heart of Washington DC to hear from speakers and panelists across a broad spectrum of stakeholders. Open to STM members and non-members — all are welcome.

Register today to grab your seat — and tell your colleagues. This event tends to sell out!

What can you expect? A programming amuse bouche:

• The Reveal of STM Trends 2029: our industry futurecast
• Accelerating the Adoption of Accessible Publishing Laws and Standards
• Beyond Fabricated Research Articles: Questionable Research Practices and Their Consequences Over Time
• The How and Why of Who is Who? Recommendations for the Trusted Identity in Academic Publishing
• The When and Where of What is What: New Technologies to Establish Provenance and Authenticity of Images and Data
• Building Trust Through Inclusion: Insights from STM’s Diversity & Inclusion Survey

…watch this space! More to come as the programme crystallises.

Annual Conference Program Committee:

• Chair: Donna Okubo, Community Engagement Manager, STM
• IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, IJJ
• Scott Delman, Director of Publications, Association Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Simon Holt, Senior Product Manager, Content Accessibility, Elsevier
• Katherine Klosek, Director, Information Policy and Federal Relations, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
• Adya Misra, Associate Director, Research Integrity, Sage
• Josh Nicholson, co-founder and CEO, scite.ai
• Ralf Schimmer, Senior Director of Government Partnerships and Public Policy, Wiley