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STM 2-day US Annual Conference 2025

From insight in trust
to implementation of trust

Please note that the conference will be conducted under the Chatham House Rule, no audio or video recordings will be made.

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.

What can you expect? Here’s a glimpse of the developing programme — a preview of what’s to come:

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.

Wednesday 2nd April 2025

08:00	Registration, coffee & networking
09:00	Opening, welcome and addressing membership Sarah Tegen, Senior Vice President, Journals Publishing Group, American Chemical Society / STM Board Chair Caroline Sutton, CEO, STM
10:00	Discussion, questions, etc.
10:30	Refreshment break & networking sponsored by Silverchair
11:00	Launch of STM Trends 2029 panel Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions. Unveiling STM Trends STM’s yearly forecast that captures the most impactful changes in research and publishing in a single themed image. Join us to hear how experts think the world of scholarly publishing will look like in 2029. Panel moderated by: Heather Staines, Senior Consultant, Delta Think Steven Heffner, Managing Director, Publications, IEEE Dana Compton, Managing Director and Publisher, ASCE Aaron Wood, Head of Product and Content Management, American Psychological Association Jessica Sebeok, Vice President for Global Government Partnerships and Public Policy, Wiley
12:00	Lunch and networking
13.00	Beyond fabricated research articles: Questionable research practices and their consequences over time Moderated by: Adya Misra, Associate Director, Research Integrity, SageWhat did research integrity look like before papermills? In this panel, we will discuss the rise of questionable research practices beyond fabricated data: cherry-picking of findings, falsification of data, or flawed study designs. Our panelists will provide their unique lens on how these practices impact the scholarly ecosystem over time and what we as Publishers need to be thinking about to maintain trust in research. Rachel Safer, Executive Publisher, Ethics & Integrity, Oxford University Press Mu Yang, Director of the Mouse Neurobehavior Core, Columbia University Medical Center Chelsea Polis, Independent Research Consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health
14:00	Cases in AI, Policy, and Trust Moderated by: Josh Nicholson, co-founder of Scite, Chief Strategy Officer @ Research Solutions. The information world stands at a crossroads. With unprecedented changes in technology, like advances in artificial intelligence, the challenges facing research, publishing, education, and ultimately truth and trust are paramount. As an industry focused on research backed by facts, figures, and a pursuit of truth, we will discuss how policies and technologies that have shaped our industry can help ground us in these challenging times and how we can work together. Nihar Shah, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Markus Braun, Director of Books Publishing Solutions, Springer Nature Pierre Comizzoli, Senior Program Officer for Science, Smithsonian Institution
15:00	Refreshment break & networking
15:30	AI policy, tools & licensing: The small-to-medium publisher perspective panel Moderated by: Sara Kate Heukerott, Associate Director of Publications, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Chhavi Chauhan, Director of Scientific Outreach, American Society for Investigative Pathology. Founder and President, Samast AI Matt Giampoala, Vice President, Publications, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Darla Henderson, Chief Publications, Open Science, and Research Integrity Officer, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Lauren Kmec, Deputy Executive Editor, Science family of journals, AAAS
16:30	Meeting wrap-up and close
17:00	Drinks Reception sponsored by Wiley

Thursday 3rd April 2025

08:15	Coffee & networking
09:00	Accelerating the adoption of accessible publishing laws and standards Moderated by Katherine Klosek, Director, Information Policy and Federal Relations, Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Publishing technology makes it possible to add accessibility features like tags, captions, and audio descriptions at the time of publication. As AI becomes more mature and accurate, publishers can harness this technology to advance these efforts at scale. At the same time, deadlines in legislation like the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and the updated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations in the US drive the urgency of conversations about born-accessible publishing. In this session, panelists will discuss how technology can help publishers achieve what the law tells us to do in a sustainable way, and at scale. Robert Harington, Chief Publishing Officer, American Mathematical Society (AMS) Simon Holt, Head of Content Accessibility, Elsevier Wendy Queen, Director of Project MUSE, Johns Hopkins University Press Emma Waecker, Director, Product Management, EBSCO
10:00	Refreshment break & networking
11:00	Building inclusion through trust: Insights from STM’s Diversity & Inclusion Survey Survey Highlights Caroline Sutton, CEO, STM Towards Solutions Moderated by: Dana Compton, Managing Director and Publisher, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Teodoro Pulvirenti, Senior Director, Global Editorial Strategy, ACS Publications Simone Taylor, Publisher and Chief of Publishing Operations, American Psychiatric Association Bill Deluise, Vice President for Society Strategy and Marketing, Wiley
12.00	Lunch and networking
13:00	The how and why of who is who: Recommendations for trusted identity in academic publishing Moderated by: Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions Tim Lloyd, Founder & CEO, LibLynx Ralph Youngen, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, American Chemical Society Chris Shillum, Executive Director, ORCID Alice Meadows, co-founder, MoreBrains Cooperative
14:00	The when and where of what is what: New technologies to establish provenance and authenticity of images and data Moderated by: Joris van Rossum, Program Director, STM Solutions Shelley Stall, Vice President for Open Science Leadership, American Geophysical Union Christina Bennett, Assistant Director (Publisher), American Chemical Society Paula Montero Llopis, Microscopy Core Director, Harvard Medical School Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
15:00	Refreshment break & networking
16:00	The future of academic publishing: Building success with AI and people Moderated by Chirag Jay Patel, Head of Sales and Business Development, Americas, Cactus Communications Duncan Macrae, Director, Editorial Strategy and Publishing Policy, Wolters Kluwer Ann Michael, Chief Transformation Officer, AIP Publishing Paul Gee, Vice President, Digital Product Management and Development, The JAMA Network
16:45	Closing remarks

Annual Conference Program Committee:

Chair: Donna Okubo, Community Engagement Manager, STM
IJsbrand Jan Aalbersberg, Consultant, RIAIT Consultancy
Scott Delman, Director of Publications, Association for 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

Sponsored by MDPI

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Cancellation

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