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STM Innovator Fair 2025
STM Innovator Fair | 9th December 2025
Building Tomorrow’s Research Integrity Framework
Join us as we kick off the first day of the STM Innovation & Integrity Days with our annual Innovator Fair. Here, you meet the industry’s top innovators and trailblazers as they present their latest breakthroughs: the technologies and concepts transforming how we advance trusted research. This inspired event is a strong way to wrap up 2025, and to seed ideas for a bold new year ahead.
This year, innovations will showcase the foundational technologies and methodologies being developed through cross-sector collaboration. This reflects off our theme — Building Tomorrow’s Research Integrity Framework — where we move beyond addressing today’s immediate challenges to architect the systems that will protect scholarly communication for years to come.
Please note the change of venue: we’re convening at the BMA House in London. See what’s in store and register to join us!
What to expect
- Plenary Presentation: Start your day with an inspirational introduction to get the conversation started
- Panel discussion: Hear the latest about the role of digital identity in academic publishing
- Lightning Talks: Take in quick, impactful pitches and live demos showcasing innovations and solutions to advance trusted research from a curated list of applicants.
- Interactive Fair: Meander the floor, interact directly with innovators, and delve deeper into tools and services that pique your interest. One-on-one meeting pre-booking option is forthcoming.
- Karger Vesalius Innovation Awards: Experience the high-standing Vesalius Innovation Award ceremony that celebrates outstanding advancements and innovations in medicine and scholarly communications from young entrepreneurs and start-ups.
Who should attend
- Delegates from publishing backgrounds: If you’re vested in technology and innovation, platform management, data management, research integrity, editorial processes, or any publishing function and are curious about what technology can do for you, this event is for you.
- Technology-driven organisations: Connect with fellow tech-trailblazers and ideators — see what emerging products and platforms might make for a potent collaboration to further your goals.
In collaboration with Karger’s Vesalius Innovation Award (VIA)
Programme
| 9:00 | Registration, refreshments & networking |
| 9:30 | Opening and welcome by Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions |
| 9.35
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Building confidence in research through integrity: pathways to a stronger future
Keynote Speaker: Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Co-chair of the UK Committee on Research Integrity |
| 10:15
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Lightning Talks moderated by: Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions
The innovators that have been selected to join us for the event will present themselves to the audience in two and a half minutes – a guarantee for a high-energy session! |
| 11:00
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Interactive Fair & Refreshments & networking sponsored by CCC Meander the floor, interact directly with innovators, and delve deeper into tools and services that pique your interest. One-on-one meeting pre-booking option is forthcoming. |
| 12:00 | Lunch and networking |
| 13:00
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Vesalius Innovation Award (organized by Karger)
Pitches by this year’s finalists for the prestigious Vesalius Innovation Award, followed by the award ceremony. This year’s finalists: |
| 14:00 | Interactive Fair, continued & Refreshments & networking |
| 14:30
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Research Integrity workshops Join us for research integrity workshops led by top experts in the field. Please note that separate registration is required. Click here to learn more. |
| 16:00
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From Pitch to Partnership: How Stakeholders Evaluate Startups
Moderated by: Martijn Roelandse, Consultant, Park 56 Startups bring bold ideas and fresh energy into scholarly communication — but what does it really take to move from a promising pitch to a meaningful partnership or investment? In this session, we bring together voices from across the ecosystem — investors, corporate partners, and funders — to share how they assess startups. What do they look for in the numbers, the team, and the story? How do they decide when to partner, invest, or acquire? And what strategies can help startups position themselves for long-term success? Through short insights and a dynamic panel discussion, participants will gain a clearer view of the criteria and perspectives that shape startup journeys in scholarly communication. Milan Wielinga, Managing Partner, Park 56 |
| 17:00
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Closing remarks by Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions
Followed by a Drinks Reception sponsored by Silverchair |
Programme Committee:
- Tony Alves, Senior Vice President, HighWire Press
- Helen Beynon, Research Integrity Manager, BMJ
- Jana Christopher, Image Data Integrity Analyst, Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
- Tim Kersjes, Head of Research Integrity, Resolutions, Springer Nature
- Luigi Longobardi, Director Publishing Ethics & Conduct, IEEE
- Olivia Nippe, Senior Publishing Ethics Expert, Elsevier
- Kathleen Too, SVP, Thieme Chemistry, Managing Director, Thieme China, Thieme Group
- Ralph Youngen, Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, American Chemical Society
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