STM Innovations Day | Invitation to Apply

Seeking AI trailblazers and pioneers!

Calling innovators and start ups: the ones boldly developing AI solutions to help transform scholarly communications. We’d like to hear from you. 

What's this about? STM champions technologists, companies and start-ups that advance trusted research — the changemakers leveraging AI and innovation to accelerate scholarly communications in positive ways — to better serve the academic community.

To that end, we're planning STM Innovations Day on December 5 2023 — as part of our annual STM Week held at the BMA House in London. Here, innovators can apply to present their concept to a captive audience of STM members: academic publishers, learned societies, university presses, and other established players., The event will culminate with the Vesalius Innovation Award ceremony, organized by Karger Publishers.

Process at-a-glance

  • Presenters are invited to submit their business concept to STM via the form below by October 14.
  • STM will review submissions and select presenters to participate at Innovations Day by October 31.
  • By November 7, STM will invite STM members to pre-schedule one-on-one meetings with presenters on Innovation Day on December 5.  
  • On December 5, Innovation Day, presenters will pitch their business concepts to fair attendees (academic publishers, societies, universities, and other start-ups) at the BMA House in London.
  • Live audience voting for the STM Start-up Fair Audience Popularity Award will be live.
  • The event will wrap up with the Vesalius Innovation Award ceremony.

How to participate

  • Please submit your solution concept in the form below by Oct 6, 2023
  • If your concept is approved, you will be alerted by STM by October 23 — and a fee of €150 will be required to participate. 
  • Questions? Email Hylke Koers 

APPLY HERE 

[caldera_form id="CF630cf50b284b7"]

Selection Criteria
The STM Innovations Day Committee will review submissions and select presenters based on the following criteria:

  • Impact — potential reach and impact in advancing trusted research and scholarly communication innovations via AI
  • The creativity of concept — bold, innovative ideation
  • Adaptability — potential for the concept to be integrated by academic publishers and relevant stakeholders

Please note: STM will review submissions by the STM Innovations Day Committee and will make selections based on its own discretion using the criteria above. Explanations are not owed to submitters.

Event Terms & Conditions

Cancellation

Where an event has registration fees, cancellations made in writing up to 30 days before an event are eligible for a 50% refund. No refunds can be made for cancellations received on or after 30 days prior to the event date, however, substitutions may be made free of charge at any time.

Insurance

Registration fees do not include insurance. Participants are advised to take out adequate personal insurance to cover travel, accommodation, cancellation and personal effects.

Privacy

For more information about the personal data processed by STM Services, please refer to our Privacy statement