Tuesday 3 December 2024 | STM Innovator Fair

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 that are transforming the ways we advance trusted research. This inspired event is a strong way to wrap up 2024, and to seed ideas for a bold new year ahead.

What to expect

• Plenary Presentation: Start off your day with a 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: At the conclusion of the day, 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.

Please note the change of venue! We're at the Congress Center in London this year. 

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 curious about what technology can do for you, this event is tailor-made for you.
• Technology-driven organisations: Connect with fellow tech-trailblazers and ideators — see what products and platforms are emerging that might make for a potent collaboration to further your goals.

In collaboration with Karger’s Vesalius Innovation Award (VIA)  

Co-presented by: BMJ    

Programme

9:00	Registration, refreshments & networking
9:30	Opening and welcome by Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions
9.35	Keynote Speaker: Building Trust in a Digital World: Exploring the Landscape of Digital Identity Debora Comparin, Standardization Expert at Thales Digital Identity & Security, founder and chair of the OSIA Initiative, co-founder of SIDI Hub and Advisory Board member of the Linux Foundation Europe.
10:15	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	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.
12:00	Lunch and networking
13:00	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: Clear Skies Knowledge Gate Group Prof. Valmed  Prophy Signals
14:00	Interactive Fair, continued
16:00	Panel discussion: Past, present, and future role of digital identity in scholarly communications. Moderated by: Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions Simon Porter, VP of Research Futures, Digital Science Tom Demeranville, Product Director, ORCID Wiebke Krasting, SVP Data Engineering, Elsevier Debora Comparin, Standardization Expert at Thales Digital Identity & Security, founder and chair of the OSIA Initiative, co-founder of SIDI Hub and Advisory Board member of the Linux Foundation Europe.
17:00	Closing remarks by Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions Atypon representative Sam Parker Followed by a Drinks Reception sponsored by Atypon

 

Meet the Innovators

Appetence	Convey	DataSeer	Enago and Charlesworth
Grounded AI	Human Native AI	MPS Limited	Reality Wave LLC
ReviewerZero AI	River Valley Technologies	SciCrunch Inc	Scitility
SciUGo	Silverchair Information Systems	World Brain Scholar

Programme Committee:

• Tony Alves, Senior Vice President, HighWire Press
• Jana Christopher, Image Data Integrity Analyst, Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
• Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer, STM Solutions
• Maria Kowalczuk, Research Integrity Auditor Manager, Frontiers
• Luigi Longobardi, Director Publishing Ethics & Conduct, IEEE
• Coro Power Febres, Research Integrity Manager, Taylor and Francis
• Joris van Rossum, Program Director, STM Solutions