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STM Research Integrity Day 2023

Research Integrity Day | 6 December

UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT - registration is now closed.

Join us to learn more about the latest trends in research integrity, interact with the STM Integrity Hub, and help us shape the future of how we advance trusted research in our Research Integrity Day.

What’s this?

An immersion into the latest trends, approaches, and innovations in research integrity. This is day #2 of STM Week in London — being held at BMA House.

What to expect?

Led by experts and powered by colleagues in a collaborative, hands-on format. Here, you will:

Learn about the latest trends in research integrity
Gain insights into today’s leading threats such as paper mills, generative AI, and simultaneous submissions — and what you can be doing to tackle them
Explore the latest tools and innovations designed to detect fraudulent manuscripts; hear tips and tricks from experts
Get updates from tools and services
Interact with the STM Integrity Hub
Help us shape the future of research integrity; by joining in to discuss the strategy and priorities for the Hub in 2024 and beyond with the people overseeing its development.

Who attends?

Individuals who share a commitment to research integrity and are involved in integrity activities on a daily basis — research integrity managers, publishers, publishing directors, and others. *

Provisional Programme

08:30	Registration, coffee & networking
09:00	Opening & Welcome – Chris Graf, Research Integrity Director, Springer Nature, Chair STM Integrity Hub Governance Board & STM Research Integrity Committee.
09:10	An update from the Integrity Hub Joris van Rossum, Program Director of STM Solutions Hylke Koers, Chief Information Officer for STM Solutions
09:30	New approaches towards retractions Moderated by: Tim Kersjes, COPE Trustee & Head of Research Integrity, Resolutions, Springer Nature Jodi Schneider, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and member of the CREC working group. Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO. Anna Abalkina, Institute for East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin Mike Streeter, Director Research Integrity, Wiley
10:15	An update from COPE Tim Kersjes, COPE Trustee & Head of Research Integrity, Resolutions, Springer Nature
10.30	Refreshment break & networking
11:00	Reports from the arms race: What changed in 2023? Moderated by: Anna Pendlebury, Publishing Ethics Specialist, Royal Society of Chemistry A panel with integrity staff & industry specialists Adam Day, Founding Director, ClearSkies Boris Barbour, Academic Researcher, PubPeer Othman Altalib, Chief Growth Officer, Morressier Sabina Alam, Director of Publishing Ethics and Integrity, Taylor and Francis Group Sarah Jenkins, Director, Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics, Elsevier
12:00	Lunch and networking (including activity)
13:00	United2Act Update Deborah Kahn, COPE Trustee, and Research Integrity Consultant
13:20	Turning something bad into something positive - a session on comms. Rachael Harper, Head of Marketing Communication, IOPP Alice Henchley, Communications Director, Journals and Editorial, Springer Nature
13:50	Various project updates Moderated by: Tony Alves, Senior Vice President, HighWire Press ORCID Trust Markers - Tom Demeranville, Product Director, ORCID STM Research Identity Working Group - Richard Northover, Product Manager, STM Solutions Crossref and Retraction Watch - Rachael Lammey, Director of Product, Crossref Web of Science - Francesca Buckland, Senior Director of Product Management, Clarivate
14:45	Refreshment break & networking
15:15	ChatGPT, the first year (panel discussion) Moderated by: Joris van Rossum, Program Director of STM Solutions How has the technology impacted research integrity, for good or for the bad? Cyril Labbé, co-founder of the Problematic Paper Screener & Professor in Computer Science and head of the Information Systems research team at the Grenoble Informatics Laboratory, France. Lauren Flintoft, Research Integrity Manager, IOP Publishing Hong Zhou, Director of Intelligent Services & Head AI R&D, Wiley Dan Ballin, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Virtual Reality, and CEO Ideas Crucible
16:15	Report back from lunch session
16:30 - 18:00	Closing remarks & Drinks Reception Chris Graf, Research Integrity Director, Springer Nature, Chair STM Integrity Hub Governance Board & STM Research Integrity Committee

Programme Committee:

Tony Alves, Senior Vice President, HighWire Press
Tim Kersjes, COPE Trustee & Head of Research Integrity, Resolutions, Springer Nature
Rachael Harper, Head of Marketing Communication, IOPP
Anna Pendlebury, Publishing Ethics Specialist, Royal Society of Chemistry

(*) Please note that in light of its confidential nature, STM holds the right to limit access to this event.

Event Terms & Conditions

Cancellation

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Insurance

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