Arthur Ellis, Senior Adviser, Elsevier

Scientific knowledge is a foundation of our modern society, informing our daily decisions and creating solutions to address our societal challenges. Traditionally, quantifying research impact has focused on academic metrics such as citations or journal impact factors.  Increasingly, funders of research, academic leaders, and researchers are becoming interested in demonstrating the broader societal impact of research projects they support and conduct.  Various frameworks, including the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the 10 key technology areas (KTAs) described in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, and Elsevier’s Academic Evaluation Framework, will be presented.  By linking scholarly inputs like grants and awards, and scholarly outputs like publications and patents to these frameworks, compelling narratives can be constructed around societal impact; connections will also be shown with other key objectives such as DEI and commercialization of intellectual property. The emergence of generative AI tools like Scopus® AI provides new opportunities to mine scholarly documents to better understand and communicate the societal impact of research.  A generative AI tool Elsevier has developed to characterize societal impact will be described.

Moderated by Sarah Phibbs, Director of Research4Life Publisher Partnerships, STM

Join us for a dynamic panel discussion on leading diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in scholarly research. Michelle Fleetwood, Elaine L. Westbrooks, and Laura Castillo-Page will share insights and strategies from their leadership of initiatives championing change in society publications, libraries, and research institutions.

Michelle Fleetwood, Publishing Integrity Manager, ACS Publications, will discuss the ACS diversity data report and strategies to eliminate bias in peer review, fostering policy change, and journal diversity plans.

Elaine L. Westbrooks, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, Cornell University, will highlight DEI initiatives in university libraries, including the University Library’s Reckoning Initiative and Sustainable Scholarship.

Laura Castillo-Page, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, will delve into the National Academies report Advancing Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM Organizations  and principles for fostering inclusive excellence in research organizations including for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Office of DEI. 

Moderated by Gordon MacPherson, Director, Board Governance & Policy Development, IEEE

Bill Deluise, Corporate VP, ESG, Wiley
Day-to-day Sustainability: Integrating environmental, social, and commercial strategies and operations to fast-track impact in the scientific and scholarly publishing industry

Natasha McDonald, Director, Peer Review, Canadian Science Publishing
Transforming the landscape of community-engaged research (CER): Development of author guidelines on transparent and responsible research reporting and an inclusive authorship policy that allows for diverse contributions in research involving Indigenous Knowledges

Andrew Bostjancic, Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact Fellow
Transforming the publishing sector by prioritizing SDGs in the research agenda to create meaningful change and build a more sustainable world for generations to come
SDG Publishers Compact Fellows 

Tracey Brown, Director, Sense About Science  

Moderated by Dana Compton, Managing Director, Publications & Standards, & Publisher, ASCE

Judy Ruttenberg, Senior Director, Scholarship and Policy, ARL

Kacy Redd, Associate Vice President of Research & STEM Education, APLU

Nikita Lad, PhD student, George Mason University

Moderated by Rachel Martin, Global Director Sustainability, Elsevier, and Chair of the STM Social Responsibility Committee

Steven Heffner, Managing Director, Publications, IEEE
Colette Bean, Chief Publishing Officer, American Physiological Society
Liz Ferguson, Senior Vice President, Wiley