STM Spring Conference: Society Day Change in Action 2022

Day 2: Society Day: Change in Action
Time Zones: 9am – 2pm US EST, 2pm – 7pm BST, 3pm -8pm CET

08:00 EST, 13:00 BST

Registration, breakfast, coffee & networking Washington
Registration, lunch on arrival for London

09:00 EST, 14:00 BST, 15:00 CET
Welcome & introduction to conference for all

09:15 EST, 14:15 BST, 15:15 CET
Keynote: Strategy and culture in an environment of change

Moderated by Ann Michael, Chief Transformation Officer, AIP Publishing

Alix Vance, Chief Executive Officer, AIP Publishing  

Anna Troise, Chief Education Strategist, The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

09:45 EST, 14:45 BST, 15:45 CET

The changing work environment

Moderated by: Sara Rouhi, Director of Strategic Partnerships, PLOS,

10:45 EST, 15:45 BST, 16:45 CET
Refreshment break Washington
Refreshment break London

11:15 EST, 16:15 BST, 17:15 CET

In pursuit of Scale
Signing on with a big publisher

Moderated by David Crotty, Senior Consultant, Clarke & Esposito

The last few years have been a time of rapid change for society publishers. Between the global shift toward open access and the pandemic, we are living through an unprecedented period of uncertainty. One strategy many societies have implemented is to find the scale necessary to weather these changes by partnering with a larger publishing house. This session presents two societies who have made that shift, talking about the decision to partner, the process of forming a partnership, and the end results, both the benefits and the tradeoffs.

Tracey DePellegrin, Executive Director, Genetics Society of America (GSA)

Angela Cochran, Associate Publisher and Journals Director, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCO)

11:45 EST, 16:45 BST, 17:45 CET

Embracing Open Research

Moderated by Phill Jones, Co-Founder, Digital and Technology, MoreBrains Consulting Cooperative

The open research movement has been growing in strength over the past two decades and in recent years the pace of change has increased. Funders, institutions and publishers are increasingly mandating or encouraging various open practices from data management and availability, to Open Methods and Citations. This session will showcase some of the initiatives that society publishers are involved with and aims to help publishers understand how to prepare for the next frontier of open research.

Open Data Policies, Shelley Stall, Director, Data Programs, AGU

Open Methods, Marcel LaFlamme, Open Research Manager, PLOS

PLOS publishes a number of article types by which methods can be openly shared at different points in the research process, all of which deliver the benefits of peer review and formal recognition of methods development work. This presentation provides an overview of these products, which include Registered Report Protocols, Study Protocols, and Lab Protocols, an innovative article type developed in partnership with the methods sharing platform protocols.io. It also offers an early look at survey research currently in progress, which aims to enhance and expand PLOS’s methods offerings by establishing under what conditions and through what channels researchers across fields engage in open methods sharing.

12:45 EST, 17:45 BST, 18:45 CET

Lunch Washington
Refreshment break London

13:15 EST, 18:15 BST, 19:15 CET

Open Access Evolution

Moderated by Sara Bosshart, Head of Open Access Journals, Royal Society of Chemistry 

As the transition towards Open Access continues apace, questions around the balance between sustainability and barriers to participation for both readers and authors are becoming increasingly pressing. In this session, we will look at the experiences of four society publishers that have embraced the evolution towards open access.

S2O Rod Cookson, Managing Director, IWAP
Julie Steffen, Chief Publishing Officer, American Astronomical Society

14:15 EST, 19:15 BST,20:15 CET

Close of day

Drinks reception Washington
Drinks reception London

Conference Program Committee:
Co-Chairs:
David Crotty, Senior Consultant, Clarke & Esposito
Ann Michael, Chief Transformation Officer, AIP Publishing

Phill Jones, Co-Founder, Digital and Technology at MoreBrains Consulting Cooperative
Sara Rouhi, Director, Strategic Partnerships at PLOS

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