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Dr. Leo Lo serves as the Dean and Professor at the College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences at the University of New Mexico. He is also the President-Elect of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). His work centers on integrating AI into library services and advancing AI literacy. Currently, he leads his...

Cynthia Hudson Vitale serves as the Director of Science Policy and Scholarship at the Association of Research Libraries. In this role, she advances the Association’s mission of enduring and equitable access to information through strategic partnerships and advocacy initiatives. Analyzing the global landscape of science and scholarship, she works with research, higher education, information technology,...

With a background in biological sciences from Durham University, Ola has built a career in academic publishing across three Open Access journals over the past five years. Starting at Springer Nature’s Scientific Reports, she tackled a high workload exceeding 500 manuscripts and had the opportunity to briefly train a team of 10 specialists in India,...

Sarah Elaine Eaton is an associate professor of education at the University of Calgary. She is a COPE Council member and a member of the United 2 Act Working Group 3, dedicated to researching paper mills. She researches academic and research misconduct, fraud, and corruption in higher education.

In a long, weird career specializing in metadata, ontologies and discovery, Juliane Schneider has worked in start-ups, industry, publishing and academia. She was the Metadata Librarian for Harvard Medical School and was Team Lead/Data Curator for Harvard Catalyst | Clinical and Translational Science Center. She has coordinated data contributions from 70+ grants dealing with Alzheimer’s...

Tracy Bergstrom is the program manager for collections and infrastructure in the Libraries, Scholarly Communication, and Museums program at Ithaka S+R. In this role, she collaborates on a variety of projects that examine contemporary challenges relating to the management, access, and discovery of analog and digital collections held by libraries, archives, museums, and community organizations.  ...

Mr. Eric Amponsah Amoaful is one of the three Research4Life Country Connectors representing the Ghana Library Association. He is responsible for connecting and supporting academic and research institutions in the Southern Sector of Ghana. He holds an MPhil in Information Studies, an MA in Distance Education and E-Learning, and a BA in Information Studies from...

Alan Schiffres is co-founder and Managing Director of Infolinx. Before founding Infolinx, Alan spent over 40 years in financial services, including senior positions at Citicorp, Dean Witter, and American Express, where he served as Chief Credit Officer for the firm’s Gold/Platinum Card Division and consumer lending products. In addition to his work in industry, Alan...

Before joining Elsevier as a senior advisor, Dr. Ellis was vice president for research and graduate studies at the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), the position from which he retired in 2019.  In previous appointments, Dr. Ellis served as provost at City University of Hong Kong, vice chancellor for research at the...

Jenny Crick works in the Integrity and Ethics team at Canadian Science Publishing. She has a Master’s degree in plant genetics and worked in private research before coming to scientific publishing.