Events

The 7th Munin Conference on Scientific Publishing 2012

Janna — 2012-05-10T10:09:22Z

New Trends Call for presentations and posters Submissions are invited for the 7th Munin Conference on Scientific Publishing, to be held 22–23 November 2012 at the University of Tromsø, Norway.

Berlin 10 Open Access Conference

Janna — 2012-03-26T12:58:52Z

Stellenbosch University, in partnership with the Max Planck Society and the Academy of Science for South Africa, have announced that the Berlin 10 Open Access Conference will be held in Stellenbosch, South Africa. This will be the first time that the Berlin Open Access Conference will be held in Africa.

The Berlin Open Access Conference Series
In order to support continued adoption of the principles outlined in the Berlin Declaration, as well as to track progress on their implementation, the original signatories agreed to support regular follow-up meetings. As a result, Berlin Open Access conferences have been convened annually since 2004. The conference series now takes place in locations around the world; to date Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, France, China and – most recently – the USA – have hosted this prestigious gathering.

The upcoming Berlin 10 Open Access Conference will mark the first such meeting to take place in Africa. The meeting will be held at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 6 - 8 November 2012.

The Conference is an international forum, and this year’s location provides a unique opportunity for African organisations to fully participate in shaping the program and ensure a lively, inclusive, and productive conference.

Berlin 10 is being organised by representatives from the science, humanities, research, funding and policy communities.

4th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP 2012)

Janna — 2012-03-26T12:52:34Z

The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) will organise the 4th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP 2012).

COASP 2011 Conference Program

COASP 2012 will take place over three full days, beginning at 9:30am on September 19th and finishing at 5:00pm on September 21st. The program for COASP 2012 is still under development. Below is the COASP 2011 Organizing Committee:

Paul Peters (Hindawi)- Conference Chair
Matthew Cockerill (BioMed Central)
Mark Patterson (eLife)
Caroline Sutton (Co-Action Publishing, OASPA President)

ESOF 2012

sparc — 2011-11-20T22:16:01Z

Euroscience Open Forum

The Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) is Europe’s largest, general science meeting and is held in a leading Europe city every two years. The first meeting was held in Stockholm in 2004, followed by Munich (2006), Barcelona (2008) and Turin (2010). Dublin was awarded the honour of hosting ESOF in 2012, following an open competition. Copenhagen will host then event in 2014.

ESOF incorporates a number of distinct stands of activity:

A Science programme of seminars, workshops and debates on the latest science and technology
A Media programme to promote science communication.
A Careers programme for young researchers.
A Science-2-Business programme to link basic research with industrial applications.
An Exhibition to showcase the best of European public and private research.
A Science in the City programme to engage with the general public.
A Social programme to ensure that delegate experience is socially, culturally and intellectually invigorating.

Early bird registration is currently open, with a special rate for students.

Elpub 2012

sparc — 2011-11-14T09:39:46Z

“Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the interplay between Culture and Technology”

Elpub 2012 will be focusing on the social shaping of digital publishing by exploring the interplay between culture and technology. This is why we are doing it in the European Capital of Culture for 2012, Guimarães. Topics include but are not restricted to Digital Scholarship, Open Access and Open Science, Interoperability and the Intelligent Web, The Social and Mobile Web, The legal, secure and trustful Web, Innovative interfaces, interaction and visualization, Failures and learnings, and the future of Digital Publishing. Contributions are invited for research papers; posters and extended abstracts. Accepted full papers will be published by IOS Press in a digital format open access conference proceedings book. Deadline for submission of full-text papers and extended abstracts (in all categories) is 9 January 2012.