1st Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing

Conference Schedule hyper linked to digital copies of the presentations

Sunday, September 13, 2009

• 7:00- Pre-Conference Reception at Lund University

Monday, September 14, 2009

• 12:30 - 1:00: Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair
  • Paul Peters (Hindawi Publishing Corporation)
• 1:00 – 2:00: Keynote Address
  • Ten Challenges for Open Access Journals, Peter Suber (SPARC/Open Access News)
• 2:00 – 3:00: The Open Access Landscape
  • How Common is Open Access?, Bo-Christer Björk (HANKEN School of Economics)
  • The Economics of Open Access Scholarly Publishing, Branwen Hide (Research Information Network)
• 3:00 – 3:30- Coffee Break
• 3:00 – 5:30- Tools and Services for Open Access Publishers
  • Open Access Publishing Strategies, Options and Issues for Scholar Publishers, David Solomon (Michigan State University) and Caroline Sutton (Co-Action Publishing)
  • Overview of CrossRef's Publisher Initiatives, Geoff Bilder (CrossRef)
  • The Directory of Open Access Journals - The Development of the Collection, Current Projects, and Plans for the Future, Lars Bjornshauge (Directory of Open Access Journals/Lund University)
  • The Open Source Publishing Platform, John Willinsky (Public Knowledge Project/Stanford University)

Tuesday, September 15 2009

• 9:00 – 11:00- Leveraging Open Access Content
  • Nano-publication and Open Access, Jan Velterop ( Concept Web Alliance)
• Knowledge Sharing and the Commons, Kaitlin Thaney (Creative Commons)
• Re-Engineering the Scientific Journal, Mark Patterson (Public Library of Science)
• Open Assessment and Open Citation Analysis - Experiences with the Journal “Economics”, Korinna Werner-Schwarz (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) and Olaf Siegert- German National Library of Economics
• 11:00 – 11:30- Coffee Break
• 11:30 – 1:00- Parallel Breakout Sessions
  • Session for Independent Scholar Publishers
  • Session for Professional Open Access Publishers
  • Session for University Administrators and Librarians
• 1:00 – 2:00- Lunch at the Scandic Star Hotel
• 2:00 – 2:30- Presentation of Reports from the Parallel Breakout Sessions
• 2:30 – 3:30- Coffee Break with Poster Presentations
• 3:30 - 4:00- Open Access Publishing in the Humanities
  •  "Follow the Money": The Political Economy of Open Access in the Humanities, Gary Hall (Open Humanities Press)
• 4:00 – 5:00- Panel Discussion on Open Data
  • David Solomon (Michigan State University)
  • John Willinsky (Public Knowledge Project/Stanford University)
  • Iain Hrynaszkiewicz (BioMed Central)
• Tuesday Evening- Conference Dinner at the Scandic Star Hotel

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

• 9:00 – 10:30- Funding Open Access Publications- Part 1
  • Open Access and the Wellcome Trust, Robert Kiley  (Wellcome Trust)
  • SCOAP3 : Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, Salvatore Mele (CERN/SCOAP3)
  • Open Access Payment Mechanisms: One Publisher’s Perspective, Carrie Calder (BioMed Central)
• 10:30 – 11:00- Coffee Break
• 11:00 – 12:30- Funding Open Access Publications- Part 2
  • Social Accounting and Open Access, Jen Sweezie (Bioline International)
  • The Price of Open Access? OA Funds, Institutions and Consortia, Stephen Pinfield (University of Nottingham)
  • A University Library as Open Access Publisher: the Igitur Experience, Saskia Franken (University Library Utrecht/Igitur)
• 12:30 – 1:00- Closing Remarks from the Conference Chair
  • Paul Peters (Hindawi Publishing Corporation)