Programme

Programme

  • 09:00 - 09:30   Registration
  • 09:30 - 09:35   Introduction to the event - Jo Young
  • 09:35 - 11:00   Session One: Access: Open Publishing in a Digital World
  •                         Chaired by Graham Steel
  •                          Publishers: Saviours of science
  •                         Timo Hannay, Digital Science
  •                          Publishing in the future: is the Global South leapfrogging?
  •                         Jan Velterop, AQnowledge
  •                          Free Our Research
  •                         Michelle Brook, Open Knowledge Foundation
  • 11:00 - 11:30   Coffee
  • 11:30 - 13:00   Session Two: Analytics, Tools & Technology
  •                         Chaired by Jo Young
  •                         Before the Web, and after the hype
  •                         Ian Ritchie, Coppertop
  •                          Open Data: Viva La Revolution
  •                         Mark Hahnel, Figshare
  •                          Project Management Of The Future
  •                         John Gilbey
  • 13:00 - 14:00   Lunch
  • 14:00 - 15:30   Session Three: Publishing: what are the new creative rules?
  •                         Chaired by Jo Young
  •                          What's the price of an ebook?
  •                         Rachel Willmer, Luzme
  •                           Experimental publishing and the digital age
  •                         Jenny Todd, Canongate
  •                           Information doesn't want to be free: three laws for creative success in the digital age
  •                         Cory Doctorow
  • 15:30 - 16:00   Coffee
  • 16:00 - 17:30   Session Four: Future: What Does the Future Hold for Publishing?
  •                         Chaired by Rachel Willmer
  •                          Lean Publishing: Why In-Progress Publishing is the Future, and the Past, of Publishing
  •                         Peter Armstrong, Leanpub
  •                          How I Sell A Book for $249: the magic of tiered pricing
  •                         Brennan Dunn
  •                          **Panel session**
  •                        
  • 17:30 - 19:00   Drinks reception
  •   **Some talk titles may be subject to change.

The bios for our speakers can be found on the home page.