What's the impact of the "impact factor"?
Do you believe that more journals should adopt open-access policies?
Are you satisfied with the current scientific publishing process?
Will the internet revolutionize publishing?
If you have thoughts or questions about the future or scientific publishing (and who doesn't?), please join us at:
"Publishing in the New Millennium: A Forum on Publishing in the Biosciences"
Friday, November 9, 1:00 - 6:00 pm
TMEC Walter Amphitheater, Harvard Medical School
260 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
This is a student-organized conference that will convene experts from across the world to discuss the state of publishing in the biological sciences.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Harold Varmus, M.D.
Nobel-Laureate and Co-founder of PLoS, former Director of the NIH, and CEO of Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Varmus will draw on his experience as Director of the NIH and as a co-founder of the Public Library of Science to reflect on the current and future state of scientific publishing.
PANELS:
The State of Publishing will critically assess the impact that scientific publishing has on scientific research.
Panelists include:
• Robert Kiley, Head of e-Strategy, Wellcome Library, Wellcome Trust
• Isaac Kohane, Director, Countway Library, Harvard University
• Emilie Marcus, Editor-in-Chief, Cell Press and Editor, Cell
• Stuart Shieber, Professor, Harvard University
Publishing 2.0 will examine the future of publishing in an increasingly digital world.
Panelists include:
• Moshe Pritsker, Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Journal of Visualized Experiments
• Hilary Spencer, Product Manager, Nature Precedings
• John Wilbanks, Executive Director, Science Commons
• Bora Zivkovic, Community Manager, PLoS ONE
We also want to know what you think! Please take a moment to complete a brief online poll at www.harvardpublishingforum.com and register (optional, but strongly encouraged) for this half-day event.