[OWW-SC] Fwd: publishing conference

[Julius Lucks]

FYI - November 9 Publishing Conference at Harvard Med School.

Julius

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> From: Bodo Stern <bstern at CGR.HARVARD.EDU>
> Date: October 10, 2007 6:24:27 PM EDT
> To: CGRGT at LISTSERV.CGR.HARVARD.EDU
> Subject: publishing conference
> Reply-To: bstern at CGR.HARVARD.EDU
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> 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
> www.harvardpublishingforum.com <http:// 
> www.harvardpublishingforum.com/>
> 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 [tentative]
> •       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  
> <http://www.harvardpublishingforum.com/>  and register (optional,  
> but strongly encouraged) for this half-day event.
>
> A reception, sponsored in part by the Nature Publishing Group/ 
> Nature Network, will follow the forum.
>
> This student-organized forum is generously sponsored by the Harvard  
> Biophysics Program and the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences (HILS)  
> Program.  Questions?  Contact Kishore Kuchibhotla  
> [kuchibh at fas.harvard.edu] or Zeba Wunderlich  
> [ wunderl at fas.harvard.edu <mailto:wunderl at fas.harvard.edu> ].
>
> All are invited so please forward widely!
>
>
>
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