<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI - November 9 Publishing Conference at Harvard Med School.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Julius</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks">http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks</A></DIV><DIV>---------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Bodo Stern <<A href="mailto:bstern@CGR.HARVARD.EDU">bstern@CGR.HARVARD.EDU</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">October 10, 2007 6:24:27 PM EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:CGRGT@LISTSERV.CGR.HARVARD.EDU">CGRGT@LISTSERV.CGR.HARVARD.EDU</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>publishing conference</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Reply-To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><A href="mailto:bstern@CGR.HARVARD.EDU">bstern@CGR.HARVARD.EDU</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><BR> <BR> <I>What's the impact of the "impact factor"? <BR> Do you believe that more journals should adopt open-access policies? <BR> Are you satisfied with the current scientific publishing process? <BR> Will the internet revolutionize publishing?<BR> </I></SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"> <BR> </SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">If you have thoughts or questions about the future or scientific publishing (and who doesn't?), please join us at:<BR> <BR> <FONT color="#FF0000"><B>"Publishing in the New Millennium: A Forum on Publishing in the Biosciences"<BR> </B></FONT><B>Friday, November 9, 1:00 - 6:00 pm<BR> TMEC Walter Amphitheater, Harvard Medical School<BR> </B>260 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 <BR> <A href="http://www.harvardpublishingforum.com">www.harvardpublishingforum.com</A> <A href="http://www.harvardpublishingforum.com/"><http://www.harvardpublishingforum.com/></A> <BR> This is a student-organized conference that will convene experts from across the world to discuss the state of publishing in the biological sciences.<BR> <BR> <I>KEYNOTE ADDRESS: <BR> </I><B>Harold Varmus, M.D.<BR> </B>Nobel-Laureate and Co-founder of PLoS, former Director of the NIH, and CEO of Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center<BR> 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.<BR> <BR> <I>PANELS: <BR> </I><B>The State of Publishing </B>will critically assess the impact that scientific publishing has on scientific research.<BR> <U>Panelists include:<BR> </U>• Robert Kiley, Head of e-Strategy, Wellcome Library, Wellcome Trust<BR> • Isaac Kohane, Director, Countway Library, Harvard University [tentative]<BR> • Emilie Marcus, Editor-in-Chief, Cell Press and Editor, Cell<BR> • Stuart Shieber, Professor, Harvard University<BR> <BR> <B>Publishing 2.0</B> will examine the future of publishing in an increasingly digital world. <BR> <U>Panelists include:<BR> </U>• Moshe Pritsker, Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Journal of Visualized Experiments<BR> • Hilary Spencer, Product Manager, Nature Precedings<BR> • John Wilbanks, Executive Director, Science Commons<BR> • Bora Zivkovic, Community Manager, PLoS ONE<BR> <BR> We also want to know what you think! Please take a moment to complete a brief online poll at <A href="http://www.harvardpublishingforum.com">www.harvardpublishingforum.com</A> <A href="http://www.harvardpublishingforum.com/"><http://www.harvardpublishingforum.com/></A> and register (optional, but strongly encouraged) for this half-day event.<BR> <BR> A reception, sponsored in part by the Nature Publishing Group/Nature Network, will follow the forum.<BR> <BR> <I>This student-organized forum is generously sponsored by the Harvard Biophysics Program and the Harvard Integrated Life Sciences (HILS) Program. Questions? Contact Kishore Kuchibhotla [<A href="mailto:kuchibh@fas.harvard.edu">kuchibh@fas.harvard.edu</A>] or Zeba Wunderlich [ <A href="mailto:wunderl@fas.harvard.edu">wunderl@fas.harvard.edu</A> <A href="mailto:wunderl@fas.harvard.edu"><mailto:wunderl@fas.harvard.edu></A> ].<BR> </I><BR> All are invited so please forward widely! <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> ------ End of Forwarded Message<BR> </SPAN></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>