[CSBi-events] Publishing Forum at Harvard]

[CSBi events]

>>> *From: *"Zeba Wunderlich" <wunderl at fas.harvard.edu 
>>> <mailto:wunderl at fas.harvard.edu> >
>>> *Date: *October 16, 2007 3:01:42 PM EDT
>>> *To: *lkn at mit.edu <mailto:lkn at mit.edu>
>>> *Subject: Publishing Forum at Harvard
>>> *
>>> Dear Ms. Earle,
>>>
>>> I'm writing on behalf of the organizing committee for an upcoming 
>>> conference on scientific publishing in biology, to be held on Nov. 9 
>>> at Harvard Medical School. It is open to all, and we think it may be 
>>> of interest to faculty members, post docs, graduate students and 
>>> other researchers in the Biology Department at MIT. Is there any way 
>>> you might help with publicity (a blurb is included below)? In the 
>>> newsletter or elsewhere?
>>>
>>> Thanks very much!
>>>
>>> Zeba Wunderlich
>>> Conference Co-Chair
>>> PhD Candidate, Harvard Biophysics Program
>>> Mirny Lab, http://www.mit.edu/~leonid <http://www.mit.edu/%7Eleonid>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> /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
>>> • 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 <mailto: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!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Linda K. Earle,
>> Resource Development Coordinator
>> Department of Biology
>> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>> 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Bldg. 68-132
>> Cambridge, MA 02139
>> (617)324-2297
>> (617 253-8699
>>