The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and the
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) are pleased to announce the
Fourth International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference, which will be held from
August 19 - 21, 2013 in
Mexico City, Mexico.
This is the first time that the PKP Conference is being held in Latin
America, a region of the world that publishes almost exclusively in
Open Access. The conference will provide a unique opportunity for
exchange on innovative work in scholarly publishing, with a focus on the
contributions of open source technologies. We look forward to hosting
editors, publishers, librarians, researchers, developers, content
aggregators, and PKP’s growing user community from around the world.
Previous International PKP Scholarly Publishing conferences have
brought together a remarkable array of presentations and participants
from around the world. We anticipate an equally valuable experience in
2013.
Proposals that address one or more of the following topics are especially encouraged:
- Reports on institutional, national, and regional open access policies, initiatives, and projects;
- Sustainability and alternative models for open access publishing;
- Quality, impact, and reach of Open Access publications;
- Open Access and higher education;
- Interoperability and information systems;
- New reading and publishing technologies.
The conference will consist of a mixture of plenary presentations,
parallel conference sessions, brief "lightning talks," posters,
workshops, and an exhibitor’s hall. Presentations are welcome in both
English and Spanish, with simultaneous translation available for some of
the plenaries.
Invited speakers will deliver plenary sessions around conference
themes. Parallel sessions last up to two hours and will be a mixture of
regular 15-minute presentations and 5-minute “Lightning Talks”. Sessions
may consist of a case study, a research report, a "big idea" in
publishing, outlining of a specific problem, as well as other options.
Proposals (500 word maximum) should be submitted by March 1, 2013, using the submission guidelines and form available on our
web site. All proposals will be subject to peer-review and decision will be announced no later than April 15, 2013.
If you have any questions, please contact the PKP Conference Director,
Juan Pablo Alperin.
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Source: http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/5740
