The full programme for the 2018 Conference will be announced soon, but some of the highlights that we can mention today include:

First class international speakers & moderators

• Dr Susan Gibbons, Librarian & Deputy Provost, Yale University
• Mr John Sack, Founding Director, HighWire Press
• Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost, University College London
• Dr Fiona Murphy, Associate Fellow at the University of Reading

Thought-provoking presentations & workshops

• Understanding the Publishing Needs of Scholars
• How Learned Societies Can Survive and Thrive
• Improving Publishing Metadata Lifecycles
• Aligning Libraries with Researcher Needs and Publisher Products
• Distribution, Usage and Citations for Open Access Books
• Managing an Institution’s Scholarly Communications Process
• Adoption of Mega-journals in Science and Humanities