Following the 2024 Researcher to Reader Conference, which took place in London on 20 and 21 February, recordings of the Lightning Talks are now available on the R2R YouTube Channel.

The Lightning Talks included:

Publisher/ECR Initiatives – An Overview
Dr Katherine BROWN, Executive Editor at The Company of Biologists

Manuscript analysis tools to streamline the publishing workflow
Tyler Ruse, Director, Publisher Solutions at Digital Science

Introducing De Gruyter’s Subscribe to Open Programme
Ben ASHCROFT, VP Commercial at De Gruyter

KGL Editorial Peer Review Services
Dan EDWARDS, Assistant Director, Editorial at KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd

The Open Access Book Usage Data Trust Effort
Ursula RABAR, Community Manager at OA Book Usage Data Trust

Innovating with Purpose & Adaptability
Walker SWAIN, Director of Business Development at Silverchair

Bibliodiversity in the Directory of Open Access Books
Dr Ronald SNIJDER, CTO / Head of Research at OAPEN Foundation

Credit Where Credit, Due – IOPP Launches Co-review
Laura FEETHAM-WALKER, Peer Review Engagement Manager at IOPP

Innovative models for a fully OA future 
Hannah BARNSLEY, Strategic Programme Manager at RSC

Scholarly events: Untapped treasure trove of insights & data
Paul KILLORAN, CEO at Ex Ordo

Ukrainian Publishing on the R2R Map
Dr Frances PINTER, Chair of the Central European University Press

Career Progression in Publishing: A Skills-Based Approach
Charles WATKINSON, Director at University of Michigan Press

How to Hire and How to Get Hired
Mark CARDEN, Managing Consultant at Mosaic Search & Selection

Bloomsbury Open Collections
Ros PYNE, Global Director, Research and Open Access at Bloomsbury

Connecting Seminars to the Scholarly Literature with Cassyni
Ben Kaube, Co-Founder at Cassyni

Using GetFTR to Streamline the Reader’s Discovery Flow
Oliver Rickard, Product Manager at Atypon

Recordings of the full two-day event will be made available to registered participants within a few days, and will be openly available in April.

Mark Carden
23 February 2024