Researcher to Reader is pleased to announce that Silva Mitro has joined the R2R Advisory Board. She is a Research Portfolio Manager at Veneto Institute of Oncology – IRCCS.

Silva brings high-level expertise in international networking, designing and managing complex EU-funded research projects, and developing international programmes of global reach in academic, non-profit, healthcare, and international settings, including clinical trial design and coordination.

She also has consolidated experience in organisational development in the non-profit sector, as well as in postgraduate academic programmes, including curriculum development, programme evaluation, and teaching at the postgraduate level. She is also involved as a trainer in professional development programmes targeting research management staff.

Thanks to her long-term experience working with several international organisations, including the European Commission, the State Department, UN agencies, and international scientific societies, Silva’s areas of expertise also include strategy development and implementation, as well as project evaluation and oversight from a funding-body perspective.

In addition, she has a long track record in international relations and grants office management. Her academic background includes linguistics, law, postgraduate management studies, European integration, and funding programmes.

Silva’s experience will be especially valuable as R2R continues to develop as an independent forum for deeper understanding between different research stakeholders. Her perspective strengthens R2R’s engagement with the full Researcher to Reader cycle, particularly in relation to research management, international collaboration, funding programmes, knowledge transfer, and the organisational conditions that support quality in science.

We warmly welcome Silva Mitro to the R2R Advisory Board.

More about Silva’s work is available here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/silva-mitro-6715363b/

Researcher to Reader is pleased to announce that Dr Nabi Hasan has joined the R2R Advisory Board.

Dr Hasan is Head Librarian at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, with more than 31 years of leadership experience in academic and research libraries. He previously served as University Librarian at Aligarh Muslim University, where he oversaw one of India’s largest library systems.

He is India’s first Norman E. Borlaug Fellow in Library Information Systems, trained at Cornell University, USA, and is internationally recognised for his contribution to library leadership, digital learning, research access, Open Science, and professional development. He is a Fellow of the Special Libraries Association and has received several major international honours, including the Rose L. Vormelker Award, the SLA Engineering Librarian of the Year Award, the Bonnie Hilditch International Librarian Award, the SLA Presidential Citation, and the Royal Society of Chemistry Librarians’ Choice Award.

Dr Hasan has held numerous professional leadership roles across Indian and international library and information organisations. He is currently the Secretary of the IFLA Science & Technology Libraries Section for 2025–2027, the General Secretary of the Information and Communication Society of India, and the Chairman of the ILA Sectional Committee on Engineering & Technology Libraries.

A strong advocate for digital learning and broader access to knowledge, Dr Hasan has led and contributed to major national and international initiatives, including India’s National Resource Centre in Library & Information Sciences, national MOOCs on library technologies and science communication, and international Open Science training. He has also contributed to more than 30 national and international projects supported by organisations including the US Department of State, the World Bank, and the European Union.

Through his work with One Nation One Subscription, INDEST, the National Digital Library of India, eGranth, KrishiPrabha, KrishiKosh, and other major initiatives, Dr Hasan has significantly strengthened access to research resources and supported the development of the Indian research ecosystem.

His experience will be especially valuable as R2R continues to develop as an independent forum for deeper understanding between different research stakeholders and as we seek to strengthen international engagement across the full Researcher to Reader cycle.

We warmly welcome Dr Nabi Hasan to the R2R Advisory Board.

More about Dr Hasan’s work is available here: https://web.iitd.ac.in/~hasan

The Call for Proposals for the 2027 Researcher to Reader Conference is now open and will continue throughout July and August 2026. The Conference will take place in London on 23-24 February 2027; please put these dates in your calendar now.

We welcome proposals from all members of the scholarly communications community and research management, but particularly encourage proposals for our very popular Workshops and from people who are typically under-represented on conference platforms.

·     The proposals that you make are a key contribution to our programme

·     Any topic relevant to people working across scholarly communications or research management is of interest

·     High-quality, early and pre-reviewed proposals have a higher acceptance rate

· There are TWO deadlines:
  31 July 2026 – with pre-review, revision opportunity and higher acceptance probability
 31 August 2026 – with no time for revisions, just passed to the committee (or rejected)

·     Accepted contributors are entitled to discounted registration.

More information about the Call for Proposals process is given on the R2R Website.

The Advisory Board looks forward to reviewing your proposals.

(Tiberius Ignat, 2026-06-26)

Researcher to Reader (www.r2rconf.com) is pleased to announce that Daniel Ebneter has joined the R2R Advisory Board. Daniel brings extensive senior-level experience in scholarly communication, scientific and medical publishing, digital transformation, and the development of information services. Across his career, he has worked at the intersection of leadership, innovation and impact.

Most recently, Daniel served for almost nine years as CEO of Karger Publishers, the Basel-based scientific and medical publisher, where he helped lead the organisation through a period of significant change in scholarly publishing and science communication. Before joining Karger, he held senior roles at another publishing group, as well as in business consultancy and other knowledge-intensive sectors.

Daniel’s experience will be especially valuable as R2R continues to develop as a meeting place for the wider Researcher to Reader cycle: from research creation and management, through publishing and communication, to the use, transfer, and impact of research outputs.

We warmly welcome Daniel to the Advisory Board and look forward to his contribution to R2R 2027 and beyond.

Tiberius Ignat

(2026-06-25)