We are delighted to announce that HighWire will be the Gold Sponsor for the 2019 Researcher to Reader Conference.  This is a unique position, as we only invite one organisation to be the Gold Sponsor for each Conference.

HighWire helps publishers and their customers continuously improve online access and discoverability, enhance engagement and usability, and develop and grow new revenue streams.

We are grateful for HighWires’s continuing support – they were also a generous sponsor of the 2018 Conference – as this helps to make the Conference affordable for all members of the scholarly communications community.

Early-bird discounted pricing for the 2019 Conference, on 25-26 February in London, is available until the end of November.

Mark Carden
29 November 2018

We are delighted to announce that Atypon is reaffirming its long-standing support for Researcher to Reader by continuing to be a Silver Sponsor of the Conference for 2019.

Atypon develops publishing technologies for getting mission-critical content into the hands of the practitioners and researchers who need it most. Literatum, Atypon’s online publishing and website development platform, gives content providers easy-to-use and automated tools to manage, market, and monetize every type of content that they distribute.

We are grateful for Atypon’s continuing support – they were our first ever Silver Sponsor back in 2016 – as this helps to make the Conference affordable for all members of the scholarly communications community.

Early-bird discounted pricing for the 2019 Conference, on 25-26 February in London, is available until the end of November.

Mark Carden
28 November 2018

We are delighted to announce that Ingenta is continuing its past support for Researcher to Reader by becoming a Silver Sponsor of the 2019 Conference.

Ingenta is one of the leading providers of content solutions to publishers. Drawing on over 40 years of industry experience, Ingenta helps to simplify, manage, promote and deliver content.

We are grateful for Ingenta’s continuing support, which helps to make the Conference affordable for all members of the scholarly communications community.

Early-bird discounted pricing for the 2019 Conference is available until the end of November.

Mark Carden
26 November 2018

The 2019 Researcher to Reader Conference Programme includes an innovative debate about the status of Sci-Hub in helping or harming the scholarly communications community.  Unfortunately one of our debaters, Andrew Pitts, Managing Director at Publisher Solutions International, has dropped out of this session, but the debate will still take place and we will be announcing a suitable replacement shortly.

Mark Carden
26 November 2018

We are very excited to announce the return of Professor James Evans as a speaker at the 2019 Researcher to Reader Conference.  Professor Evans got rave reviews at R2R 2016 when he showed how a statistical analysis of research papers can reveal profound insights into researcher behaviours and motivations. For 2019 he is proposing to focus on how we can use information from thousands of scholarly articles to forecast the robustness and replicability of findings. It should be a wild ride of startling and data-driven insights.

Mark Carden
5 November 2018

We are delighted to announce that Dr Marc Schiltz, President of Science Europe and Secretary General & Executive Head of the Luxembourg  National Research Fund (FNR), will be a Keynote Speaker at the 2019 Researcher to Reader Conference. He joins a roster of distinguished speakers already listed in our Programme, and will bring particular insights from a research funding organisation into our scholarly communications discussions.

Mark Carden
2 November 2018

Normally, we run the Researcher to Reader Conference Super Early-Bird rate just in October, switching to the regular Early-Bird rate during November. But this year we have decided to extend the Super Early-Bird registration period to 9 November, recognising that we are a little later than usual in opening up our registration site and finalising our Programme. 

So people still have some time left to secure a massive discount on early registration for the 2019 Conference.  You can book one of our limited number of Super Early-Bird 2-day tickets before midnight (UK time) on 9 November to secure an amazing discount of about 33%.  Early booking is entirely without risk, as you can cancel for a full refund at any point up to the end of January.  Our normal Early-Bird discounts will be available from 10 November onward.

Mark Carden
31 October 2019

(edited 1 Nov 2018 to correct a broken link)

The programme highlights for the Researcher to Reader Conference on 25-26 February 2019 are now available, and registration is now open.  There are Super Early-Bird rates available only in October, with free cancellation until February – so there is no risk in booking right away.

The programme highlights include:

First class international speakers, panellists & moderators, including:

• The Rt Hon. the Lord Willetts, former UK Minister of State for Universities
• Professor James Evans, University of Chicago
• Dr Haseeb Irfanullah, Programme Coordinator, IUCN, Bangladesh
• Rick Anderson, Associate Dean, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
• Isabel Thompson, Senior Strategy Analyst, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
• Phill Jones, Chief Technology Officer, Emerald Group Publishing

Thought- provoking content including:

• A formal debate aiming to convince delegates of the benefit or harm of Sci-Hub
• A panel of distinguished experts discussing the latest advances in AI
• Presentations delivering insights into research and publishing in Asia and Africa
• An update on furthering the Diversity and Inclusion agenda
• A workshop on improving Research Data Management workflows

Mark Carden
25 October 2018

We are delighted to announce that Mark Allin has joined the Researcher to Reader Conference 2019 Advisory Board.

Mark is a former CEO at Wiley, and was a Keynote speaker at the 2017 R2R Conference. He is now an entrepreneur, advisor and mentor in the publishing sector. He is Chair of William Reed Business Media, a strategic advisor to Zapnito, and on the Board of Edinburgh University Press.  He has over 30 years of experience in scientific, educational, professional and trade publishing from start-ups to multinationals, who has worked in Asia, Europe and the USA.

We welcome Mark to the R2R 2019 Advisory Board, where he will be a significant asset to the strategy, programme and visibility of the Conference.

Mark Carden
21 August 2018