The Researcher to Reader Conference is directed by Dr Tiberius Ignat, a researcher and an SME manager from the research sector. Mark Carden, a recruiter in the scholarly communications sector and the conference founder, is closely advising the conference director and is a member of the Advisory Board. 

Each annual Conference has an Advisory Board, whose membership is drawn from experienced members of the international scholarly publishing community and other research stakeholders, potentially including Researchers, Librarians, Publishers, Funders, Aggregators, Distributors, Agents, Technologists, and Consultants. The Advisory Board oversees the themes and content of the Conference to ensure they are relevant to the community and representative of a wide spectrum of opinion.

Members of the Advisory Board serve on an annual basis, concluding in April of each year, but may be invited to continue their contribution for multiple years. 

The Conference is greatly improved by the support it receives from the Advisory Board.

Conference Director

Dr Tiberius Ignat, General Director, SKS Knowledge Services

Current Advisory Board

• Mark Allin
  – Principal at ContentAll and former CEO at Wiley
• Rick Anderson
  – University Librarian at Brigham Young University
• Mark Carden
  – Managing Consultant at Mosaic Search and former Director of the Researcher to Reader Conference
• Daniel Ebneter
  – Former CEO of Karger Publishers
• Bernie Folan
  – Communications and Outreach at OASPA & C4DISC
• Dr Haseeb Irfanullah
  – independent consultant on environment, climate change and research systems
• Dr Danny Kingsley
  – Director, Library Services at Deakin University
• Arend Küster
  – Country Manager, India at Springer Nature
• Jayne Marks
  – Head of Business Development, EMEA, Maverick
• Dr Heather Staines
  – Director of Community Engagement at Delta Think

Board Members Emeritus

• Chris Banks – former Director of Library Services at Imperial College London
• Sam Bruinsma – former Vice-President Business Development at Brill
• Laura Cox – Senior Director, Publishing Industry Data at Copyright Clearance Center
• Luke Davies – Director, EU Publisher Relations at EBSCO
• Nawin Gupta – Principal at Informed Publishing Solutions
• Dr Dasapta Erwin Irawan – Assistant Professor at the Institut Teknologi
• Rob Johnson – Director at Research Consulting
• Dr Phill Jones – Co-founder at MoreBrains Cooperative
• Peter Lawson – former Publishing Consultant & Director at Karger
• Dr Fiona Murphy – Co-founder, Partnerships at MoreBrains Cooperative
• Sid McNeal  – Senior Vice President at EBSCO Information Services
• Dr Anna Sharman – Researcher Development Manager at Kew Science
• Stephanie Veldman – Director of Open Research at De Gruyter Brill
• Anthony Watkinson – Principal Consultant at CIBER Research
• Wilhelm Widmark – Library Director at Stockholm University

(updated 23 June 2026)