R2R 2025 Conference Programme

The Programme and Timetable for the R2R Conference, taking place on 25 & 26 February 2025, is shown below.

The full programme, including session abstracts, can be downloaded here (PDF).

A one-page summary programme can be downloaded here (PDF).

The Programme is subject to change.

Tuesday 25 February 2025

08:30  Registration — CONVERSATION

09:30  Welcome — INTRODUCTION

09:45  Opening Keynote — INSPIRATION

Speaker
Professor John WILLINSKY, Stanford University (emeritus) and Public Knowledge Project founder

10:30  Workshops – First Meeting — COLLABORATION

Workshop Manager
Jayne Marks, Head of Business Development, EMEA at Maverick Publishing Specialists

Workshop A: Peer Review Innovations:
What are strategies for implementing solutions across scholarly communications?

Facilitators
Tony ALVES, SVP Product Management at HighWire Press
Jason DE BOER, Growth Director at Kriyadocs
Alice ELLINGHAM, Founder and Director at Editorial Office
Elizabeth HAY, Associate Director at Editorial Office
Dr Christopher LEONARD, Director of Product Solutions at Cactus Communications

Workshop B: More Power to the Reader: How can we improve research communication by making content more readable?

Facilitators
Laura DORMER, Co-Founder & Editorial Director at Becaris Publishing
Dr Joana OSÓRIO, Communications Team Leader at Oxford PharmaGenesis
Sarah THOMAS, Publications and Communications Senior Manager at Ipsen
(Kathryn FUNK is no longer able to participate)

Workshop C: Research Integrity:
How do we guarantee image and data integrity in the age of AI?

Facilitators
Dr Phill JONES, Co-founder, Digital and Technology at MoreBrains Cooperative
Dr Fiona MURPHY, Co-founder, Partnerships & Community Development at MoreBrains Cooperative
Dr Joris van ROSSUM, Program Director at STM Solutions

Workshop D: Open Science in a Resource-constrained World:
What is our shared definition of pragmatic open science?

Facilitators
Godwyns ONWUCHEKWA, Head of Communities at eLife
Sara ROUHI, Director, Open Science/Publishing Innovation at AIP Publishing
Marc SEGERS, Head of Product Innovation at AIP Publishing

Workshop E: Enhancing Global South Scholarly Publishing:
How can we drive sustainable development in publishing?

Facilitators
Sarah PHIBBS, Director, Director, Equity & Inclusion, STM
Blessing MAWIRE, Program Lead at Research4Life

Workshop F: Pain Points in the Research Process:
How can collaborative infrastructure further support researchers?

Facilitators
Dianne BENHAM, Product Director at GetFTR (Independent Consultant)
Tracy GARDNER, Head of Marketing at GetFTR
Hylke KOERS, CIO at STM Solutions
Dr Heather STAINES, Director of Community Engagement at Delta Think

11:30   Break with Lightning Talks — CONVERSATION & INFORMATION

Lightning Talk Manager
Haseeb IRFANULLAH, independent consultant on environment, climate change, and research systems

12:15 From Research to Policy and Practice:
Navigating the path to influence — DISCUSSION

Moderator
Damian BIRD, Publishing Director at CABI
Panellists
Louis COIFFAIT-GUNN, CEO at CILIP
Toby GREEN, Publisher at Coherent Digital
Dr Catherine HADDON, Programme Director at The Institute for Government Academy
Dr Jaron PORCIELLO, Global Director, Evidence and Policy, CABI (online)

13:15  Lunch — CONVERSATION & INFORMATION

14:15  Strategies for transition to an open science culture:
What works, what doesn’t — CLARIFICATION

Moderator
Graham SMITH, Open Data Programme Manager at Springer Nature
Panellists
Riana BAHL, Biomedical Science graduate at Kings’ College London
Dr Mark HAHNEL, VP of Open Research at Digital Science
Dr Beth MONTAGUE-HELLEN, Head Librarian at the Francis Crick Institute

15:15  Break  — CONVERSATION & INFORMATION

16:00 Business Models — EXPLANATION

Avoiding the Seventy Year Itch:                                                       
‘Transformative’ Open Access via Diamond Funding Models

Speakers
Dr Kira HOPKINS, Scholarly Publishing Outreach Officer at Copim Open Book Futures
Dr Rose HARRIS-BIRTILL, Editorial Director at Open Library of Humanities (online)

Shaping a Better Future:
Why US Libraries Should Move Beyond APC-based Publishing

Speaker
Doug WAY, Dean of Libraries at University of Kentucky

17:00  Workshops – Second Meeting — COLLABORATION

18:00  Evening Reception — CONVERSATION & LIBATION

19:00  End of First Day — INTERMISSION

Wednesday 26 February 2025

08:30  Registration — CONVERSATION

09:00  Trust indicators for research integrity:  
Combating mis- & dis-information in the scholarly record — DISCUSSION

Moderator
Dr Heather STAINES, Director of Community Engagement at Delta Think
Panellists
Tom DEMERANVILLE, Product Director at ORCID
Dr Hylke KOERS, CIO at STM Solutions
Jennifer WRIGHT, Research Integrity Manager at CUP
(Jeff LANG and Chris SHILLUM are no longer able to participate)

10:00  Workshops – Third Meeting — COLLABORATION

11:00   Break — CONVERSATION & INFORMATION

11:45   Debate — DISPUTATION
Resolved: Scholarly Publishers Are No Longer Necessary

Moderator
Rick ANDERSON, University Librarian at Brigham Young University
Speaking for the motion
Caroline BLACK, Publishing Director, STM Journals at Cambridge University Press
Speaking against the motion
Keith WEBSTER, Dean of Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University

12:45  Lunch — CONVERSATION & INFORMATION

13:45  The Future of Research Integrity — EXPLANATION

Speakers
Nicko GONCHAROFF, Commercial Lead and Co-Founder at Signals
Dr Elliott LUMB, Co-Founder at Signals

14:15  OA, Preprints, and the Future of Research Communication — CLARIFICATION

Moderator
Christopher PYM, Key Account Manager, Funders at ACS Publications
Panellists
Colin ADCOCK, Publishing Manager, Open Science at American Physical Society
Ashley FARLEY, Senior Officer at Gates Foundation (online)
Ben MUDRAK, Senior Product Manager at ChemRxiv
(Kelly WOODS is no longer able to participate)

15:15  Break — CONVERSATION

16:00  Workshop Feedback — COLLABORATION

16:30  Closing Keynote — INSPIRATION

Speaker
Professor Kamran ABBASI, Editor in Chief at The BMJ

17:15  Conference Conspectus — SUMMARISATION

Speaker
Mark CARDEN, Managing Consultant at Mosaic Search & Selection

17:30  End of Conference — CONCLUSION

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(updated 18 February to remove Kathryn Funk and Jeff Lang who are unable to attend)
(updated 12 February to add Panellist to “OA, Preprints”)
(updated 8 February to credit Workshop Manager and Lightning Talk Manager)
(updated 14 & 22 January 2025 to add some panellists)
updated 8 January 2025 to add a Workshop facilitator)
(updated 13 December 2024 – tweaked Workshop F title)
(updated 10 December 2024 – added Debate details and swapped timings for Trust Indicators and Research into Practice)
(updated 26 November 2024 – added w/s D facilitator)
(updated 19 November 2024 – Opening Keynote Speaker, and Workshop B Title)
(updated 3 November 2024)