The Programme for the 2023 hybrid Researcher to Reader Conference has now been announced, and is given in full on the Conference website.

The Programme will include the usual mix of panel discussions, presentations with Q&A, workshops and debating. There will also be generous breaks for conversation, with optional lightning talks. All delivered in a fully-live, highly-inclusive hybrid format.

Topics on the programme include:

● Inclusivity and Diversity

● The Value of OA Agreements

● Open Science Innovation

● The Future of OA Funding

● Data-Driven Decision-Making

● Higher Education Metrics

● Improving Sustainability

● OA Requirements for Books

● Research Integrity Tools

● Preservation of Scholarship

…and more

Speakers, panellists and debaters include:

● Prof. Ben Davis (Rosalind Franklin Institute)

● Dr Richard Gallagher (Annual Reviews)

● Sybille Geisenheyner (ACS)

● Christopher Kenneally (CCC)

● Dr Robert Kiley (CoalitionS)

● Jayne Marks (Maverick)

● Stephen Marks (University of Toronto)

● Valerie McCutcheon (Glasgow University)

● Tasha Mellins-Cohen (COUNTER)

● Robyn Price (Imperial College)

● Ros Pyne (Bloomsbury)

● Dr Malvika Sharan (Alan Turing Institute)

● Dr Florence Theberge (Emerald Publishing)

● Mat Willmott (California Digital Library)

● Alicia Wise (CLOCKSS)

● Jo Wixon (Wiley)

● Laura Wong (Jisc)

● Dr Karin Wulf (Brown University)

…and more

The full Conference Programme, with session and speaker details, is on the R2R website.

Mark Carden
16 November 2022

The Valuable and Relevant* R2R Conference will be in a hybrid format again for 2023, bringing physical and online participants together in a live and highly-interactive meeting on 21-22 February, in London and everywhere.

The programme development for the Conference is almost complete, and more details will be announced over the coming weeks, but the Conference is likely to include:

Workshops on:

• Open Access Books
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Open Research
• Diversity & Inclusion

and more

Presentations and Panels on:

• Open Access Funding Mandates
• Preservation of Scholarship
• Inclusivity in Academia & Publishing
• OA Agreement Metrics
• Data-driven Decision-Making

and more

plus our famous Debate, numerous Lightning Talks, and plenty of time for conversation (both at the physical venue and online) with colleagues & community.

Presenters and moderators will include:

• Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Robert Kiley, Valerie McCutcheon,
  Alicia Wise, Sybille Geisenheyner, Simon Inger, Lou Peck,
  Chris Kenneally, Florence Theberge, Yaz Osho, Rick Anderson

and many more.

Our 2021 & 2022 Gold Sponsor, the Royal Society of Chemistry, has signed up to return for 2023, and we are very grateful for their enthusiastic support for the event.

Registration is now open, with early-bird rates throughout October & November and generous discounts for academics & librarians.  Register today, risk free, as we offer a 100% refund option until the end of January.  Go to the Registration Page today.  If you are not yet ready to register, make sure to put the dates in your schedule, so you don’t miss out.

Mark Carden
17 October 2022

*from 2018 to 2022, an average of 98% of delegates rated the R2R Conference Relevant and Valuable

https://r2rconf.com/r2r-call-for-papers/

Today is the closing date for the Call for Papers for the 2023 hybrid Researcher to Reader Conference. But we are extending the open period by a week, to allow people to get their last-minute proposals in to us. We are looking forward to seeing the rest of the proposals flooding in over the next few days.

Mark Carden
15 September 2022

The Call for Papers for the Researcher to Reader Conference on 21-22 February 2023 is now open. The R2R Advisory Board is welcoming proposals for workshops, panels, interviews, presentations, debates and lightning talks on the subject of international scholarly communications. Proposals for our highly popular workshops are especially welcome.

We are particularly encouraging proposals from researchers, editors, funders and librarians, and from people based outside the UK. We are also strong supporters of diversity and inclusion, and actively welcome proposals from under-represented demographics. As R2R is planned to be a hybrid event, we anticipate that both speakers and delegates will be able to participate either remotely or at the London venue.

Our Conference participants are interested in the interactions between the various parts of the scholarly communications supply chain, and how different people and organisations can work together more effectively. The Conference particularly values topics that are of broad interest across the diverse range of people and organisations that participate in scholarly communication, rather than subjects that focus on one particular silo. We also prefer sessions that are practical, analytical, informative or supported by evidence – we are interested in facilitating what could be done, rather than merely declaring what should be done.

Members of the scholarly communications community are invited to provide a proposal by 15 September 2022, using the form downloadable from the Conference website, where further details of the event are provided. Please contact the Conference Director if you have any questions or would like to discuss a potential proposal.

Mark Carden
27 July 2022

With the hybrid Researcher to Reader Conference coming up next week, in a blog post at the Scholarly Kitchen, R2R Conference Director Mark Carden has revisited the cost, value and price challenges of physical, online and hybrid conferences, and calls for a commitment to a future that supports real interactive hybrid conversations.

Mark Carden
15 February 2022

We are delighted to announce that Morressier has become our fourth and final Silver Sponsor for the Researcher to Reader Conference on 22-23 February 2022.

We are very grateful for the support of Morressier, helping to keep the R2R Conference affordable for all members of the scholarly communications community.

Registration is open for the highly interactive hybrid Conference which will take place on 22-23 February in London and Online.

Mark Carden
11 February 2022

We are very pleased to announce a new sponsor for the Researcher to Reader Conference, as Defend&Publish becomes a first-time Bronze Sponsor.

We are very grateful for the support of Defend&Publish, helping to keep the R2R Conference affordable for all members of the scholarly communications community.

Registration is open for the highly interactive hybrid Conference which will take place on 22-23 February in London and Online.

Mark Carden
8 February 2022

The Programme for the collaborative hybrid Researcher to Reader Conference, taking place on 22-23 February, will include a presentation on intermediation between the Researcher and the Reader, by a publishing professional who will be bring insights from also working in the food delivery and travel industries. What can publishers and librarians learn from JustEat and Secret Escapes?

Registration is still open for this innovative event, with a varied and cross-sectoral Programme, which includes hybrid networking, panels, workshops, presentations, lightning talks and a debate.

Mark Carden
26 January 2022

The Programme for the collaborative hybrid Researcher to Reader Conference, taking place on 22-23 February will include a panel of distinguished international experts discussing the hybrid workplace.

Registration is still open for this innovative event.

Mark Carden
25 January 2022

The Researcher to Reader media partner, Research Information, is offering a free place, valued at £235, for a librarian or researcher to participate in the fully-hybrid R2R Conference on 22-23 February. The winner of the Research Information ticket can participate in the Conference either online or physically at the venue, and the free place will be drawn on Monday 7 February. For more information, visit the Research Information announcement:
www.researchinformation.info/news/reader-offer-free-ticket-draw-researcher-reader

The Researcher to Reader Conference, which is a conversation about scholarly communications, is a particularly attractive event for academics and librarians to join, given the event’s research-focussed name, cross-sectoral programme and collaborative ethos.

While this is a great chance for someone to win a free place at the Conference, this should not discourage people from registering for the Conference today, taking immediate advantage of the great discounts available for librarians and researchers. If you register now, but are then lucky enough to win the draw, R2R will be delighted to refund what you have paid!

Mark Carden
21 January 2022