Agenda: Digital SciencePublisher Day US 2026

The Evolving Role of Publishers

AGENDA

Tuesday 21 April 2026

TimeSessionSpeaker
12 noon – 1:00pmLUNCHn/a
1:00 – 1:10pmWelcomeCathy Holland
Director, Global Publisher Business Development, Digital Science
1:10 – 1:40pmKeynote #1: Trends That Are Reshaping Scholarly PublishingColleen Scollans
Partner
(Marketing & Digital Practice Lead)
Clarke & Esposito
1:40 – 1:55pmLightning Talk #1: Dimensions Author Check APITyler Ruse
Director, Publisher Solutions
Digital Science
1:55 – 2:15pmBREAKn/a
2:15 – 2:30pmLightning Talk #2:
Dimensions & Altmetric Product Updates and Enhancements
Sabrina Holley-Williams
Program Manager, Customer Solutions Digital Science
2:30 – 3:10pmPanel #1: Early career perspectives on the future of publishingJulia Mullen
Books Administrator
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Jennie Noakes
Client Manager
Wiley Peer Review & Production Services

Kim Stuart
Managing Editor, Kidney360
American Society of Nephrology

Kristina Vrouwenvelder
Assistant Director, Publications
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
3:10 – 3:30pmForensic Scientometrics
Leslie McIntosh
VP, Research Integrity and Security
Digital Science
3:30 – 3:50pmBREAKn/a
3:50 – 4.30pmPanel #2: Tracking Journal Usage in the Age of AIKarie Kirkpatrick
American Society for Microbiology

Tanya Laplante
Director of Product Platforms (Academic) Oxford University Press

Deorah Plavin
Director of Publishing
American Physiological Society (APS)

Aaron Wood
Head, Product and Content Management
American Psychological Association
4:30 – 5:00pmKeynote #2: We Can’t Always Get What We Want, But If We Try We Might Get What We Need
Why and how publishers can make better use of research infrastructure
Alice Meadows
Open Research Ecosystem Consulting/
Independent Consultant
5:00 – 5:05pmClosing RemarksCathy Holland
Director, Global Publisher Business Development, Digital Science
5:05 – 6:00pmNETWORKING DRINKSn/a