AGENDA
Tuesday 21 April 2026
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 12 noon – 1:00pm | LUNCH | n/a |
| 1:00 – 1:10pm | Welcome | Cathy Holland Director, Global Publisher Business Development, Digital Science |
| 1:10 – 1:40pm | Keynote #1: Trends That Are Reshaping Scholarly Publishing | Colleen Scollans Partner (Marketing & Digital Practice Lead) Clarke & Esposito |
| 1:40 – 1:55pm | Lightning Talk #1: Dimensions Author Check API | Tyler Ruse Director, Publisher Solutions Digital Science |
| 1:55 – 2:15pm | BREAK | n/a |
| 2:15 – 2:30pm | Lightning Talk #2: Dimensions & Altmetric Product Updates and Enhancements | Sabrina Holley-Williams Program Manager, Customer Solutions Digital Science |
| 2:30 – 3:10pm | Panel #1: Early career perspectives on the future of publishing | Julia 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 – 3:30pm | Forensic Scientometrics | Leslie McIntosh VP, Research Integrity and Security Digital Science |
| 3:30 – 3:50pm | BREAK | n/a |
| 3:50 – 4.30pm | Panel #2: Tracking Journal Usage in the Age of AI | Karie 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 – 5:00pm | Keynote #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 – 5:05pm | Closing Remarks | Cathy Holland Director, Global Publisher Business Development, Digital Science |
| 5:05 – 6:00pm | NETWORKING DRINKS | n/a |