Agenda: Publisher Day UK 2026

The evolving role of publishers

AGENDA

Monday 9 March 2026

TimeSessionSpeaker
9:00 – 9:30amREGISTRATION & COFFEEn/a
9:30 – 9:40amWelcomeHelen Cooke
SVP Sales, Publisher Market
Digital Science
9:40 – 10:10amKeynote #1:
Trends in Scholarly Publishing 2026: An Independent Perspective
Tim Gillett
Editorial Director & Co-Owner RI Media

Jon Hunt
Commercial Director & Co-Owner RI Media
10:10 – 10:30amBREAKn/a
10:30 – 11:15amPanel #1:
Tracking Journal Usage in the Age of AI
Katherine Allen
Senior Director
Enterprise Data & Analytics, Wiley

Adam Pulford
Product Portfolio Manager
Oxford University Press

Peter White
Senior Product Strategy Manager Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Hong Zhou
Vice President of Product Management KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd
11:15 – 11:35amBREAKn/a
11:35 – 11:55amCase Study:
Dimensions Author Check
Adya Misra
Associate Director, Research Integrity
SAGE Publishing
11:55 – 12:10pmLightning Talk #1:
Dimensions Author Check API
Tyler Ruse
Director, Publisher Solutions
Digital Science
12:10 – 1:10pmLUNCHn/a
1:10 – 1:55pmPanel #2: Early career perspectives on the future of publishingThomas Barker
Commissioning Assistant
Emerald

Arianna Ferioli
Editorial Assistant, Applied Linguistics Taylor & Francis

Jessica Heath
Publishing Assistant
Biochemical Society/Portland Press

Verity Stuart
Commissioning Editor
Bloomsbury Publishing
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 – 3:00pmQuizHosted by Helen Cooke
3:00 – 3.20pmBREAKn/a
3.20 – 3.50pmKeynote #2:
What is forensic scientometrics?
Professor Dorothy Bishop
Emeritus Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology
University of Oxford
3.50 – 4.00pmClosing remarksHelen Cooke
SVP Sales, Publisher Market
Digital Science
4:00 – 5:00pmNETWORKING DRINKSn/a