****with apologies for cross-posting*** OASPA is pleased to announce that registration will open in a week’s time, on July 1st, for the 2020 OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing 2020. The 2020 conference takes place online during the week beginning Monday 21st September 2020. Full information will be available on our conference page <https://oaspa.org/conference/> or you can sign up for conference updates <http://eepurl.com/g1AMfz> to be kept informed about registration and program updates.
This year, we will be kicking off the conference with a moderated discussion - *Open access at a time of global challenge: How has the world changed?* Our speakers will share global perspectives within the discussion, taking on the demands and opportunities for open scholarship in relation to past and future crises in different regions of the globe. They will reflect on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and our ongoing endeavour to ensure scholarship is open and accessible to all. Other panels and keynotes will cover: - The Future of Community-owned Open Infrastructure in a World Transformed - What Funding and Business Mechanisms will Support Equitable Open Access - Researchers, Open Science and Open Access behaviours – what changed in 2020 - Pricing and cost transparency: Is it time to unbundle the “end to end” publication process? - Small and scholar-led publishers: What lessons can they teach us? - The future of open research communication: Where are we headed and how could we prepare? The full program for the conference will be announced soon. *Call for contributions * A call for contributions for our Poster session can be found on our blog here <https://oaspa.org/call-for-contributions-for-the-2020-oaspa-online-conference-on-open-access-scholarly-publishing/>. We are looking for short proposals by the deadline of July 10 2020. The conference will be discussed on social media with the hashtag #OASPA2020. Any enquiries regarding the conference can be directed to i...@oaspa.org. Best wishes, Bernie *Bernie Folan* Events and Communications OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association bernie.fo...@oaspa.org ___________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date: Sign up <http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r> for OASPA news by email | Follow us on Twitter: @OASPA <https://twitter.com/OASPA> OASPA 2020 Online Conference <https://oaspa.org/conference/>, September 21-25 2020
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