[Forwarding from the Public Knowledge Project. --Peter Suber.]
The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that, in partnership with the Freie Universität Berlin and Simon Fraser University Library, the Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference will be held from September 26 - 28, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. As someone who has supported, or participated in, previous PKP initiatives or might be interested in future endeavors, we would like to extend a personal invitation to you to consider attending this event, or submitting a presentation proposal. This is the first time that the PKP Conference is being held outside of Vancouver, Canada and is a timely way to acknowledge the growing, international PKP user community. We are expecting a strong turnout of between 350-400 opinion makers and leaders from around the world in the utilization of open source software, adoption of alternate publishing models, and the advancement of the open access movement. Given that the landmark Budapest Open Access Initiative, launched in December 2001, will be celebrating its first decade, the conference is inviting explorations of the lessons learned, successes achieved, and setbacks overcome in our shared attempts to increase and open access within scholarly publishing. More information, including the Call for Participation and Registration form, is available on the conference website: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/ As you are an opinion leader, we would also like to request your assistance in spreading the word about the conference. We would appreciate it very much if you could forward this conference information and the link to the website to any colleagues and other contacts who might also be interested in attending this event. We thank you in advance and hope to see you in Berlin in 2011! Yours truly, John Willinsky Director, Public Knowledge Project & Khosla Family Professor – Stanford University Nicolas Apostolopoulos Head, Center for Digital Systems – Freie Universität Berlin
