Virtual Conference 
8th-9th December 2020 | 13:00 -17:30 (GMT+1)
About
Annual Publishing Conference 2020 - Virtual
The 8th Annual Publishing Conference will be held virtually. While the world changes around us, publishing doesn’t stop – and there is always something more to discover. For 8 years, the conference has evolved into a highly focused summit for publishing technologists, product specialists and senior publishing stakeholders.
During these two days, you will unlock presentations to get the most actual insights on the current digital publishing challenges. And you will discover the excellent speakers with a vast knowledge of the publishing world.
Join us on 8th & 9th Dec 2020
Stay at home or wherever you are and uncover the most pressing trends of the publishing industry. The virtual conference will offer you tangible takeaways on how to prepare for the challenging future.
Join us for this global event, dedicated to helping publishers. We invite you to be part of the event packed with insightful presentations and excellent speakers. And yes, attendance is free of charge. Grab your spot now!
SCHEDULE
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13:00 -13:20
Introduction & Welcome Address: 'Has Covid Broken or Changed Capitalism For the Better?' by Paul Broome, Group CTO at Northgate Public Services, Q&A
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13:20 -14:00
'How To Take A Decision' by David Smith, Head of Technology Strategy at IET, Q&A
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14:00 - 14:05
Break
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14:05 - 14:45
'Managing and Motivating Teams in a Distributed World' by Martha Sedgwick, Vice President, Product Innovation and Productivity at SAGE Publishing, Q&A
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14:45 - 15:15
'How to find and keep resilience' by Bridget Pairaudeau, IT Director at IOP Publishing, Q&A
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15:15 - 15:55
'Has the pandemic been tough? Why we have to go from Reactive Programming to Reactive Systems' by Isabel Thompson, Head of Data Platform at Digital Science, Q&A
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15:55 - 16:00
Break
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16:00 - 16:40
Panel discussion 'Transformative agreements: it's not all about the business model?' moderated by Tasha Mellins-Cohen, Director at Mellins-Cohen Consulting, Q&A
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16:40 - 16:45
Closing remarks
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13:00 - 13:40
'Getting Things Done!' by Ann Michael, Founder and CEO at Delta Think, Q&A
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13:40 -14:20
'The growing pains of building a bespoke publishing platform' by Matt Kibble, Director of Product Management, Digital Resources at Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Q&A
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14:20 - 15:00
'The business of data' by Dr. Prathik Roy, Product Head, Nanoscience and Technology, Database Group at Springer Nature, Q&A
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15:00 - 15:05
Break
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15:05 - 15:45
Panel discussion 'Open Access Infrastructure' moderated by Astrid Engelen-Visser, Publishing Consultant, Q&A
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15:45 - 15:50
Break
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15:50 - 16:30
Panel Discussion 'Lessons Learned - what did we and our organizations learn from the last year?' moderated by Christian Kohl, Q&A
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16:30-16:40
Closing remarks
WHY ATTEND
Tech-driven
Tech-driven topics which will highly focus on the technology challenges that publishers are facing today.
Discover
Discover the most pressing shifts in a digital publishing world and the challenges it presents along with the ways to overcome them.
Inspire
Get inspired by the thought-provoking presentations from the topmost technologists from the publishing world.
Learn
Learn from global leaders who are adapting and thriving in today’s challenging environment.
PusTech is fantastic! I have been attending almost every year and it never ceases to amaze!
Very engaging and insightful topics, and yes, excellent speakers with a vast knowledge of the industry.
One of the best technology focused conference for the publishers.
ATTENDEES
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Christian Kohl Consultancy
Springer Nature
New York City Criminal Justice Agency
Digital Science
The Royal Society
Taylor & Francis Group
Microbiology Society
The Food Science and Health Database (IFIS)
Wiley
Royal Society of Chemistry
CABI
The JAMA Network
Cactus Communications Ltd
Institute of Physics Publishing
Clemson University Press
Annex Business Media
ScienceOpen Gmbh