CrossRef Annual Meeting 2011 - Program Highlights
CrossRef's 2011 Annual Member Meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 15th at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA.
Program Highlights
Ellen Ruppel Shell, Co-Director of the Center for Science & Medical Journalism and Professor of Journalism at Boston University, will deliver the keynote. Ellen is also the author of Cheap and The Hunger Gene, writes for The Atlantic, and has been featured on National Public Radio. She will share her thoughts on the intersection of science and journalism.
Attendees will also hear Philip Davis, a postdoctoral associate in the Communications Department of Cornell University, present the results of his research the prevalence of corrections and retractions in the scholarly literature. Phil is also one of the voices behind the popular Scholarly Kitchen blog of the Society for Scholarly Publishing.
Helen (Y.H) Zhang, Managing Editor of the Journal of Zhejiang University-Science in China will discuss the results of a survey sponsored by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) on plagiarism in scholarly publications. Helen was just last week interviewed on National Public Radio in a piece on ethics in Chinese scholarship.
Ivan Oransky of Retraction Watch will round out our guest speakers and will speak about retractions and scientific transparency. Retraction Watch a website that tracks retractions in scientific journals was also recently featured on National Public Radio.
The day will also include a panel of CrossMark pilot participants sharing their experiences, updates on the CrossRef system, ORCID, strategic initiatives, and a reminder of member obligations and the new DOI Display Guidelines. Detailed meeting information including the draft agenda and hotel information is now available.
If you have not registered please register soon as space is limited, and if you have already registered please consider passing this invitation on to a colleague that may be interested.
Draft Agenda
Register for the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, November 15th.
2011 CrossRef Workshops
The CrossRef Workshops will take place on Monday, November 14th at the Charles Hotel. The daylong workshops will be on technical and non-technical topics of interest to the membership. The sessions in the morning will be geared towards novice CrossRef members and will get more technical as the day progresses. More experienced members may want to come after the System Update session. A draft agenda is now available. Delegates may attend select sessions without attending the entire day.
Register for CrossRef Workshops on Monday, November 14th.
Please register soon as space is limited. We are also holding a block of rooms at the Charles Hotel, members should make their own reservations and mention CrossRef. Detailed hotel information is available here.
We hope to see you there!