[BOAI] Announcing 1st conference for Open Access Scholarly Publishers, 14-16 Sept 2009

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the conference organizing committee.  --Peter Suber.]


ANNOUNCING: 1st Conference for Open Access Scholarly Publishers, 14-16 Sept 
2009

The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA 
(<http://www.oaspa.org/>www.oaspa.org), and the Directory of Open Access 
Journals (DOAJ) (<http://www.doaj.org/>www.doaj.org) are pleased to 
announce that they will jointly host the 1st Conference for Open Access 
Scholarly Publishers in Lund, Sweden from the 14th-16th September 2009 at 
the Scandic Star Hotel.

The conference is directed towards the interests of independent open access 
journals and professional publishing organizations, as well as librarians, 
suppliers and other stakeholders. Also those who are interested in learning 
more about open access publishing and exploring opportunities are welcome.

  Participants will have the opportunity to hear from many leading figures 
within the open access publishing movement, and to participate in workshops 
that will highlight a number of important issues related to open access 
publishing. A growing speakers list already includes: Lars Bjornshauge, 
Director Lund University Library Head Office/DOAJ, John Willinsky, Public 
Knowledge Project/OJS, Geoff Bilder, CrossRef, Kaitlin Thaney, Creative 
Commons and Jens Vigens, CERN/SCOAP3.

Additional information on the conference, registration and proposal 
submissions can found on the conference website at:
<http://www.oaspa.org/coasp/>http://www.oaspa.org/coasp/

Early bird fees will be available.

Members of OASPA are also invited to participate in the first General 
Meeting of OASPA which will be held in the afternoon on September 16th at 
the end of the conference.

The organizing committee, the DOAJ and OASPA look forward to welcoming a 
broad and international spectrum of publishers and publishing suppliers to 
the first conference to specifically focus on open access and publishing.
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