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class="Style-1"><small><small><span style="font-family:
'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;"><font size="2">**Apologies
for Cross-Posting**</font></span></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">International PKP Scholarly
Publishing Conference – First confirmed speakers<br>
</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">We are pleased to announce the
first confirmed speakers for the Third International PKP
Scholarly Publishing Conference - “Building and
Sustaining Alternative Scholarly Publishing Projects
Around the World”, which will be held from September 26
- 28, 2011 at Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany. </font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">Confirmed speakers so far include
Anurag Acharya (Google Scholar), Eelco Ferwerda
(Amsterdam University Press), Gustavo E. Fischman
(Arizona State University), Melissa Hagemann (Open
Society Foundations), Sigi Jottkandt (Open Humanities
Press), Ray Siemens (University of Victoria), and John
Willinsky (Stanford University and PKP).</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">We cordially invite you to also
consider attending this event, or submitting a
presentation proposal. We would also ask you to share
this message with any colleagues that you think might be
interested in participating.</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">Proposals (500 word maximum)
should be submitted by March 15, 2011, using the</font><a
href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fpkp.sfu.ca%2Focs%2Fpkp%2Findex.php%2Fpkp2011%2Fpkp2011%2Fabout%2Fsubmissions&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH-W2tlQtHShN1VB_I-w4FD1iJ6iA"><span
style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><font
face="Arial" size="2"> </font></span></a><a
href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011/about/submissions"><font
face="Arial" size="2">submission guidelines and form</font></a><font
face="Arial" size="2"> available on our web site. All
proposals will be subject to peer-review and you will be
informed of a decision by June 1, 2011.</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">We would also like to note that
there is an “early bird” conference fee available until
May 26, 2011.</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">More information, including the
Call for Participation and Registration form, is
available on the conference website:</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><a
href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/"><font
face="Arial" size="2">http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/</font></a><b><u><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"></span></u></b></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">We very much hope to see you in
Berlin in 2011!</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><font
face="Arial" size="2">Yours truly,<br>
PKP 2011 Conference Organizing Team</font></small></small></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><small><small><br>
<font face="Arial" size="2">The Public Knowledge Project
is a research and development initiative directed toward
improving the scholarly and public quality of academic
research through the development of innovative online
publishing and knowledge-sharing environments.<span> </span>Located
at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser
University, and Stanford University, PKP has developed
free, open source software for the management,
publishing, and indexing of journals and conferences.<span>
</span>Software such as Open Journal Systems, Open
Conference Systems and Open Monograph Press increase
access to knowledge, improve management, and reduce
publishing costs.<span> </span>Over 8000 online
journals worldwide are currently using the OJS software.</font></small></small></p>
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