<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><span id="docs-internal-guid-718ac4c7-8263-2b75-e81d-dc2c4efdb3f1"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" size="2"><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">*apologies for cross-posting*</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 13.600000381469727px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Reminder: Early Bird registration ends on June 30th!</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Early-Bird registration for the upcoming <b>PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference</b> in Mexico City is available until <b>June 30th</b>. Be sure to <a href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2013/schedConf/registration">register</a> before then to take advantage of this reduced rate! </span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The speakers and presentations have just been finalized and the PKP and UNAM conference committee have come up with an<b> impressive schedule with an international array of OA speakers and advocacy groups</b> represented: </span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A full list of the accepted presentations are </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2013/schedConf/presentations">available online</a><a href="http:// http://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2013/schedConf/presentations"></a></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, as well as a</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> preliminary schedule.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Program highlights: </b></span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Keynotes</i>: by <b>John Willinsky</b> (PKP/Stanford University), <b>Ana María Cetto</b> (UNAM),<b> Heather Joseph</b> (SPARC), <b>Dominique Babini </b>(CLACSO), and <b>Jean-Claude Guédon</b> (Université de Montréal).</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Plenary panels</i> with representatives from: OASPA , DOAJ, SPARC, IBICT (Brazil), and others.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Presentations from around the world</i>, including: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As well as representatives from: SciELO, RedALyC, SSRN, CERN, Springer, and many higher education institutions from around the world.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to the conference program, there will be a morning of <b>pre-conference workshops</b> and we will be holding an open session for all participants to <b>Meet the PKP Team</b>, on Monday <b>August 19th</b>. The Meet the PKP Team event will give a more informal opportunity to get to know some of the faces and people behind the Public Knowledge Project.</span></p><br><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Accommodations</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have arranged a reduced rate at the Radisson Paraiso Hotel Mexico City. The hotel is conveniently close to the UNAM and will host a large portion of the conference attendees for convenience. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are a limited number of rooms available, so please book as early as possible. You will find more information on our <a href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2013/schedConf/accommodation">website</a> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We look forward to seeing you in Mexico!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 13.600000381469727px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Best regards,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 13.600000381469727px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Karen</span></p></font></span><br><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;"><font size="2"><span name="x"></span>Karen Meijer-Kline, MA MLIS<br>Communications and Member Services Officer <br>Public Knowledge Project (PKP)<br>Simon Fraser University Library<br>Email: kmeijerk@sfu.ca<br>Skype: kmeijerkline<br>Telephone: 778-782-9626 <br>----------------<br>Don't miss the Fourth International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference,<br>Aug 19-21, 2013, National Autonomous University of Mexico<br>http://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp2013/<br>----------------</font><span name="x" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><br></div></div></body></html>