<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">****with apologies for cross-posting***</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><br></span></div><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">OASPA is pleased to announce that registration will open in a week’s time, on July 1st, for the 2020 OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing 2020. The 2020 conference takes place online during the week beginning Monday 21st September 2020. </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(43,10,38);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Full information will be available on our </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Fconference%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C02de0ab9dd204c9f64c808d81838a5da%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=4I9zw8onRGlQP32JC36z0IycGd7%2FiVL2a0D2osw1Y4k%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/conference/" shash="aHv9liQb2bgxxg3y7B9Jwjt6amjaSKpOqF3IRKXIoHcQz0xv8+rgZlXf6AOPIMiGYxhcT+9rRjtp0c/Oni/yNtVAmYHH5yz3ytmIUDC7tD8m1Q0DbeTErqv4rXgCMpRxx2nnb302735EXkrHoOK6VnYavQ2l1UHYRTuBL8Msgvs=" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">conference page</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(69,147,108);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">or you can sign up for </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2Fg1AMfz&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C02de0ab9dd204c9f64c808d81838a5da%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=WCQGFPBDiZFGKNMwZ8F3OFvKMAA6zA2%2BWbPnqYaXEc8%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="http://eepurl.com/g1AMfz" shash="X/tIZ7LYUhThA3d8wAKyKCxoHquX/oLuP+/i58biYwBMRq5EzwCg7R07LUOkF1DE00Z1UYRhQc5gYzUcqUgpmLlDRHw26DI7zh9Q4xyiVlz2ENf93lcozf6AGT74cJ1DRVA0lz0w/MUdj5FvEQAwK3G59LD3d9oDsi9DXiWbJYw=" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">conference updates</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(69,147,108);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">to be kept informed about registration and program updates.</span><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><br></span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">This year, we will be kicking off the conference with a moderated discussion - </span><em style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">Open access at a time of global challenge: How has the world changed?</em><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"> Our speakers will share global perspectives within the discussion, taking on the demands and opportunities for open scholarship in relation to past and future crises in different regions of the globe. They will reflect on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and our ongoing endeavour to ensure scholarship is open and accessible to all.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">Other panels and keynotes will cover:</span><ul style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;">The Future of Community-owned Open Infrastructure in a World Transformed</li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">What Funding and Business Mechanisms will Support Equitable Open Access</p></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Researchers, Open Science and Open Access behaviours – what changed in 2020</p></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Pricing and cost transparency: Is it time to unbundle the “end to end” publication process? </p></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">Small and scholar-led publishers: What lessons can they teach us? </p></li><li style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;line-height:24px">The future of open research communication: Where are we headed and how could we prepare? </p></li></ul><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">The full program for the conference will be announced soon. </span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"><strong style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><br></strong><div><strong style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">Call for contributions </strong></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><br>A call for contributions for our Poster session can be found on our </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Fcall-for-contributions-for-the-2020-oaspa-online-conference-on-open-access-scholarly-publishing%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C02de0ab9dd204c9f64c808d81838a5da%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=WrLZiB895pjXBQG4q97YOy7a4Fk2QIau%2FSrYVn2v4A0%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/call-for-contributions-for-the-2020-oaspa-online-conference-on-open-access-scholarly-publishing/" shash="Mp7QSGFj6FB9Rsdut7MuRc+BaLbCTiTM+Ku0Q0yU9xfVYDfSf1bOFAzdoNyucJH8D43WiiIB/b1iM28enYFaCTUsZYocHwvlnJ7xDAuuW1TbGBW6Nuf0TjWFCNjVZiuuYsKi/3VwmP+XXXQ5XGrxzJNW/NxZ3kLS2h7SVeYktVQ=" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-family:Helvetica">blog here</a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">. We are looking for short proposals by the deadline of July 10 2020.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"></div><div><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">The conference will be discussed on social media with the hashtag #OASPA2020. </span><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">Any enquiries regarding the conference can be directed to </span><a href="mailto:info@oaspa.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,124,137);font-family:Helvetica">info@oaspa.org</a><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">.</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">Best wishes,</span><br style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica"><span style="color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica">Bernie</span>  <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#666666"><br>Bernie Folan</font></b><div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications </font></div><div><font color="#666666">OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:bernie.folan@oaspa.org" target="_blank">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</a><br>___________________________________________________________________<br></font><font color="#999999">Stay up to date:  <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbYkP8r&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C02de0ab9dd204c9f64c808d81838a5da%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=ScgatLV4QO3yHeiGvQAKF%2FImIe%2B5okcG7BSa9tSFq6I%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" shash="GVWn3W++ZZzPFgrHTcJdGoO4KY/G6oHobsas1QiWitFBUIY0ZlNw0GvgL9bvy68hRP+1x2TLT+tfxjV8Z2K1GZd/4nujpWydO8OsIeHd0lyak557wrEG6p3tsuJ6/nvc76++g6ft/LYZ5RHk7Q6NSys5HYy3vPMGSQWuJx48JQw=" target="_blank">Sign up</a> for OASPA news by email | Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FOASPA&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C02de0ab9dd204c9f64c808d81838a5da%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=0bfOsgcSAvUP87H4tYN9Ub%2FGHVVj4m0h4eggwCts5bc%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://twitter.com/OASPA" shash="Z6jnlopjsd7JbxoMadHdd+xSXEz1/wi8WjQpZ6fdrxr9+ODJ2nYgHKfaifyU2Z5Mpa/kmMhc2EB9mJWxrJlTnH9Qc5P75QPSbzoIe6cC9STwyJMNh0Au/1TVBZW9vmD1pkTH/Uz8vuRT1ovNMdjS8dxnLpnQ6f1rQ/P3oheQFTM=" target="_blank">@OASPA</a><br>OASPA 2020 <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foaspa.org%2Fconference%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C02de0ab9dd204c9f64c808d81838a5da%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=4I9zw8onRGlQP32JC36z0IycGd7%2FiVL2a0D2osw1Y4k%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://oaspa.org/conference/" shash="aHv9liQb2bgxxg3y7B9Jwjt6amjaSKpOqF3IRKXIoHcQz0xv8+rgZlXf6AOPIMiGYxhcT+9rRjtp0c/Oni/yNtVAmYHH5yz3ytmIUDC7tD8m1Q0DbeTErqv4rXgCMpRxx2nnb302735EXkrHoOK6VnYavQ2l1UHYRTuBL8Msgvs=" target="_blank">Online Conference</a>, September 21-25 2020 </font><font color="#666666"><br></font></d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