[GOAL] Boston program confirmed for researcher event (Explore Open Access Books)

[Christina Emery]

** apologies for cross posting **

Dear GOAL members,

We are happy to be able to give you more information about the program for Explore Open Access Books, a free event for researchers and academic book authors in Boston next week, co-hosted by Digital Science and Springer Nature.


I'd be grateful if you could help share the invite with your researcher networks.

Sessions include:
* Author Q&A with Eric Haines, lead editor of open access book 'Ray Tracing Gems' and Distinguished Engineer (Nvidia)
* About MIT Knowledge Futures Group, a new joint venture of the  MIT Media Lab and the MIT Press
* Why publish an OA book? - Ros Pyne, Director OA Books, Springer Nature
* Understanding the value and impact of open books - Mike Taylor, Head of Metrics Development, Digital Science


Details: Thursday, September 19 1.30pm - 5pm followed by networking drinks.

Register: http://bit.ly/2keCfsj

The event will also be livestreamed via the Springer Nature Facebook account<https://www.facebook.com/SpringerNature/> and you can follow the conversation on Twitter through #exploreOAbooks<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23exploreoabooks&src=typed_query&f=live> and @SN_OAbooks<https://twitter.com/SN_OAbooks>.


Thanks for your help in spreading the word,
Christina Emery

Open access books - marketing manager at Springer Nature
christina.emery at springernature.com<mailto:christina.emery at springernature.com>


PS A similar event will take place on Monday 16 September in New York. We are almost at capacity but further details can be found here: http://bit.ly/2P5C1SX






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