<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, is pleased to announce </span><a href="http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">registrations are now open</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> for the 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP), which will be held at the Westin Arlington Gateway, Virginia, on the 21st and 22nd September, 2016.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">Details can be found on the </span><a href="http://oaspa.org/conference/registrations-and-accommodation/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Registration and Accommodation page</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> on our website, including how to book rooms at the hotel at our discounted delegate rate.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">An essential conference for all those working in and interested in open access publishing, COASP returns for its 8th year with a diverse range of panels, events, and collaborative opportunities to bring together the open access community. With open access now at the top of the agendas of global governments, universities, libraries, funders, and policy makers, and of critical importance to researchers at all stages of their careers, COASP offers a crucial space for those working in open access around the world to come together and discuss developments, innovations, and best practices, and to make and build upon collaborations old and new.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">Keynote speakers for this year are </span><a href="http://sparcopen.org/people/heather-joseph/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Heather Joseph</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Executive Director, SPARC),</span><a href="https://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/about/meetnewul.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">MacKenzie Smith</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (University Librarian, University of California, Davis), </span><a href="http://hildabastian.net/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Hilda Bastian</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Chief Editor, PubMed Health/PubMed Commons), and </span><a href="https://blog.datadryad.org/2015/03/03/execdirmm/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Meredith Morovati</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Executive Director, Dryad).</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">Other confirmed speakers include: </span><a href="https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/willinsk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">John Willinsky</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Khosla Family Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University),</span><a href="http://www.drcarolineedwards.com/about/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Caroline Edwards</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Open Library of Humanities), </span><a href="http://www.redalyc.org/redalyc/media/redalyc_n/acerca-de/curriculum/ariannaCV/ariannaCV.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Arianna Becerril-García</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Redalyc), </span><a href="https://about.me/allenliz" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Liz Allen</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Director, MarCom and Strategic Development, Annual Reviews), </span><a href="http://melissagymrek.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Melissa Gymrek</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (PhD student, Harvard/MIT Health Science and Technology Program), and </span><a href="http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/library/about/staff-directory/melissa-haendel.cfm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(108,148,108);font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif;word-wrap:break-word">Melissa Haendel</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> (Oregon Health & Science University and FORCE11).</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">Panel discussions are scheduled to cover: ‘Technology & Innovation’, ‘Non-APC Publishing’, ‘Evaluation’, and ‘Open Scholarship Initiatives’. A pre-conference reception for delegates will be held on the evening of Tuesday 20th September. The full program for the conference will be announced as soon as possible.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">Please discuss the conference on social media using the hashtag </span><strong style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,'helvetica neue',helvetica,sans-serif">#COASP8. </strong>Questions regarding the conference should be directed to <font color="#6aa84f"><a href="mailto:info@oaspa.org">info@oaspa.org</a>.</font><div><br></div><div>We hope you can join us!<br></div><div><div><font face="arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Best wishes,</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Leyla<br clear="all"></span></font><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Leyla Williams</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications Coordinator</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association, OASPA</font></div><div><a href="http://oaspa.org" target="_blank">oaspa.org</a><font color="#666666"> | Twitter: </font><a href="https://twitter.com/OASPA" target="_blank">@OASPA</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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