<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dear all,</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span id="gmail-m_-3663264962995054254gmail-docs-internal-guid-71b50132-9bef-0779-d688-a8badb49a211"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Early bird discounts for the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (</span><a href="http://oaspa.org/conference" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">COASP</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), </span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hosted by the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, are still available. The conference will be held at the </span><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Altis Grand Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 20th and 21st September, 2017.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">To qualify for the discount, visit the conference website </font></span><a href="http://oaspa.org/conference/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://oaspa.org/conference/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(64,64,64);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and <b>register by Thursday June 15th, 2017.</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b> </b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The program </span></font><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">is available on the conference website.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Speakers confirmed include Jean-Claude Burgelman (European Commission), Jessica Polka (ASAPbio), Louise Page (PLOS), Robert Kiley (Wellcome Trust), Vanessa Proudman (SPARC Europe), Mikael Laakso (Hanken School of Economics), Danny Kingsley (University of Cambridge), Jean-Sébastien Caux (University of Amsterdam), Paul Peters (Hindawi), Tony Ross-Hallauer (Goettingen State and University Library), Edit Görögh (Goettingen State and University Library), Liz Allen (F1000), Anke Beck (De Gruyter), Lara Speicher (UCL Press), Jonas Gurell (Swedish Research Council), Susan Veldsman (ASSaF), Colleen Campbell (Max Planck Digital Library), David Shotton (OpenCitations), Paul Shannon (eLife), Martin Quack (ETH Zürich), and Aina Svensson (Uppsala University Library).</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Now in its 9th year, COASP is a vital conference for the open access publishing community to gather, adv</font></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ance and develop discussions, relationships, policy and research around open access publishing. As in previous years, delegates from a wide range of backgrounds will be brought together for an exciting range of panels, events, and networking opportunities. We are proud to consistently offer global, diverse perspectives on publishing each year, and welcome attendees at all stages of their careers who work in publishing, librarianship, government, higher education, funding agencies, nonprofits, and other affiliated industries. Community and collaboration is at the heart of open access publishing, and we are excited to offer both again at COASP this year for all those working in open access around the world.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A pre-conference reception for delegates will be held on the evening of Tuesday 19th September. Accommodation recommendations are available at <a href="https://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/" target="_blank">https://oaspa.org/<wbr>registrations-and-<wbr>accommodation/</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best wishes,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Leyla</span></p></span><div><div class="gmail-m_-3663264962995054254gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><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 Publishers Association, OASPA </font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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