<div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dear all,</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="font-weight:400">Thank you to all who have submitted Show and Tell proposals for COASP 2018 so far. This is a reminder that all <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">proposals should be submitted by</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> </span><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">May 25th 2018</b><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">at the latest to</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> </span><a href="mailto:coasp@oaspa.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">coasp@oaspa.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">.<span> Please see below for details:</span></span></div><div style="font-weight:400"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span><br></span></span></div><div style="font-weight:400"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span>-----------</span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><b>COASP 2018 Call for Contributions</b></span></div><div style="font-weight:400"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span><br></span></span></div><div style="font-weight:400">Now in its 10th anniversary year, the<span> </span><a href="https://oaspa.org/conference/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP)</a><span> </span>is a major annual scholarly publishing conference that brings the open access community together to discuss new developments and innovations in scholarly publishing, and unite in our shared goal to enable research around the world to be openly accessible.</div><div style="font-weight:400"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400">As in previous years, the COASP Program Committee have set aside sessions within the conference program to provide opportunities for presenting projects, ideas or initiatives relating to open access publishing. This year, organisations and individuals are invited to submit a proposal to us for ‘<span class="gmail-m_7446083113643418753gmail-il">Show</span><span> </span>&<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_7446083113643418753gmail-il">Tell</span>’ presentations. These are 10 minute talks showcasing new projects, ideas or initiatives.</div><div style="font-weight:400"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400">All proposals should be submitted by<span> </span><b>May 25th 2018</b><span> </span>at the latest to<span> </span><a href="mailto:coasp@oaspa.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">coasp@oaspa.org</a>. There are no strict requirements of what proposals need to include; an abstract-length summary of what you would like to present will be sufficient.</div><div style="font-weight:400"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400">Please note that while we will be able to cover the registration costs for the authors of successful proposals, we are not able to cover any of the travel expenses that may be incurred in attending the conference.</div><div style="font-weight:400"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400">If you aren’t selected for a<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_7446083113643418753gmail-il">Show</span><span> </span>and<span> </span><span class="gmail-m_7446083113643418753gmail-il">Tell</span><span> </span>then there may be an opportunity for you to present a brief Lightning Talk and poster on your topic at the conference.</div><div style="font-weight:400"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400">Recordings, slides and posters from previous conferences can be found on our website<span> </span><a href="https://oaspa.org/conference/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">here.</a> This call for contributions announcement can be found on our website<span> </span><a href="https://oaspa.org/coasp-2018-call-for-contributions/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">here.</a></div><div style="font-weight:400"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400">We look forward to receiving your suggestions!</div><div style="font-weight:400"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400"><b>- The COASP 2018 Program Committee</b></div><div style="font-weight:400">Caroline Sutton (Taylor and Francis)</div><div style="font-weight:400">Liz Ferguson (Wiley)</div><div style="font-weight:400">Lucy Oates (Oxford University Press)</div><div style="font-weight:400">Eelco Ferwerda (OAPEN)</div><div style="font-weight:400">Stuart Taylor (Royal Society)</div><div style="font-weight:400">Xenia van Edig (Copernicus Publications)</div><div style="font-weight:400">Catriona Maccallum (Hindawi)</div><div style="font-weight:400">Lars Bjørnshauge (DOAJ)</div></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><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><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> | <a href="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Sign up</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.8px">for our mailing list</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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