”Publishing in the New Millennium: A Forum on Publishing in the Biosciences”
Friday, November 9, 1:00 – 6:00 pm
TMEC Walter Amphitheater, Harvard Medical School
260 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115
www.harvardpublishingforum.com

This is a student-organized conference that will convene experts from across the world to discuss the state of publishing in the biological sciences.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Harold Varmus, M.D.
Nobel-Laureate and Co-founder of PLoS, former Director of the NIH, and CEO of Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dr. Varmus will draw on his experience as Director of the NIH and as a co-founder of the Public Library of Science to reflect on the current and future state of scientific publishing.

PANELS:

The State of Publishing will critically assess the impact that scientific publishing has on scientific research.
Panelists include:

• Robert Kiley, Head of e-Strategy, Wellcome Library, Wellcome Trust
• Isaac Kohane, Director, Countway Library, Harvard University
• Emilie Marcus, Editor-in-Chief, Cell Press and Editor, Cell
• Stuart Shieber, Professor, Harvard University

Publishing 2.0 will examine the future of publishing in an increasingly digital world.
Panelists include:

• Moshe Pritsker, Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Journal of Visualized Experiments
• Hilary Spencer, Product Manager, Nature Precedings
• John Wilbanks, Executive Director, Science Commons
• Bora Zivkovic, Community Manager, PLoS ONE

Registration required:

No

Free:

Yes