An audience in Hall 4.0 at the 2015 Frankfurter Buchmesse. Image: FBM, Bernd Hartung
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
A Newly Dedicated Themed ‘Stage 4.0’
This year’s Frankfurter Buchmesse (October 16 to 20) will see a new concentration of presentations in science, librarianship, edtech and more of an educational publishing interest in Hall 4.0 on “Stage 4.0.”
Start-ups from the education sector are to be represented by the EDUvation network and other entities. Morressier is listed as a partner, and associated programming is to be provided by the Publishing Perspectives Forum and Charleston Conference; BookMachine; Bookwire; and the Society of Scholarly Publishing.
Frankfurt Wednesday and Thursday mornings, October 16 and 17, are dedicated to international science and education topics, followed by “publishing partners.”
Friday, October 18, has been dubbed Librarian’s Day, with the two-hour Charleston Conference as the opening event. A meeting area next to Stage 4.0 will allow trade visitors to network.
You can learn more about these events in programming information here and here.
Several Programming Highlights
October 16, 12:30 p.m., Stage 4.0
Setting the Course for the Future of Scholarly Communication
Springer Nature
October 16, 1:30 p.m., Stage 4.0
Preparing Students for the Future: Integrating Computational Thinking in K-12 Curriculum
MM Educational Group
October 17, 9:30 a.m., Stage 4.0 (4.0 H 104)
TSK Micro-Conference
Society for Scholarly Publishing
October 17, 2 to 4:30 p.m., Frankfurt Studio, Hall 4.0
Academic Track with events from Wiley, Copyright Clearance Center, and Taylor & Francis
The Charleston Conference Half-Day Program
October 18: Charleston Conference
From Publishing Perspectives Forum
- 9:30 a.m.: Networking Breakfast | The day will begin with a networking breakfast, offering attendees the chance to connect with peers and industry leaders in an informal setting. This is an excellent opportunity to foster new relationships and exchange ideas before the start of the formal sessions.
- 10 a.m.: Putting Theory to Practice: The Case of Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publishing with moderator Sven Fund, managing director of Reviewer Credits. | Artificial intelligence has been a key topic at almost every publishing conference in the past two years. Numerous publishers and service providers are experimenting with its application in various areas and questions of whether to reduce costs or increase sales. This panel will use examples from differently structured publishing houses to survey solutions industry on which participants are working, with insights into how they’re applying distinct, rapidly developing forms of artificial intelligence in practice. Panelists will be selected following a hack-a-thon to be held on September 10. Sven Fund, managing director of Reviewer Credits, moderates.
- 11 a.m.: When more means less? The Unanticipated Consequences of Scholcomm Trends on Library Resourcing with moderator Jude Perera, associate director of communication and engagement in global strategic partnerships at Wiley | As complexity around scholarly communications increases, trends around content access from open research to artificial intelligence clash with practical realities around library staffing, budgets, and time. One real-world result may be fewer staffers responsible for “keeping the lights on” with routine work processes, as dedicated open-access or AI point people are peeled off for more “glamorous” work. Another may be a seemingly endless allocation of head count for managing open-access agreements/charges or repository deposits to comply with local data mandates: what will happen when those folks retire? Panelists:
- Heather Staines, senior consultant with Delta Think
- Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, professor and coordinator for research professional development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Ádám Dér, head of scientific information provision, Max Planck Digital Libraro
For more on Publishing Perspectives Forum’s programming, see our page here. And for more on some of Stage 4.0’s programming and plans, information here and here.
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