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Archives: Conferences

Editing in the Age of Misinformation: A Report on the 2025 EASE Conference

In today’s post, three Scholarly Kitchen Chefs — Haseeb Irfanullah, Phill Jones, and Alice Meadows — report on the recent European Association of Science Editors (EASE) Conference (Oslo, May 14-16). 

  • By Alice Meadows, Haseeb Irfanullah, Phill Jones
  • Jun 17, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 9 mins

Smorgasbord: Trends from the Spring 2023 Meetings and Conferences

It’s conference season in scholarly communications. Between them, the Scholarly Kitchen Chefs have been / will be at 9 events around the world in the 6 week stretch from early April to mid May. In a series of “Smorgasbord” posts, Chefs will share some of the key themes emerging for our sector. This week: Charlie Rapple reports from EARMA, Roy Kaufman from the London Book Fair, and David Crotty from STM. 

  • By Charlie Rapple, Roy Kaufman, David Crotty
  • May 11, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — An Inspiring and Sustainable Future for Scholarly Events

Paul Killoran, CEO of Ex Ordo reflects on the future of scholarly events and makes a case for innovation.

  • By Paul Killoran
  • May 1, 2023
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

SXSW Interactive: Slow Down To Speed Up

Back to SXSW this year! Hear about the conference, the speakers, and the themes. Tell us what resonates with you the most!

  • By Ann Michael
  • Mar 22, 2023
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Entering a New Age of Digital Publishing: Dispatch from Digital Book World 2023

John Warren and his students (MPS in Publishing, George Washington University) share perspectives on attending Digital Book World 2023 and the trends and highlights relevant for scholarly publishers.

  • By John W. Warren, Tina Donnelly, Joshua Luke Johnson, Maria Sviridova Chandis
  • Feb 15, 2023
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

It’s Good to be Back… But What Happens Now?

Reflections on what’s next for getting together in the real world, in a time of climate change and pandemics.

  • By David Smith
  • Jun 21, 2022
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Why I Keep Hosting Debates: A Personal Reflection

I realized recently that I’ve been organizing formal debates at conferences for some time now. This has led me to reflect on why I do that.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Feb 2, 2022
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

The Charleston Conference — Trailblazing the Return to In-Person Events

Interview with Leah Hinds, ExecDir of Charleston Hub, reflecting on preparations for holding the Charleston Conference in-person as well as virtual. @chsconf @lisalibrarian

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Sep 27, 2021
  • 3 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

A Framework for the Future of Conferences

The sudden virtualization of conferences sparked a flurry of experimentation. It is now time to build the future of the scholarly meeting.

  • By Roger C. Schonfeld, Laura Brown
  • Mar 1, 2021
  • 6 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

The Role of Information in UN Sustainability Goals: Highlights from the 2020 ASIS&T Meeting

Information scholars address UN sustainability goals during virtual 2020 ASIS&T conference

  • By Lettie Y. Conrad
  • Nov 10, 2020
  • 0 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Guest Post — Pivoting your Conference: Pandemic as the Mother of Invention

Simon Inger rethinks the online conference through the lens of product development.

  • By Simon Inger
  • Jul 7, 2020
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Scientific and Scholarly Meetings in the Time of Pandemic

As professional and academic societies scramble to cancel meetings or move them to online formats in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Michael Clarke discusses considerations for both maintaining revenues and engagement.

  • By Michael Clarke
  • Apr 29, 2020
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Guest Post — Coronavirus is a Wakeup Call for Academic Conferences. Here’s Why

This guest post by Sami Benchekroun and Michelle Kuepper of Morressier highlights some of the tools available for digitizing conferences and disseminate important early stage research information.

  • By Sami Benchekroun, Michelle Kuepper
  • Mar 25, 2020
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

Room For One More? (Conference, That Is)

The last five years have seen a new wave of scholarly communications meetings and events. Read this roundup of some key ones and why they’re proving successful – by Alice Meadows.

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Dec 9, 2019
  • 16 Comments
  • Time To Read: 5 mins

Changing the Culture in Scholarly Communications

Changing the culture is the topic of this year’s FORCE2017 conference in October. It’s typically not a priority, in scholarly communications or in business – but it should be…

  • By Alice Meadows
  • Aug 7, 2017
  • 8 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

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