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Publisherspeak
US 2025
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Elevate scholarly publishing
through collaboration
Publisherspeak US 2025 is an in-person unconference-style event by Kriyadocs, taking place on September 18 (Thursday). This event will bring together stakeholders from the publishing industry to collaborate, generate innovative ideas, and acquire actionable insights to overcome the challenges faced in scholarly publishing today.
Highlights from Publisherspeak US 2023
Explore insights from the breakout sessions at Publisherspeak US 2023, published in The Scholarly Kitchen blog. The breakout sessions covered four timely and pertinent themes of author experience (chaired by Patricia Kershaw, ASCE), the influence of AI on scholarly publishing (chaired by Richard di Santo, JMIR Publications), metadata infrastructure (chaired by David Haber, ASM), and diversity in authorship and editorial processes (chaired by Randy Townsend, GWU).
Inside Publisherspeak US 2025
We are excited to announce the return of Louise Russell as the Conference Chair for Publisherspeak US 2025! With her proven expertise in scholarly publishing and digital strategies, Louise will once again lead the way at our unconference-style event in Washington, DC.
Louise has over 25 years of experience in the scholarly communications sector spanning editorial, product/digital, and senior leadership roles. In her current role as Director of Tutton Russell Consulting, Louise provides specialist consultancy to publishers, societies, universities, and vendors internationally. In an evolving and increasingly dynamic landscape Louise brings an external perspective – supporting organisations as they explore new products and business models, review current processes, operations and commercial arrangements, and refocus their strategy for the future.
We have an exciting lineup of sessions and talks in store for Publisherspeak US—stay tuned for the full program coming soon!
Conference program
09:00 AM
Registrations & coffee/tea
09:10 AM
Welcome address by the Conference Chair
Louise Russell, Director, Tutton-Russell Consulting
09:20 AM
A word from Kriyadocs, the sponsor of Publisherspeak
Ravi Venkataramani, CEO, Kriyadocs
10:20 AM
Keynote address
10:30 AM
Short break
11:30 AM
Panel discussions with Q&A
12:20 AM
Show & tell sessions (success stories from the industry) with Q&A
12:30 PM
An introduction to the unconference-style breakout sessions
Louise Russell, Director, Tutton-Russell Consulting
1:30 PM
Lunch break
2:50 PM
Unconference-style breakout sessions
Interactive, design-thinking-driven discussions where delegates brainstorm, ideate, and develop actionable solutions to key challenges in scholarly publishing.
3:00 PM
Short break
3:40 PM
Presentation sessions
Groups take the stage to share their ideas, key insights, and practical solutions from their breakout session discussions.
4:00 PM
Closing address & survey
Louise Russell, Director, Tutton-Russell Consulting & Ravi Venkataramani, CEO, Kriyadocs
5:00 PM
Drinks & networking hour
Who is Publisherspeak for?
This one-day, in-person event is for publishing professionals looking to engage in discussion around topics such as scholarly publishing workflows, research integrity, evolving best practice, agile publishing, digital transformation, and more.
Publisherspeak US 2025 will also facilitate breakout sessions, akin to an unconference where attendees will collaborate in groups to devise solutions for current challenges in scholarly publishing.
Register for Publisherspeak US 2025
Publisherspeak US 2025 is free to attend for publishers. Registrants from other allied organizations within the scholarly publishing industry are welcome to join for a registration fee of $199 USD, payable by invoice.