SSP is a proud sponsor of the 14th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference, happening Thursday, October 10, 2024, with in-person and virtual presentations and attendees, at the George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom Campus, City View Room, and virtually-only on Friday, October 11. See the Full Schedule.
The conference will include students and professionals in trade, academic, and scholarly publishing, library and information sciences, and scholarly communications on topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), multilingual publishing; workplace equity; open access (OA); DEI initiatives; accessibility; peer review; publishing strategies and more.
14th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference
Thursday, October 10th, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET (hybrid)
Friday, October 11, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm ET (virtual)
Registration for the GW Ethics in Publishing Conference is free of charge. RSVP for in-person or virtual attendance.
Organized and hosted by the George Washington University Graduate Program in Publishing, College of Professional Studies, in collaboration with the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing.
Conference sponsors:
- Association of American Publishers (AAP)
- Association of University Presses (AUPresses)
- Book Industry Study Group (BISG)
- Council of Science Editors (CSE)
- International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE)
- Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
Organized by Puja Telikicherla, Licensing & Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association Publishing, and Adjunct Professor, George Washington University; and John W. Warren, Director and Association Professor, Master of Professional Studies in Publishing, George Washington University. Ethics in Publishing Conference Assistant, Taylor Dent.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2024 | 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
9:00 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 am – In Other Words: Addressing Language and Multilingualism
- Says Who?: Language Discrimination in Academic Publishing
- Networks and Collaborative Alliances Towards Latin America
- Does the Editor Need to be a Translator to Offer Quality Multilingual Content?
10:30 am – Advancing Editorial Equity in Scholarly Publishing
- Toward Decolonizing Knowledge Production in Global Public Health: Efforts by a Global Health Peer-Reviewed Journal
- From Bias to Integrity: Fostering Equitable Science through Author Submission Guides and Policies
- Diversity in OA Publishing: What Does the Data Tell Us?
- Increasing Diversity of Editorial Boards: A Literature Review and Case Study Analysis
1:15 pm – Afternoon Remarks
1:30 pm – AI and Responsible Publishing
- The Rights-Ethics Relationship in the Era of AI
- One Step Ahead: Proactive Versus Reactive Approaches to Avoiding Research Integrity Issues
- The Integrity Algorithm
3:00 pm – From the Editor’s Desk
- How To Not Get Exploited as a Freelance Academic Editor
- From Funding to Publication: The Impact of the Geopolitical Landscape on Scholarly Communication
- Protecting Their Innocence: Modifying Mature Content for Young Readers
- Authenticity as Ethos: Why Diversity Alone Won’t Build Integrity in Publishing
- Redefining the Future of Peer Review: Black Stripe’s Community-Centered Practices and Their Impact on Open Access and Diverse Submissions
4:30 pm – Closing Remarks – Day 1
5:30 pm – In-person Social Hour to follow conference; location TBA
FRIDAY, October 11, 2024 (online only) | 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
11:00 am – Opening Remarks
11:15 am – Rethinking Peer Review
- Openness and the Ethics of Peer Engagement
- AI in the Academic Context: Intellectual Property, Peer-reviewing and Editors’ challenges
12:30 pm – Collaborative Publishing
- Advancing HBCU Scholarship, Diversifying Digital Publishing
- Adventures in Digital Publishing: Opportunities, Challenges, Looking Ahead
- Why Publishers Should Invest in Libraries to Cultivate Lifelong Readers
2:30 pm – Building an Inclusive Scholarly Publishing Workforce: What we are learning from the Workplace Equity Survey
3:30 pm – Closing Remarks
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