The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce that the second international PKP conference will be held from July 8 – 10, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The first PKP conference was an overwhelming success with presentations and participants from around the world. A selected set of conference papers was subsequently published in the October 2007 issue of First Monday.
The conference will consist of a mixture of plenary talks and parallel conference streams intended for the following groups:
- journal editors and publishers
- researchers in scholarly publishing
- librarians and information specialists
- open source software developers and system administrators
Papers and presentation proposals that address one or more of the following topics are especially encouraged:
- New reading and publishing technologies, e.g. integration of Web 2.0 features;
- Open access initiatives;
- Alternative publishing and funding models;
- National and international collaborative projects;
- New roles and partnerships for libraries, scholarly publishers, and others;
- Sustainability for open access publishing and open source software.
Parallel sessions will each be up to 1 hour in length. They may consist of a workshop, a case study, a research report, a set of 3 presentations on a single theme, a panel discussion as well as other options.
Proposals for papers or presentations (500 word maximum for single presentations/1000 word maximum for group presentations) should be submitted by January 15, 2009, using the submission guidelines and form available:
Author Guidelines
Please review the Call for Papers carefully, to ensure your proposal fits within the scope of the conference.
Write your proposal in the form of an abstract (500 word maximum for single presentations, 1000 word maximum for group presentations). Your contribution has to be original, that is, not previously published. Only contributions in English are accepted.
To submit your proposal, please register at the conference site. Registration and submission are free. When you submit, you will be asked to fill in a two-page form. It will take just a few minutes. Logging in occasionally to the conference will show you the status of your submission.
If your proposal is accepted, you will be invited to submit either a full paper or your presentation slides (or, if you wish, both).
Thank you for considering the PKP conference for your presentation. All accepted proposals will be published on the PKP Conference web site and selected papers will be published in the upcoming Research and Scholarly Communication journal.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
- all sessions will have access to a PC (running Windows and Office 2007), Internet, and projector.
- to facilitate the transition between speakers, we would prefer that you use the PC provided.
- you are encouraged to send your presentation file to us in advance (cklouie@sfu.ca), but it can be loaded from your USB key the morning of your session (no floppy disks or CDs please).
- if you must use your own laptop, be sure to bring your power cable, power converter (if you are not from North America), and dongle if you are using a Mac.
Submissions for this conference were closed on 2009-07-01.