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Making open access work for you: publishing, peer-review and innovation
Date: October 20, 2015
Venue: Sheraton Grand Beijing Dongcheng Hotel (北京金隅喜来登酒店)
Springer Nature Open Research Day is a whole day scientific program focusing on scientific publishing, peer-review and innovation. The speakers, who are the most experienced editors from Nature and BioMed Central, will share their in-depth knowledge of scientific writing and publishing, helping researchers to benefit from open access publishing and to accelerate research career.
Springer Nature is a major new force in scientific, scholarly, professional and educational publishing, created in May 2015 through the combination of Springer Science+Business Media, Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education.
As part of Springer Nature, BioMed Central is the leading open access publisher of STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) research. Founded in 2000, BioMed Central has successfully pioneered the open access publishing model and brought open access to the mainstream. We now publish over 290 journals in biology and medical sciences, over 170 of which indexed by SCI.
Springer Nature Open Research Day is open only to invited scientists, senior researchers and faculty members in Beijing and neighboring regions. The costs for this event will be covered by BioMed Central, and as seats are limited, pre-registration is obligatory. We will send you confirmation if the registration is successful.
Agenda
| 9:00-9:30 | Registration |
| 9:30-9:40 | Welcome and introduction of CEO |
| Charlotte Liu – President Greater China | |
| 9:40-9:50 | Opening remarks |
| Derk Haank – Chief Executive Officer | |
| 9:50-10:20 | Recognizing journal quality |
| Caroline Black – Editorial Director | |
| 10:20-10:50 | Open access in China today and the way forward |
| Xiaolin Zhang, PhD – National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| 10:50-11:10 | Coffee break |
| 11:10-11:40 | Reproducibility: better reporting for better research |
| Nick Campbell, PhD – Executive Editor at Nature | |
| 11:40-12:10 | How to get published in highly selective journals |
| Sabina Alam, PhD – Editor of BMC Medicine | |
| 12:10-13:10 | Lunch and social |
| 13:15-13:50 | Understanding and participating in peer review |
| Elizabeth Moylan, PhD – Senior Editor (Research Integrity) | |
| 13:50-14:40 | Publication ethics: ensure research integrity |
| Caroline Black – Editorial Director | |
| Siu-wai Leung, PhD – University of Macau (Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Medicine) | |
| 14:40-15:00 | My experience of publishing |
| Min Li, PhD – The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee break |
| 15:20-16:30 | Collaboration between basic and medical research |
| Chair: Sabina Alam, PhD – Editor of BMC Medicine | |
| Panel: Bin Du, MD – Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences | |
| Tianzi Jiang, PhD – Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| You-Lin Qiao, MD, PhD – Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences | |
| 16:30 | Closing remarks - Caroline Black |
Speakers
 Sabina Alam, PhD |
 Caroline Black |
 Nick Campbell, PhD |
 Bin Du, MD |
 Derk Haank |
 Tianzi Jiang, PhD |
 Siu-wai Leung, PhD |
 Min Li, PhD |
 Charlotte Liu |
 Elizabeth Moylan, PhD |
 You-Lin Qiao, MD PhD |
 Xiaolin Zhang, PhD |
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Updated on October 12, 2015