Blog Category: Melbourne - Aus - 2015

Keynote:

We will review five key trends that will affect the research publishing landscape over the next five years, discuss five core values of research publishing that are likely to remain, and recommend five key actions for societies to address in their strategic planning. With five years to get them done, we will look at how we can work together to ensure we deliver research impact, quality, reach and a sustainable future.

 

Speaker Bio

Andy RobinsonAndy Robinson is Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Society Services group at Wiley, and a member of the leadership team for Wiley’s Research business.

Wiley’s Research business publishes more than 1500 journals and databases, working with more than 900 Societies, Associations and other academic institutions from offices in the US, Europe and Asia.

Wiley’s Society Services team delivers publishing and related services to society and other partners, their members, and their communities around the world.

Previously Andy led Wiley’s global Health Sciences business unit, publishing more than 350 health sciences journals, and 1000 books, and the world leading Cochrane Database. He joined Blackwell in 1991 after completing a PhD on potatoes at the University of Cambridge.

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