A&E 2019 Community Calendar
Date
Where
Event
11/15/2019
Durham, NC: Research Square
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. BELS Exam. Durham, NC: Research Square. Register by 5/18/19 at https://www.bels.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=48&Itemid=145&year=2019&month=06&day=15&title=bels-exam-durham-nc
11/06/2019
San Diego, California, USA
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. BELS Exam. San Diego, CA: Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. Register by 10/09/19 at https://www.bels.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=29&Itemid=145&year=2019&month=11&day=06&title=bels-exam-san-diego-ca&uid=87b81f1fc77cf56f2d5ddb5bd4bade27
11/6–9/2019
San Diego, California, USA
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) 2019 Annual Conference. San Diego, CA: Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. Information at https://www.amwa.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1020243&group=
10/21-27/2019
International Open Access Week. Notice at SPARC https://sparcopen.org/our-work/open-access-week/ ; IOAW 2018 at http://www.openaccessweek.org/
05/29–31/2019
San Diego Marina, CA, USA
Society for Scholarly Publishing 41st Annual meeting. Marriott Marquis, San Diego Marina, CA, USA. Theme: Shaping the New Status Quo: Global Perspectives in Scholarly Publishing. Information and tracks: http://customer.sspnet.org/ssp/2019-Meeting/Event-Home/ssp/AM19/Home.aspx
05/04/2019
Columbus, OH
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. BELS Exam. Columbus, OH: Hyatt Regency. Register by 4/6/19 at https://bels.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=45&Itemid=145&year=2019&month=05&day=04&title=bels-exam-columbus-oh
05/4–7/2019
Columbus, OH
Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH, USA. Theme: The Spirit of Scientific Publishing: Inclusion, Identity, Technology & Beyond. To register
https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/events/upcoming-events/2019-cse-annual-meeting/registration/ . Early bird deadline 4/8/2019.
04/07/2019
Indianapolis, IN
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. BELS Exam. Indianapolis, IN: Ruth Lilly Learning Center. Register by 3/10/19 at https://www.bels.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=47&Itemid=145&year=2019&month=04&day=07&title=bels-exam-indianapolis-in&uid=3312d2ad89df96484d9473ca89aa480a
04/04-05/2019
Portland, OR
Science Talk ’19. Tiffany Center, Portland Oregon. Theme: “Community”. Annual meeting on science journalism. To register: https://www.sciencetalk.org/science-talk-19.html (early bird deadline 1/19/19). To apply for a student or post-doc travel grant: https://static-promote.weebly.com/share/a0de5de2-285c-42d3-b4be-fe33709a5569
Call for papers and abstracts with 2/13/19 deadline: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YMMBZZ6
04/3-4/2019
Irvine, CA
Advancing the Science and Practice of Science Communication: Misinformation about Science in the Public Sphere. Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Science. $ Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, USA. Information and registrations: http://www.cvent.com/events/advancing-the-science-and-practice-of-science-communication-misinformation-about-science-in-the-publ/event-summary-c4d9df4d8baf4567ab82042e4f4efb78.aspx?i=62c14f5f-e453-4d0e-85c4-b96e4196c07d
03/16/2019
Dallas, TX
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. BELS Exam. Dallas, TX: Meadows Conference Center. Register by 2/23/19 at https://www.bels.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=46&Itemid=145&year=2019&month=03&day=16&title=bels-exam-dallas-tx&uid=b68f3d31e777460eb0a93054bf52606e
02/27–11/19/2019
Webinar Series
Society for Scholarly Publishing 2019 Webinar Series (free) begins. For topics and dates see https://www.sspnet.org/?library=scholarly-kitchen-webinar-the-future-of-data-publication
02/08/2019
17H00CET
Deadline for feedback on the Guidance and Implementation information for Plan S to implement Open Access publishing January 21, 2020. See coAlitionS at https://www.coalition-s.org/feedback/ for the information and the feedback form at https://surveys.scienceeurope.org/index.php/746597?lang=en
02/07/2019
Webinar
Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) Webinar: The Academy takes on publishing: OASPA Webinar in support of Academic Led Publishing Day. Time: 3:00 – 4:00 pm GMT (other timezones:7:00 am PST, 9:00 am CST, 10:00 am EST, 12:00 pm BRT, 4:00 pm CET, 4:00 pm WAT, 7:00 pm SAST, 4:00 pm IST) Register at: http://www.cvent.com/events/the-academy-takes-on-publishing-oaspa-webinar-in-support-of-academic-led-publishing-day/custom-17-64a722f2c2f84b1ea10c21a777a423b3.aspx
Information and presenter bios at https://oaspa.org/webinar-in-support-of-academic-led-publishing-day/
02/03/2019
Mumbai, India
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences. BELS Exam. Mumbai, India: M.L. Dahanukar College. Register by 1/13/19 at https://www.bels.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=44&Itemid=145&year=2019&month=02&day=03&title=bels-exam-mumbai-india&uid=b20a70d8575fbc9663237445dba06eb5
01/29/2019
Webinar
Webinar ($). Council of Science Editors. “Preprint Servers and Implications for Authors and Journals”. Description, speakers, to register: https://customer.councilscienceeditors.org/cse/Register/cse/Registration.aspx?eventkey=WEB190129
A&E 2018 Community Calendar
Date
Where
Event
10/31/18
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) exam. Register by October 10, 2018. Last exam in 2018.
08/12/2018
Camden, New Jersey, USA
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) Exam. Register by July 22, 2018. https://www.bels.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=40&Itemid=145&year=2018&month=08&day=12&title=bels-exam-camden-nj&uid=4da38d253120c5e1035e347501fb05df
07/17/2018
Online
Complementary webinar from Science, “Technology breakthrough of the year: Compelling science driven by curious minds”
Time: 10 a.m. Eastern, 7 a.m. Pacific, 3 p.m. UK, 4 p.m. Central Europe
Duration: 1 hour; registration and more information on the panelists and their backgrounds can be found at https://curious2018.com/agenda/aaas-science-roundtable/?et_rid=62240723&et_cid=2157757
06/26/2018
Online
National Academies of Sciences, second discussion, “How can academic institutions and other industries improve in the #MeToo era?”, related to the report (2018) Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in the Academic Sciences, Engineering, and medicine (free .pdf at https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24994/sexual-harassment-of-women-climate-culture-and-consequences-in-academic?utm_source=NASEM+News+and+Publications&utm_campaign=0533773322-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_18_08_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_96101de015-0533773322-102456985&mc_cid=0533773322&mc_eid=3e5bfa1431 )
Ongoing discussion of the topic links through website at http://sites.nationalacademies.org/shstudy/index.htm?utm_source=NASEM+News+and+Publications&utm_campaign=0533773322-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_18_08_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_96101de015-0533773322-102456985&mc_cid=0533773322&mc_eid=3e5bfa1431
06/17/2018
Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA
The 2018 Association of University Presses annual meeting (http://www.aupresses.org/events-a-conferences/annual-meeting/aaup-2018 ).
Sheridan’s representative Kathy Brown (Kathy.brown@sheridan.com) supplied a set of session notes at http://www.sheridan.com/wp-content/uploads/Sheridan-recap-of-AUPresses-2018.pdf
06/17/2018
Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA
The 2018 Association of University Presses annual meeting (http://www.aupresses.org/events-a-conferences/annual-meeting/aaup-2018 ).
Sheridan’s representative Kathy Brown (Kathy.brown@sheridan.com) supplied a set of session notes at http://www.sheridan.com/wp-content/uploads/Sheridan-recap-of-AUPresses-2018.pdf
06/07/2018
Bucharest, Romania
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) Exam at the European Association of Science Editors, University of Bucharest
Further details TBA. https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
Spring 2018
Online
The Library of Congress, U.S. Copyright Office launches the online portal for registration (i.e., by authors) of all U.S. copyrights at https://copyright.gov/registration/
05/30-06/01/18
Chicago, Illinois USA
Society for Scholarly Publishing 40th Annual Meeting, “Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads”
http://customer.sspnet.org/ssp/2018-Meeting/Event-Home/ssp/AM18/Home.aspx
05/05-08/18
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Council of Science Editors (CSE) Annual Meeting
05/05/18
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Hilton New Orleans Riverside
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS) Exam at the Council of Science Editors (CSE) Annual Meeting
Register by April 14, 2018
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
03/22-25/18
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
103rd American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) Medical Writing & Communication Conference
https://www.amwa-doc.org/amwa103/
03/01-02/18
Portland, Oregon USA
Doubletree Hotel-Lloyd Center
Science Talk NW (Science Journalism) contact Allison Coffin at allison.coffin@wsu.edu
https://labs.wsu.edu/sciencetalknw/ (Jan 2017)
Registration opens September 2017; national attendees and presenters. Go the home page and sign up for future events.
02/15-19/18
Austin, Texas, USA
Doubletree Hotel-Lloyd Center
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting. 4 workshops on bringing science to the public.
A&E 2017 Community Calendar
11/09-10/17
London, England
International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE), 10th Annual European Conference
11/01-14/17
Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) 2017 Medical Writing & Communication Conference (See also local chapter meetings)
https://www.amwa.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=917014&group=
11/01/17
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS): BELS exam
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
10/26-30/17
San Francisco, California, USA
National Association of Science Writers (NASW) and the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), 10th World Conference of Science Journalists, http://wcsj2017.org/
09/20-21/17
Lisbon, Portugal
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), 9th Conference
https://oaspa.org/conference/
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09/13/17
Brisbane, Australia
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS): BELS exam
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
09/10-12/17
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication
08/10-11/17
Denver, Colorado, USA
International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE), North American Conference, 10th Annual
05/31-06/02/17
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)39th Annual Meeting
See also 2017 webinar series at: https://www.sspnet.org/events/webinars/
05/28-30/17
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5th World Conference on Research Integrity
05/25/17
London, England
COPE’s European Seminar 2017: The Changing Face and Future of Publication Ethics.
https://publicationethics.org/cope-european-seminar-2017
05/21/17
San Diego, California, USA
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS): BELS exam
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
05/20-23/17
San Diego, California, USA
Council of Science Editors (CSE) Annual Meeting
05/7-10/17
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Technical Communication Summit ’17: Society for Technical Communication (STC) 64th Annual Conference https://summit.stc.org/schedule/
05/06/17
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS): BELS exam
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
05/02/17
Birmingham, England
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS): BELS exam
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
04/22/17
Austin, Texas, USA
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS): BELS exam
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
04/08/17
Manila, Philippines
Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS): BELS exam
https://www.bels.org/exam-schedule
01/26-27/2017
Portland, Oregon
Science Talk NW (Science Journalism)
https://labs.wsu.edu/sciencetalknw/
Sold out by January 1; national attendees and presenters. Go the home page and sign up for future events.