Call for Presentations — GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2024

From a News Release:

The 14th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference will be held as a hybrid event on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at the City View Room, GW’s Foggy Bottom Campus, and online.

The theme of the 2024 conference is “Integrity in a Time of Change.” Alumni and current students in the GW Publishing program are invited to present their Ethics in Publishing Capstone projects or other research. Students and alumni of other graduate and undergraduate publishing programs are likewise invited to submit a proposal to share their research.

Please see the Call for Presentations; presentation proposals will be accepted until May 15, 2024.

The GW Ethics in Publishing conference is organized by the Graduate Program in Publishing, College of Professional Studies, George Washington University. The conference features presentations from (and for) publishing and library professionals, scholars, faculty, and students.

The 14th Ethics in Publishing Conference co-organizers are Puja Telikicherla, Licensing & Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association Publishing, and Adjunct Professor, George Washington University; and John W. Warren, Director and Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Publishing, George Washington University.

From the Call For Presentations:

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Publishing equity: workplace and practice
• Impact of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Research Integrity
• Salaries/compensation/openness• Publishing/Press Sustainability
• Multilingualism
• Accessibility
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Inclusive practices in language editing and design
• Community-centered peer review practices
• Demographics of university press /scholarly publishing—staff, authors, reviewers, & editorial boards
• Author outreach and education
• Free speech and censorship
• New university presses & their relationship to established university presses
• International partnerships between presses in developed & developing economies
• Ethics in accounting for publishing costs
• Author integrity (plagiarism, et cetera)

Alumni and current students in the GW Publishing program are invited to present their Ethics in Publishing Capstone projects or other research. Students and alumni of other graduate and undergraduate publishing programs are likewise invited to submit a proposal to share their research.

Presentations will include invited speakers, multiple speaker panels, and short presentations. See presentation videos and slides from the 13th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference and the 12th Conference.

Conference Co-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)

Attendance (in person and virtual) to the conference is free-of-charge.

Deadline for Submissions for the 14th Ethics in Publishing Conference is May 15, 2024.

Learn More, Read the Complete CFP

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