The National Science Communication Institute --- a Seattle-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the communication that happens inside science --- is organizing a conference on the University of Washington (Seattle) campus for this coming November 15^th. The topic is science journals and their impacts. The world of journals has been changing rapidly and many science communication experts are beginning to question whether the current rules and traditions that direct science primarily into journals are healthy for collaboration, discovery, public policy, education, and more.

This all-day event will feature presentations from leading scientists and science communication experts on the impact of journals on science, libraries, discovery, tenure, public policy, and more, as well as presentations on what’s new in the world of open access, open data, altmetrics, and other forms of science outreach and education. A dinner workshop discussing the future of journal publishing will conclude the day’s presentations.

Recommended attendance includes scientists, research librarians, science writers and outreach professionals, research administrators, and public policy professionals, as well as interested students and science communication advocates from all professions.

Speakers for this event include Ross Prentice, University of Washington biostatistics professor and former vice-president of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Tim Jewell, University of Washington Director of Information Resources and Scholarly Communication; UW professor and eigenfactor.org co-founder Jevin West; Sage Bionetworks President and 2013 White House “Champion of Change” Stephen Friend; science writing expert and author Scott Montgomery; UW communications professor and science communication expert Leah Ceccarelli; UCSD neuroscientist and leading science communication reformer Maryann Martone; Oregon State University open access expert Michael Boock;  Science Communication journal editor Susanna Priest; UW science historian Bruce Hevly; citizen science and crowdfunding expert Jesssica Richman; Portland State professor and science policy expert Cynthia-Lou Coleman; UW scientist and AUUP president Rob Wood; Institute for Systems Biology communications director Hsiao-Ching Chou; Seattle biotech pioneer and consultant Stewart Lyman; international data ethics expert Claudia Emerson, and more!

The registration site is nsci.eventbrite.com. Early registration (until 11/1) is discounted by 25 percent. Meals, snacks and coffee are included.