BioMed Central Roadshow program – Boston, USA – Thursday March 26, 2015

Making open access work for you: publishing, peer-review and innovation

9:00 am Registration
9:45 am Welcome and overview
Stephanie Diment, Editorial Director, BioMed Central
10:05 am Getting published
Choosing a journal for your research
Barbara Cheifet, Assistant Editor, Genome Biology

Writing a cover letter
Barbara Cheifet, Assistant Editor, Genome Biology

Publishing Ethics – who is responsible?
Catherine Potenski, Executive Editor, BioMed Central

Responding to comments from peer reviewers and dealing with rejection
Thalyana Smith-Vikos, Senior Journal Development Editor, BioMed Central
11:05 am Coffee break
11:30 am Transparency in Publishing and Being an Open Scientist
Keynote speaker – Laurie Goodman, Editor-in-Chief, Gigascience
12:30 pm Vision for the future of scientific publishing roundtables with Lunch. Discussion covering different aspects of how research dissemination will change, and whether the familiar research journal will be recognizable in the future
2:00 pm
Vision for the future of scientific publishing – Recap
2:45 pm Open access update The latest developments in open access publishing including copyright, publishing options and identifying quality.
Lisa Hussey, Associate Publisher, BioMed Central
3:15 pm Coffee break
3:45 pm Understanding and participating in peer review

Key aspects of different peer-review systems
Kalpana Ramakrishnan, Journal Development Editor, BioMed Central

Writing a review report
Christopher Morrey, Senior Executive Editor, BioMed Central
5:00 pm Networking drinks reception
*Please note this program is subject to change