Our 2020 conference will build on the success of last year’s event by providing librarians and information professionals with deeper knowledge and understanding of communication strategies for open research.

In an increasingly open world – encompassing open research, open science and open data – the biggest challenges are around educating researchers about the changes they have to make to their working practices.

We’ll also be reflecting on the research landscape in a post-Covid world – the changes we’ve had to make this year, the medium-term outlook, and long-lasting – if not permanent – ways in which the scholarly publishing cycle will have to adjust in future years.

At CISPC 2020, we will be bringing together speakers from around the world that have developed effective scholarly communication strategies within their own institutions, and who will share their experiences and expertise with fellow scholarly communication professionals.

We’re also increasing the time available for table discussions, enabling delegates to share and learn from each other in an informal environment.

*Covid contingency plans*

It is our intention to deliver a full, live ‘in person’ event at London Art House at the end of November, as past events have shown that’s the best way to encourage interaction and shared best practice among the scholarly communications community.

However, recognising that circumstances may prevent us from doing so, we – like any other event organiser – have back-up plans in place either for a hybrid live/virtual event (in case social distancing limits capacity at the venue) or a fully virtual event.

Whatever happens, CISPC will take place in one form or another, once again providing an environment for librarians and information professionals to learn from and engage with their peers about how to overcome challenges in the scholarly publishing cycle.