The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, is pleased to announce that registrations are now open for the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP), which will be held at the Altis Grand Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, on the 20th and 21st September, 2017: http://oaspa.org/conference/. A pre-conference reception for delegates will be held on the evening of Tuesday 19th September. 

Details can be found on our Registration and Accommodation page, including how to book rooms at the hotel at our discounted delegate rate: http://oaspa.org/registrations-and-accommodation/.

Now in its 9th year, COASP is a vital conference for the open access publishing community to gather to develop and advance discussions, relationships, policy and research around open access publishing. As in previous years, delegates from a wide range of backgrounds will be brought together for an exciting range of panels, events, and networking opportunities. We are proud to consistently offer global, diverse perspectives on publishing each year, and welcome attendees at all stages of their careers who work in publishing, librarianship, government, higher education, funding agencies, nonprofits, and other affiliated industries. Community and collaboration is at the heart of open access publishing, and we are excited to offer both again at COASP this year for all those working in open access around the world.

Speakers so far confirmed include Jean-Claude Burgelman (European Commission), Jessica Polka (ASAPbio), Louise Page (PLOS), Robert Kiley (Wellcome Trust), Vanessa Proudman (SPARC Europe), Mikael Laakso (Hanken School of Economics), Danny Kingsley (University of Cambridge), Jean-Sébastien Caux (University of Amsterdam), and Paul Peters (Hindawi). 

Panel topics this year are: The market for APCs; Open infrastructure in scholarly communications; Research evaluation and assessment; Open peer review in both journal publishing and in open access books and monographs publishing.