Join the Society for Scholarly Publishing's Top Management Roundtable, Sept. 5-7

[Rebekah Darksmith <rebekah.darksmith@ucpress.edu>]

Hello:  On behalf of the Society for Scholarly Publishing I am 
passing along information on an upcoming conference of interest 
to LibLicense members.

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Be..."Inspired: Lessons from a Wider World"...

Time and space are running out to register for the Society for 
Scholarly Publishing's upcoming Top Management Roundtable 
(September 5-7, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Four Seasons 
Hotel), and there is no on-site registration. Visit 
www.sspnet.org for complete registration and program details.

Come hear Chris Meyer, CEO of Monitor Networks, give a 
ground-breaking keynote on the very nature of open source:

What is open source and what is it telling us? Conflicts over 
rights management--the length of copyright, the terms for 
downloading music, fair use of video, etc.--reflect a shift, not 
just in technology, but in the nature of property in an 
information-intensive economy. The conventions and contracts 
governing the creation, dissemination, and use of information 
were developed to meet the needs of an industrial economy; as 
that context shifts, so will the governance of intellectual 
property. In this session, Chris Meyer will offer a framework for 
thinking about innovations like open source, the "wisdom of 
crowds," and "the gift economy;" followed by a discussion with 
Chris and Geoffrey Bilder regarding the implications for 
scholarly publishing.

An amazing roster of speakers, interviewers and moderators this 
year also includes:

- Simon Alterman, Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development,
  Dow Jones Enterprise Media Group
- Jim Roberts, New York Times Editor of Digital News
- Jonathan Krim, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Washington
  Post.Newsweek Interactive
- Jenny Walker, Executive Vice-President, Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer)
- Emlyn Koster, CEO of Liberty Science Center
- Joseph Berkery, President & CEO, Berkery, Noyes & Co.
- Greg Tobin, President, Pearson Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall Mathematics
- Rex Hammock, President of Hammock Publishing, Inc.
- Professor Charles Nesson, Founder of the Berkman Center for Internet &
  Society, Harvard Law School
- Peter Kaufman. Founder and President, Intelligent Television
- Jim Griffin, Managing Director of OneHouse LLC
- Tracey Armstrong, President and CEO, Copyright Clearance Center
- Stephen Abram, Vice President of Innovation, SirsiDynix and Chief
  Strategist for the SirsiDynix Institute
- Geoffrey Bilder, Director of Strategic Initiatives, CrossRef
- Alma Wills, Partner, Kaufman-Wills Group, LLC,
- Bill Silberg, Vice President for Publishing and Communications, New York
  Academy of Sciences
- Thane Kerner, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Silverchair
- Mary Ann Liebert, President and CEO, Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
- Christopher Lynch, Vice President for Publishing, Massachusetts Medical
  Society and Publisher, New England Journal of Medicine

With so many meetings in the scholarly communications space, join 
us in daring to be different. This unusual program will provide a 
unique opportunity to hear about, and be inspired by, experiences 
with new models of information delivery and access in other 
sectors of media and publishing. The program includes thought 
leaders from the news, television, music, museum, and investment 
and consulting worlds, as well as online trade, education, and 
reference publishing. Several sessions are set up as talk-show 
style discussions with interviewers from within scholarly 
publishing probing guest speakers for relevant lessons. There 
will also be lots of opportunity for audience questions, as well 
as time for networking during receptions and meals.

We have room or only 100 people at TMR and it is filling up fast, 
so if you're interested please take a look at the detailed 
program and sign up at the SSP website now. http://www.sspnet.org

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