Category: Event Reflections

  • Thoughts and reflections on the RNIB/CPI Accessible Publishing Conference

    Thoughts and reflections on the RNIB/CPI Accessible Publishing Conference Writing a New Chapter of Inclusion – by Emily Carter and Justin Clark On the 17th September 2026, Emily Carter (University of Southampton Press) and Justin Clark (LSE Press) both attended the Accessible Publishing Conference, Writing a New Chapter of Inclusion, organised by RNIB and CPI…

  • Open Access and Artificial Intelligence: a practical agenda for publishers – part 2

    Open Access and Artificial Intelligence: a practical agenda for publishers – part 2 Please note: This is part 2 of an AI-generated summary of a session organised by OIPA on AI in publishing, held on 5th June 2025, at which five speakers presented their views. These speakers were George Walkley, Andrew Gray, Rupert Gatti, Jane…

  • Open Access and Artificial Intelligence: a practical agenda for publishers – part 1

    Open Access and Artificial Intelligence: a practical agenda for publishers – part 1 Please note: This is an AI-generated summary of a session organised by OIPA on AI in publishing, held on 5th June 2025, at which five speakers presented their views. These speakers were George Walkley, Andrew Gray, Rupert Gatti, Jane Secker and Tanya…

  • Event Reflection: OIPA Symposium 2026

    Event Reflection: OIPA Symposium 2026 By Kira Hopkins I was fortunate to attend the OIPA symposium held at the University of Sussex on 18th June in person, via a much-appreciated travel bursary from OIPA. I had attended the previous symposium in York back in 2024, a stimulating day of presentations on many topics: introductions to…

  • Event Reflection: ALPSP Redux Conference 2026

    Event Reflection: ALPSP Redux Conference 2026 By Gareth J Johnson, University of Warwick Press This year I was able to attend The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publisher’s (ALPSP) annual REDUX conference, where the focus was squarely on university presses (UPs) of all sizes and shapes. Hosted at the University of Liverpool, I was…

  • Event Reflection: UKSG 2026

    Event Reflection: UKSG 2026 By Cath Dishman (Liverpool John Moores University) & Rebecca Wojturska (Edinburgh Diamond, University of Edinburgh) UKSG Conference is the conference for the organisation UKSG which started life as the United Kingdom Serials Group conference and was very much focused on purchasing and E-Resources. Now more than a third of the membership…

  • Reflection on the OIPA Symposium 2025

    Reflection on the OIPA Symposium 2025 On Tuesday 21st October 2025 the open institutional publishing community came together to listen to OIPA members share their experience in advancing open access publishing. Access the recording and slides. Read on for a summary of the event! OIPA Chair Kate Petherbridge (Press Manager for White Rose University Press…