Summer Seminar for Senior Editors
Welcome from the Chair
Dear Delegates of 2021SESS,
With the continuous expansion in both depth and breadth, the field of scientific knowledge has experienced a rapid development on various disciplines, which promoted the vigorous growth of the publishing industry and academic journals. Bearing such a goal, the MDPI Publishing Company is now planning to hold the “2021 Summer Seminar for Senior Editors (2021SESS)” on 10-11 July (https://mdpi.cn/announcements/344) to discuss hot topics related to the field of publishing science, and we sincerely invite you to participate the event:
Discussions in the conference would be focusing on the relative developing strategies in the publishing industry, as well as some thoughts-provoking and experience-sharing topics including the editorial team building, etc. The conference will gather well-known domestic and foreign experts, senior editors, academic journal editors and publishers together to exchange ideas and provide a platform as one community.
It’ll be appreciated that you would participate and share your opinions with us regarding (but not limited to) the following topics on the development of the publishing industry:
- Publication and journal quality management;
- Researches on the developing model of publishing journals in cooperation with associations or universities;
- The academic exchanging and innovative trends of open science.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you at the 2021SESS. Please find below an up-to-date outline of presenters.
Event Chair
MDPI
leo.jiang@mdpi.com
Invited Speakers
Honorary Chairman of Society of China University Journals
China’s Policy towards Open Access Publishing/Excellence Action Plan for China Science and Technology Journals
Vice President of Science & Technology Review
The Building of a World-Class and High-Impact Scientific Journal—The Development and Enlightenment from the Partner Journal of Science: Research
Emeritus Professor of University of Sussex, Managing Editor of Area Development and Policy
Area Development and Policy and Journal Publishing Trends
Director of Quantum Science and Engineering Center, Professor at School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
From the Rapid Development of Existing Technology, Look at the Development and Opportunities of the Publishing Industry-Market Cultivation, Promotion and Impact
Associate Researcher, Document Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Data-Driven Research on Sci-Tech Journals—From Subject to Topic
Director of International Action Office of Shenzhen University, Former Associate Publisher of Royal Society of Chemistry
The Exploration and Sharing of the Establishment of International Cooperative Journals
Senior Editor from the Editorial Department of the Journal of Hubei University
The ”Five-Metrics” and the High-Quality Development of Chinese Academic Journals
Director of the English Editorial Department of Nanjing Agricultural University
A Preliminary Study on the Construction and Development of Clustered Small English Journals
Managing Editor from the Editorial Department of “Hydro-Science and Engineering”at Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute
Opportunities and Challenges of Chinese Scientific Journals on Water Conservancy under the New Trend
The Publishing Models and the Open Sciences
The Future of Open Research Communication: Where Are We Headed and How Could We Prepare?
giulia.stefenelli@mdpi.com
MDPI Publisher Manager in Barcelona Office
Emerging and Innovative Open Access Forms: Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA), OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit and So On
vicario@mdpi.com
Event Organizers
MDPI SESS
Beijing, China
This is the first time for MDPI training department to organize an external meeting. The full name of the meeting is "Summer Seminar for Senior Editors"
sess-seminar@mdpi.com
Registration
This is a hybrid event. The number of offline participants is 50. Please indicate whether you are offline or not in the position information column of the registration form. After you complete the registration, you can participate in this meeting online for free.
Cancellation policy
There is no registration fee.
