The principal aim of the European Conference on Scientific Publishing in Biomedicine and Medicine series is to broaden researchers' understanding and knowledge of the rapid changes in the scientific communication and publishing environment and its direct impact on the research community.

The Open Access movement in the age of the Internet has generated major interest in Scientific, Technical & Medical (STM) Publishing worldwide.  What is the best way to communicate your results?   There are many more choices for authors to make about how, where and what they should publish, and what rights they should retain.

The second conference addresses 2 major themes essential to research scientists and academic clinicians.

1) What are the tangible benefits and disadvantages of Open Access publishing?  Do researchers have to pay for Open Access and should they afford to pay?  Is Open Access publishing to the universal good or are there negative repercussions down the line?  And where do digital repositories fit into all this?  They are free to use, are a complement (not an alternative) to publishing in journals, bring the same enhanced impact as publishing in an OA journal, and still leave authors free to publish in whichever journal they like.  

2) Can bibliometrics be employed to evaluate research at the level of the researcher, the department, the institute and even at the country or federation level?  Are the measures currently being developed sufficiently fair, objective and robust for governing bodies to use them? Is your research being fairly judged?  What information are the funding authorities assembling to evaluate whom to fund? 

The conference will gather the most authoritative opinions on these issues and offers you the opportunity to participate in lectures and educational workshops in various areas related to STM publishing.