34th Annual SSP Meeting - Registration Is OPEN! Michelle Norell 13 Mar 2012 07:44 UTC

34th SSP Annual Meeting - Registration Is OPEN!

We invite you to join us for the 34th Annual Meeting, to be held May
30 - June 1, 2012 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, VA.

Our theme this year is, Social, Mobile, Agile, Global: Are You Ready?
This year's program includes compelling keynote and plenary addresses,
timely and educational pre-meeting seminars, informative concurrent
sessions, a lively exhibitor's marketplace, networking lunches, and
evening receptions.

Exciting Highlights:

*  2012 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES -

   Synthesizing New Forms of Scholarly Communication BY Dan Cohen,
Associate Professor, Department of History and Art History and
Director, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George
Mason University

   The Business of Social and Mobile BY Larry Schwartz, Co-founder and
President of Newstex

*  A DO NOT MISS, 2012 PLENARY ADDRESS on The Rise of Networked
Information BY Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's
Internet & American Life Project

*  PRE-MEETING SEMINARS will be held on Wednesday (5/30) and will
cover The Evolving Mobile Publishing Ecosystem, Applying Unique
Identifiers to Understand and Establish Influence, A Comprehensive
Overview of the China Market, from Author to Reader, The Impact of
E-Books on Scholarly and Professional Publishing, Open Access & Peer
Review, and Publishing in 2012 - Where Does Copyright Fit In?:
Integrating Copyright Strategy with Multimedia, Global Rights, and
Policy Setting.

*  CONCURRENT SESSIONS will be held on Thursday (5/31) and Friday
(6/1) and will include cutting-edge information from recognized
authorities on leveraging social data and insights, navigating
international copyright laws, moving to mobile, academic libraries as
publishers, building an agile organization, discoverability,
start-ups, Open Access, and much more.

FOR FULL CONFERENCE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT:  www.sspnet.org

REGISTER  for the meeting today! We look forward to seeing you in Arlington.