Set D

Monday, 23 May 2005

D1. Editing for the Online Environment

Luisa Dillner, Deputy Head, BMJ Knowledge, BMJ Publishing Group; Beth Nash, Physican Editor, BestTreatments.org; Bill Silberg, VP Communications and Publishing, The Commonwealth Fund; Diane Lang, Assistant Director of Publications, Radiological Society of North America

Journals have been published online for years now, but often they are still being edited as if they came out only on paper. In this session we will take a closer look at the differences and what editors can do, both editorially and operationally, to improve the quality and impact of their content on the web. In addition, the web is being exploited for doctor and patient information but commissioning, writing, and editing for the web is very different. We have a range of speakers who bring quite different experiences in their exploitation of the functionality of the internet.

D2. Digital Art Usage in Today's Publication Workflows

Chris Coleman, Cadmus Communications; Mark Witkowski, The Sheridan Group; Bob Edsall, Editorial Director, American Academy of Family Physicians

Digital art is now firmly in place in many journal workflows. Our speakers will address several approaches to handle author supplied digital art along with its implications for a publication's editorial office.

D3. Serving the Global Community: Fighting Poverty, Sharing Knowledge, and How Journals Can Make a Difference

Richard Horton, Editor, The Lancet; Jeffery Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; G. Paul Bozuwa, Darmouth Journal Services

CSE has appointed a Task Force to engage scientific journals of all disciplines in the effort to combat worldwide poverty and disease, and to establish sustainable paths for human development. Our community has much to offer anti-poverty strategies, such as resources, training, advocacy, information access, and other means of building research capacity and supporting sustainable development. The Task Force will use this session to appraise current efforts by journals to combat poverty and support sustainable development; brainstorm options for journals to make a difference, and discuss the role CSE can play in strengthening the impact of science journals and CSE itself in this global process. The session will be lead by Richard Horton, and will call upon both western and developing world journal editors to stimulate the discussion. The panel will include other experts in the developing world.

D4. What Editors Can Do to Support Women in Science

Ann Sumner, National Institute of Digestive Disorders and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health; Cecelia Lo, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health; Susan Ambrose, Vice Provost, Carnegie Mellon University; Philippa Jane Benson, Director of Electronic Publishing and Information Resources, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International (Moderator)

Three widely published researchers will share perspectives on challenges and successes they have faced in publishing their research. In particular, they will discuss how editors might work to support women who are publishing groundbreaking research that challenges conventional paradigms on scientific thinking