Set E

Monday, 22 May 2006   •   2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

E1. Retreat, Part 1: Task Force on Science Journals, Poverty, and Human Development

Review of Task Force Year 1. G. Paul Bozuwa, Task Force Chair and President, Dartmouth Journal Services

Building Global Research and Publishing Capacity. Ana Marusic, Editor, Croatian Medical Journal, moderator

On Author Aid: Phyllis Freeman, Professor in the College of Public and Community Service and Senior Fellow in the Center for Social Policy of the John Jay McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston; Anthony Robbins, Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

On the African Journal Partnership: Annette Flanagin, Deputy Managing Editor, JAMA; James K Tumwine, Editor, African Health Sciences, Makerere University Medical School, Uganda

On INASP: Pippa Smart, Head, Publishing Initiatives, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Information (INASP)

Key to scientific progress in the developing world is the expansion of current research and publishing capability. All the panelists are deeply involved in building this capacity; besides sharing their own efforts, they will point the way for broader involvement in this vital work.