<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011/schedConf/cfp">http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011/schedConf/cfp</a><div><br></div><div>Sept 26-28 2011</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p>Proposals that address one or more of the following topics are especially encouraged:</p><ul><li>New reading and publishing technologies, e.g., integration of Web 2.0 features;</li><li>Reports on national and regional open access policies and initiatives;</li><li>Alternative publishing and funding models;</li><li>National and international collaborative projects;</li><li>New roles and partnerships for libraries, scholarly publishers, and others;</li><li>Sustainability for open access publishing and open source software.</li></ul><p>The
conference will consist of a mixture of plenary presentations, panel
discussions, brief "lightning talks," posters, workshops, a <a href="http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/index/pages/view/hackfest">hackfest</a>, an exhibitor hall, and parallel conference sessions in the following streams:</p><ul><li>Editors, publishers, and librarians</li><li>Researchers and members of scholarly/scientific societies</li><li>Software developers and system administrators</li><li>Community/User groups</li></ul><p>Parallel
sessions will each be up to 20 minutes in length. Lightning Talks and
"Ask a Developer" presentations are limited to 5 minutes each. Sessions
may consist of a case study, a research report, a "big idea" in
publishing, as well as other options.<br><br>Proposals (500 word
maximum) should be submitted by March 15, 2011, using the submission
guidelines and form available on our web site. All proposals will be
subject to peer-review and you will be informed of a decision by June 1,
2011. Due to the strong interest in this year's conference, only a
limited number of sessions will be accepted.</p></div></body></html>