Tokyo Society Day - Open access for societies

BioMed Central, part of the newly-formed Springer Nature, will be in Tokyo on Wednesday 2nd December 2015 for our 'Open access for societies' meeting starting at 2pm. This FREE to attend afternoon event has a tailored program focusing on the opportunities and challenges facing scholarly societies in Japan today. If you are interested in attending this meeting please complete the registration form below.

Program

Session 1, 14:00 - 15:15

Welcome and Introduction - Stephanie Diment, Editorial Director, BioMed Central
Japan's contribution to the growth of global research - Ben Johnson, Associate Publisher, BioMed Central
Challenges and opportunities for scholarly societies in Japan - Yuko Nagai, Secretary-General, The Zoological Society of Japan
Increasing awareness of societies mission - Harunobu Nakamura, Executive, Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology and Deputy Editor, Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Coffee Break

Session 2, 15:45 - 17:15

Case study - Strategies for sustainable open access society journals  - Natsu Ishii, Editor, BioMed Central
Increasing your visibility through global reach - Ben Johnson, Associate Publisher, BioMed Central
Strategy and future perspective of the Japan Geoscience Union as an international academic society - Collaboration with Springer on the new journal of PEPS (Progress in Earth and Planetary Science) - Professor Hodaka Kawahata, Vice President, Japan Geoscience Union, Chairman of Steering Committee of Progress in Earth and Planetary Science and Science Section Chief Editor (Biogeosciences), Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

Drinks Reception 

Please email events@biomedcentral.com for further information or if you have any questions.