Call for Presentations and Papers — GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2023
The 13th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2023, once again as a hybrid event, with in-person and virtual presentations and attendees, at the Arlington Learning Center, George Washington University, in Arlington, VA (Washington, DC metro area).
Submit your presentation proposal.
We welcome your proposals for presentations and will seek to accommodate as many presentations as possible. Please indicate below whether you are able to present in person or online.
The GW Ethics in Publishing conference is organized by the Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program. This is a joint call for papers for the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing (see below).
We are soliciting conference presentations from (and for) publishing and library professionals, scholars, faculty, and students.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Salaries/compensation/openness
• Sustainability of presses
• Accessibility
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Inclusive practices in language editing and design
• Community-centered peer review practices
• Multilingualism
• Demographics of university publishing—staff, authors, reviewers, & editorial boards
• Author outreach and education
• Free speech and censorship
• New university presses & their relationship to established university presses
• International partnerships between presses in developed & developing economies
• Ethics in accounting for publishing costs
• Ethical considerations of AI in publishing
• Author integrity (plagiarism, et cetera)
Alumni and current students in the GW Publishing program are invited to present their Ethics in Publishing Capstone projects.
Presentations will include invited speakers, multiple speaker panels, and short presentations. See presentations and slides from the 12th Ethics in Publishing Conference.
The 13th Ethics in Publishing Conference co-organizers are Puja Telikicherla, Licensing & Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association Publishing, and Adjunct Professor, George Washington University; and John W. Warren, Director and Association Professor, Master of Professional Studies in Publishing, George Washington University.
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses), Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), and Association of American Publishers are sponsors of the GW Ethics in Publishing Conference.
Attendance (in person and virtual) to the conference will be free-of-charge.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required for in-person presenters and attendees.
Deadline for Submissions for the 13th Ethics in Publishing Conference is May 15, 2023.
We will endeavor to accommodate as many presentations as possible. Registration for the conference is free. Use this form to submit your proposal for presenting at the conference. A registration form for attendees will be available at a later date.
In conjunction with this year's conference, the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing has a special call for papers on the topic of university presses. Presenters at the Ethics in Publishing Conference are invited, but are not obligated, to submit a paper to the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing.
Submit your presentation proposal.