CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

11^th Annual GW Ethics in Publishing Conference 2021

Live Online October 18th & 28th, 2021

The 11th GW Ethics in Publishing conference will be held on October 18th & 28th, 2021 as a virtual event.

The GW Ethics in Publishing conference is organized by the George Washington University Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program (http://cps.gwu.edu/publishing).

The theme of this year's conference is Equitable Publishing.

We are soliciting conference presentations from (and for) publishing and library professionals, scholars, faculty, and publishing students. Topic ideas include, but are not limited to:

• Ways to enable and implement equitable, inclusive, and accessible publishing
• Efforts to make workplace practices equitable in publishing organizations, including internships and early-career positions
• Efforts to ensure diverse voices are part of the conversation about inclusion, equity, and accessibility
• Work to ensure peer review, authorship, editing, publications metrics, etc., are equitable and free of bias
• Work to make publications more accessible
  
  Alumni and current students in the GW Publishing program are also invited to present on their Ethics in Publishing Capstone projects, including both "Making the World Better" projects and Case Studies..
  
  Presentations will include panels as well as "PechaKucha" style, short talks.
  

DEADLINE
Deadline for presentation proposals/submissions: September 8, 2021.

We will endeavor to accommodate as many presentations as possible. Registration for the conference is free.

HOSTED BY:

Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program at the George Washington University

SPONSORED BY:

• The Association of University Presses (AUPresses)
• The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)

CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZERS:

• Puja Telikicherla, American Psychiatric Association Publishing and George Washington University
• John W. Warren, George Washington University