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IntechOpen’s CEO, Dr. Anke Beck this week attends the German Council for Information Infrastructure (RFii ) as a new Council member.  By order of the Council of Science and Humanities (Gemeinsamer Wissenschaftsrats) the group of experts is tasked to advise Politics and Academia how to establish and develop the information infrastructures for academia and to formulate German positions in this area.

Three student bursary places have been awarded to attend the inaugural ConTech which opens in just a weeks’ time. There was an extremely high level of interest and making a final decision was exceptionally tough.

The very first ConTech opens next week and there is so much to see, learn and share. Over 35 speakers from all over the world as they explore where we are today and what the future holds.

The Charlesworth Group, is delighted to announce that Dove Medical Press Ltd. has chosen to integrate its manuscript submission system into Charlesworth’s WeChat Gateway platform.

Every organisation creating and managing content collects mountains of data on its users and content – some valuable, some not. Using techniques like artificial intelligence, machine learning and visualisation, data science helps distinguish between the two – telling the story behind the data, predicting what will happen in the future, and zooming in on user needs in ways that would have been impossible before.

“A conference purely on digital content is long overdue…” Daniel McCrea, Head of Publisher Services for Adaptemy. “ConTech is one of the most sought after tech events for the content industry…” Max Gabriel, Chief Digital Officer, Taylor & Francis and Managing Partner, Informa Ventures

ConTech 2018 features pioneering organisations who have embraced new intelligent technologies to change the creation, management and use of scholarly and professional information content. Here are two companies that you will be in attendance over the two days:

ConTech 2018 features the pioneering content owners who have embraced new intelligent technologies to change the way they create, manage and sell their content and those content users and information specialists who are using this new generation of tools to revolutionise the way they gain insight from content.

International Academic Publishing Group Peter Lang is pleased to announce a major distribution and print on demand agreement with Hachette Livre Distribution and Lightning Source France, improving the speed to market and efficiencies in production, which will go live in autumn 2018. The agreement covers two main aspects:

Aimed at business leaders and senior editorial staff, this small, focused briefing is a rare opportunity to get valuable insight and advice from lawyers and brokers working on publishing acquisitions

Jisc Collections and De Gruyter have signed an agreement tailored to the needs of United Kingdom educational and research institutions

The world of publishing has been forged from two great waves of technology - the invention of the printing press and the creation of the internet. Those who attend ConTech 2018 will get to grips with the next, third wave of technology that is already revolutionising the world of publishing.