The Scholarly Kitchen: The State of Risk in Scholarly Communications
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
11 a.m. ET – 12 p.m. ET
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From the chaotic beginning of the Trump administration to the ongoing rise of artificial intelligence, 2025 has been a year of rapid change and tectonic shifts for the research community. A panel of Scholarly Kitchen Chefs and guests discuss the threats our community faces. What should you be worried about and what can you do to offset risk in these turbulent times.
Key topics discussed will include technological risks, AI, censorship, and strategic planning. Panelists will also address potential opportunities and answer audience questions.
Moderator:
David Crotty, Editor-in-Chief, The Scholarly Kitchen
David Crotty is a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. Previously, David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.
Speakers:
Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO
Todd Carpenter currently serves as Executive Director of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), a non-profit association that develops and maintains standards for the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information. In this role, he works with organizations across the publishing, library and software provider communities, building coalitions to improve efficiency in systems to deliver content to users. Prior to joining NISO, Todd was Director of Business Development at BioOne. He also held management positions at The Johns Hopkins University Press, the Energy Intelligence Group, and the Haworth Press. He has served on the Boards of several industry and community organizations, including FORCE11, the Baltimore County Public Library, the Book Industry Study Group and the Society for Scholarly Publishing. He contributes regularly as a Chef on the Scholarly Kitchen and is author of dozens of papers on library and publishing systems. He is presently writing a book on our everyday interactions with metadata. Todd is a graduate of Syracuse University and holds a masters degree in business from the Johns Hopkins University.
Alice Meadows, Cofounder, MoreBrains Cooperative
Alice Meadows is a Co-Founder of the MoreBrains Cooperative, a scholarly communications consultancy with a focus on open research and research infrastructure. She has many years experience of both scholarly publishing (including at Blackwell Publishing and Wiley) and research infrastructure (at ORCID and, most recently, NISO, where I was Director of Community Engagement). She's actively involved in the information community, and served as SSP President in 2021-22. She received the SSP Distinguished Service Award in 2018, the ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing in 2016, and the ISMTE Recognition Award in 2013. Alice is passionate about improving trust in scholarly communications, and about addressing inequities in our community (and beyond!).
Caroline Sutton, CEO, STM
Caroline Sutton is CEO for the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM). Prior to joining STM Caroline served as Director of Open Research for Taylor & Francis. She co-founded Co-Action Publishing, a pioneer in Open Access Publishing and was one of the founders and first President of OASPA where she served on the board between 2008-2021. She has served on numerous boards within the scholarly communications space including the Board of Directors of Dryad (2017-2023), and Infrastructure Services for Open Access (IS4OA), the managing organization of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (2013-2022). Caroline holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Hong Zhou, Senior Director of AI Product Management, Wiley
Hong is the Senior Director of AI Product Management at Wiley, where he design AI strategy, drives the product roadmap, and leads teams in developing intelligent solutions that automate and enhance research and publishing processes using AI, big data, and cloud technologies.
Hong holds a Ph.D. in 3D modeling with AI from Aberystwyth University and an MBA in Digital Transformation from the University of Oxford. A recognized AI thought leader in the scholarly publishing industry, he articulates the vision, challenges, and opportunities of AI in transforming the field. Honored with the 2024 APE Award for Innovation, Hong has been a Scholarly Kitchen Chef since 2023, co-chairs ALPSP’s AI Special Interest Group, and is a member of The STM Future Lab. Hong also serves as a COPE advisor and led the development of Wiley's first AI-driven papermill detection tool, a market-leading integrity solution.
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