August 14-15, 2014Hyatt Regency Philadelphiaat Penn’s Landingwww.ISMTE.org

7th AnnualNorth American

Conference

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8:00am - 9:00amRegistration and Breakfast

Columbus Foyer

8:30am - 8:45amOpening Remarks

Columbus Ballroom

8:45am - 9:00amISMTE Update

Columbus Ballroom

9:00am - 10:30amKeynote: State of the Art and Profession: An Editorial Office Update

Kent R. Anderson, CEO/Publisher, STRIATUS/JBJS, Inc.Matt Giampoala, Executive Journals Editor, Wiley

Jason Roberts, PhD, Senior Partner, Origin EditorialColumbus Ballroom

10:30am - 11:00amCoffee BreakColumbus Foyer

11:00am - 12:00pm Breakouts

Session A: Handling Appeals: Challenges and Best PracticesGeorge Woodward, Publisher, Elsevier

Columbus Ballroom A

Session B: For All the Tea in China: A primer of the publication landscape in China - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Jing Duan, PhD, Managing Editor, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, Acta Ecologica Sinica (International Journal), Ecological Society of China

Donald Samulack, PhD, President, US Operations, Editage / Cactus CommunicationsSue Silver, PhD, Editor-in-Chief, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Ecological Society of America

Columbus Ballroom B

Session C: Large or Small: EIC Transition is a Big Deal for Journals of Any SizeSarah Bidgood, Peer Review Manager, Applied Physics Letters

Glenn Collins, Director of Business Development/Managing Editor, Origin EditorialErin Dubnansky, Vice President of Publications, American Gastroenterological Association

Columbus Ballroom C

12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch

Grand Ballroom D

1:00pm - 2:30pmSession A: Panel Discussion: Journals in Transition: Making Informed Decisions

Shawn H. Morton, US Journals Publishing Director, Health Sciences, John Wiley & SonsKerry O’Rourke, Senior Managing Editor, KWF Editorial Services

Margot Puerta, MBA, Executive Editor, Molecular Medicine and Bioelectronic MedicineColumbus Ballroom AB

Thursday, August 14, 2014

1:00pm - 2:15pmSession B: General Session: Reporting on Science in The Media: An Interactive Q&A with Robert Bazell

Robert Bazell, Adjunct professor, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental biology, Yale University, Former Chief Science Correspondent, NBC News

Columbus Ballroom C

2:30pm - 3:00pmCoffee Break

Columbus Ballroom Foyer

3:00pm - 4:00pmBreakouts

Session A: How to Conduct Research for Editorial Office ProfessionalsLarissa Shamseer, MSc (Clin Epi), PhD Candidate, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/University of Ottawa

Columbus Ballroom A

Session B: Working with the Production Office: What they need and how this affects the editorial officeNancy Devaux, Process Improvement Manager, Dartmouth Journal Services, Sheridan

Columbus Ballroom B

Session C: Navigating Policy: Mandates and new initiativesKent R. Anderson, CEO/Publisher, STRIATUS/JBS, Inc.

Columbus Ballroom C

4:00pm - 4:30pmPoster Session

Columbus Ballroom

4:30pm - 5:30pmSpeed Networking

Columbus Ballroom

5:30pm - 7:30pmWine and Cheese Reception

Keating’s Restaurant

8:00am - 9:00amRegistration and Breakfast

Columbus Foyer

8:15am - 9:00amBreakfast with ISMTE Past Presidents

Columbus Ballroom

Friday, August 15, 2014

9:00am - 10:15amBreakouts

Session A: Excel Workshop: Preparing annual editorial reportsTom McClung, MIS Analyst, ACE Private Risk Services

Columbus Ballroom A

Session B: Becoming a freelance editorial office professionalArlene Furman, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Technica Editorial Services

Jack Nestor, Senior Editor & Co-Founder, Technica Editorial ServicesColumbus Ballroom B

Session C: Publishing 101: What we wish we’d known, and how to find out moreJulie Nash, Senior Partner, J&J Editorial, LLC

Columbus Ballroom C

10:15am - 10:45amCoffee BreakColumbus Foyer

10:45am - 12:00pmBreakouts

Session A: eJournalPress (Vendor Session)Anna Jester, Director of Sales & Marketing, eJournalPress

Columbus Ballroom A

Session B: ScholarOne Manuscripts (Vendor Session)Suzanne Hopkins, Thomson Reuters

Columbus Ballroom B

Session C: Editorial Manager (Vendor Session)Tony Alves, Aries Systems Corporation

Columbus Ballroom C

12:00pm - 1:00pmLunch

Grand Ballroom D

1:00pm - 2:15pmMore Than Just Metrics: PRE-val and Social Cite

Adam Etkin, Managing Director, PRE (Peer Review Evaluation)Columbus Ballroom

2:15pm - 2:45pmCoffee BreakColumbus Foyer

2:45pm - 3:45pmExchange ForumColumbus Ballroom

3:45pm - 4:00pmWrap Up and Closing Remarks

Columbus Ballroom

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Speaker Information

Tony AlvesDirector of Product Management

Tony has worked in STM publishing since 1989 and has focused on electronic publishing for the past eighteen years, designing online learning products and workflow management software. Tony joined Aries Systems in 2001 to manage the development and rollout of the Editorial Manager system and is

responsible for designing new features and functions for the EM/PM system, as well as assisting in defining the strategic direction of the company including new product ideas and new market opportunities. Before that he served as Publisher at HealthStream, Inc., a leading provider of online educational tools for healthcare organizations; and at SilverPlatter Education, an early developer of multimedia products for physicians on CD-ROM and the Internet. Tony also worked at Harvard University, where he was an Assistant Editor for the journal Circulation Research; and CV Mosby, assisting an Acquisitions Editor in the textbook department.

Kent R. AndersonCEO / Publisher, STRIATUS / JBJS, Inc.

Kent R. Anderson is the CEO/Publisher for the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery and its parent company, STRIATUS. He is the immediate past-President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, the founder of the Scholarly Kitchen, and a member of the Journal Oversight Committee for the Journal of the

American Medical Association. He has been an executive in the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Publishing Division, Publishing Director for the New England Journal of Medicine., and Director of Medical Journals at the American Academy of Pediatrics. He writes and speaks occasionally. Kent has degrees in business and English.

Robert BazellAdjunct professor, molecular, cellular, and developmental biology Yale Former chief science correspondent, NBC News

Robert Bazell began his journalism career in 1971 as a writer for the News and Comment section of Science Magazine. A year later, he moved to The New York Post as a reporter. In 1976, before he joined

NBC News, he was briefly a reporter with WNBC-TV, the NBC Television Station in New York. During his career with NBC News, which spanned more than three decades, Bazell has reported on a wide range of subjects in the areas of science, technology and medicine throughout the United States and around the world. Bazell has received hundreds of awards for his reports, including five Emmys, the Alfred I. DuPont Columbia Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award and a Gracie Award. He has also received a George Foster Peabody Award, for which he was recognized for exemplifying “the best reporting on science and medicine. From transmission of the AIDS virus to innovations in cancer treatment, from the perceived dangers of cellular phones to alternative modes of health care, Mr. Bazell brings intelligence, understanding and reportorial excellence to the task. In 2013 Mr. Bazell left NBC after 38 years and joined the faculty at Yale University.

Sarah Bidgood, MALancaster, PAPeer Review Manager, Applied Physics Letters

Sarah Bidgood, MA, hails from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She holds an undergraduate degree in Russian and a master’s in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. She served as Managing Editor of the

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography from 2011-2013, and she is currently the Peer Review Manager of Applied Physics Letters. Sarah has been an active member of ISMTE since 2011 and has been a member of the board since 2013. She is the 2014 North American meeting committee chair.

Glenn CollinsDirector of Business Development/Managing Editor, Origin EditorialAmerican College of Cardiology

Born and raised in New York, Glenn Collins graduated from Cornell University in 1991 and entered the world of STM publishing a few years later. He started at John Wiley & Sons working his way up to

Acquisitions Editor in the Reference Works division before heading west to San Diego. After a brief stint with the journal Brain Research he has been the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) and associated journals since 2001. He is a Past President of the ISMTE.

Nancy DevauxProcess Improvement Manager at Dartmouth Journal Services

In this role, she works closely with the Publishing Services and Technology departments to ensure that best practices are used throughout production, to effectively implement new tools and systems, and to successfully transition new accounts. She is one of two Publishing Services Managers at DJS, sharing

the oversight of a department of >100 Production Editors, Assistants, Coordinators and Group Leaders, who handle the editorial, composition, and journal production management for over 260 titles. She started in this industry in 1996 as a copyeditor and proofreader. She worked her way up the leadership ranks – Composition Group Leader, Offshore Services Manager, Editorial Department Manager, and Production Services Manager – in which she had increasing responsibilities for production results, personnel, and the development of workflows and systems to accommodate significant increases in volume and ever-changing customer demands. Prior to this work, Nancy taught high school science, worked as an environmental consultant, and managed the Civil Engineering Laboratory at her alma mater, the University of Vermont. She has received state-wide athletic accolades in several venues, but her most valuable time is spent with her daughter in Richmond, Vermont.

Jing Duan, PhDManaging Editor, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, Acta Ecologica Sinica (International Journal), Ecological Society of China

Jing Duan obtained her PhD in 2009 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences after completing an MS in Environmental Studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia.  She  joined  Acta Ecologica

Sinica (International Journal) in 2009, first as Editor and then as Managing Editor.  Since 2011, she has represented the Ecological Society of China in the development of a joint publication project with the Ecological Society of America and will be the Managing Editor of the new journal, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability.

Erin DubnanskyVice President of Publications American Gastroenterological Association

Erin received her BA in psychology from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and began her career at the AGA in 2000. Erin oversees the strategic, editorial, and financial operations

of Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and GI & Hepatology News. In partnership with the editors, she ensures that the publications maintain and advance their standing in the GI community and align with the AGA strategic plan. She also develops publication policies, oversees the development and implementation of new initiatives, and manages the periodicals’ marketing activities. Additionally, she serves as the staff liaison to the AGA Publications Committee. Erin is a member of ISMTE and serves as the chair of their poster committee, and is a member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, Council of Science Editors, and Committee on Publication Ethics.

Adam EtkinFounder and Managing Director, PRE (Peer Review Evaluation)

In 1994 Adam founded OakTek Web Architects, providing technology solutions for several retail companies. Over the past sixteen years he has established himself as a leader in the scholarly publishing industry and is highly experienced with the peer-review process and integrated systems. He is also

well-versed in scholarly metrics, and all aspects of the scholarly publishing environment and related technology, having received his Masters of Publishing from Pace University. Adam founded PRE to assist members of the scholarly publishing community who are committed to preserving an ethical, rigorous peer review process.

Arlene FurmanManaging Director & Co-Founder, Technica Editorial Services

Arlene Furman is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Technica Editorial Services in Carrboro, North Carolina. After earning a degree in Environmental Resources from the University of Rhode Island, Arlene worked as a Research Assistant at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In 1983 she transitioned into

scientific and medical publishing at Raven Press/Raven Health Care Communications and later at Springer-Verlag’s New York City offices. She moved to North Carolina in 1989, founding Technica Editorial Services along with Jack Nestor.

Matt GiampoaloExecutive Journals Editor, Wiley

Matt Giampoala is Executive Editor for Life Science Journals at Wiley. He holds a Pd.D. in neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania.  Since transitioning into the field of publishing he has worked both as an acquistions editor for books and a publishing manager for peer-reviewed journals covering

fields uncluding neuroscience, physiology, endocrinology, osychiatry, and drug development.

Suzanne HopkinsThomson Reuters

Suzanne Hopkins has been with ScholarOne and Thomson Reuters since May 2001 and has been a Product Manager since 2006. She has worked primarily on ScholarOne Manuscripts. Prior to working as a Product Manager, she was an Account Manager for 4 years working with IEEE, ACM and others.

When not working, she enjoys traveling with her family and keeping up with her two very active sons.

Anna JesterDirector of Sales & Marketing, eJournalPress

Anna Jester began her career in publishing at Allen Press, where she started as a member of the Online Publishing division in 2000. She later moved to the Online Manuscript Submission and Peer Review division and in time became the Product Manager for Online Publishing and Online Manuscript

Submission and Peer Review products. She also served as the Editor of FrontMatter, a newsletter devoted to issues that affect society and association publishers with a particular focus on technology. In 2010 she moved to Maryland, joining eJournalPress as the Director of Sales & Marketing. Anna currently serves as a member of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Membership Committee, a member of the Council of Science Editors (CSE) Program Committee, Technology/E-Publishing Section Editor for Science Editor, and as a member of the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE) Poster Committee. Anna enjoys meaningful change, travel, excellent food and mysteries. She and her husband try, with limited success, not to spoil their Italian Greyhound.

Tom McclungMIS Analyst, ACE Private Risk Services

Tom McClung is a Management Information Systems Analyst for ACE Private Risk Services, part of the ACE Group of Insurance Companies. He formerly worked for ScholarOne as a report developer, where he gained an appreciation for the key metrics important to journals. Tom currently develops reports

using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and routinely uses Excel to manipulate and analyze the results of data extractions. He has over 14 years’ experience with Excel.

Shawn MortonUS Publishing Director, Health Science Journals, Wiley

Shawn holds general management responsibility for Wiley’s US-based journal publishing programs in dentistry, medicine, nursing, and veterinary science. Shawn joined Wiley in 1994, having begun his career in 1990 with Springer-Verlag New York, and has extensive experience acquiring and developing

content in multiple formats for a broad range of health science markets and specialties. Shawn holds a B.A. from Union College and an M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Julie NashSenior Partner, J & J Editorial, LLC

Julie Nash has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree from Duke University. She was an award-winning journalist in Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and North Carolina before becoming an assistant editor with Arthritis

& Rheumatism (A&R) in May 2000. After working on A&R and other titles for several years, she founded J&J Editorial with partner Jennifer Deyton. Julie is the vice president for the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors and serves on the program committee for the Council of Science Editors and the membership committee for the Society for Scholarly Publishing. Julie works on journal projects with many publishers and societies, including the American Chemical Society, Wiley, Elsevier, LWW and the BMJ Group. She also acts as a consultant to journal editorial offices and publishers. When not working, Julie enjoys traveling, eating at interesting restaurants, listening to music, reading and spending time with her husband and two children.

Jack NestorSenior Editor and Co-Founder, Technica Editorial Services

Jack Nestor is Senior Editor and Co-Founder of Technica Editorial Services in Carrboro, North Carolina. Near the end of the Jurassic period, Jack entered the New York publishing industry at Plenum Press in its Journals Department. Since that time, he has directed or contributed to the publication of more

than a thousand books and periodicals for a wide variety of prominent publishers, societies, and businesses. He moved to North Carolina in 1989, founding Technica Editorial Services along with Arlene Furman.

Kerry O’RourkeSenior Managing Editor, KWF Editorial Services

Kerry O’Rourke is senior managing editor at Kaufman Wills Fusting & Co. – Editorial Services. She started her career as a newspaper reporter before transitioning into medical publishing. Most recently, she was director of publishing at the American College of Sports Medicine where she managed the scholarly

book and journal program. She also was senior managing editor at the American Academy of Pediatrics, where she managed the publishing business activities for Pediatrics, the association’s flagship journal. Previously she worked for seven years at Lippincott Williams & Wilkins as well as six years at The Baltimore Sun. She is a past president of Chicago Women in Publishing and currently is finishing a Master’s of Public Health degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Margot Puerta, MBAExecutive Editor, Molecular Medicine and Bioelectronic Medicine

Margot Puerta plans, organizes and manages the staff and activities of the journal and is responsible for strategically guiding the development of Molecular Medicine, including web and multimedia content. Margot created and produces Mollie Medcast, a journal podcast available in iTunes. Previously,

Margot held the position of Director of Scientific Affairs at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York. In this role, she worked with cross-functional internal teams to oversee biomedical research planning and operations of over 200,000 square feet of research space. She provided day-to-day management assistance to more than 20 laboratories and 400 employees. Prior to assuming these roles, Margot worked as the manager for the Laboratory of Biomedical Science at the Feinstein Institute co-authoring 14 neuroimmunology papers. Margot holds a B.S. in Biology from Fairfield University, an M.S. in Biology from Hofstra University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University.

Jason Roberts, PhDExecutive Editor, Headache; Journal of Sexual Medicine

Jason Roberts is the founding President of ISMTE. He is the Executive Editor of the journal Headache: the journal of head and face pain. He is also the Senior Partner at Origin Editorial, based in Plymouth, MA. He has published and presented on the topics of publication ethics and improving reporting

standards in scientific and medical journals.

Donald Samulack, PhDPresident, US Operations, Editage

Donald Samulack, PhD is the President of U.S. Operations for Editage. He has a first-hand understanding of scholarly editing, writing, and translation needs and services, and is a major player in shaping perceptions, developing global logistics, and delivering quality. He works tirelessly to bring publishers

closer to their authors and to help authors get published. He has travelled extensively around the world, with a focus on Asia and Latin America, to raise awareness of good publication practices and ethical conduct in the scholarly community. Dr. Samulack leverages the global presence of Editage on behalf of publishers, journals, and societies, to help them internationalize their brands.

Larissa Shamseer, MSc(Clin Epi), PhD CandidateOttawa Hospital Research Institute , University of Ottawa

Larissa Shamseer is a PhD candidate at the Ottawa Hopitsal Research Institute and University of Ottawa, She coordinates Dr. David Moher’s Reporting Guidelines research portfolio within the Knowledge

Synthesis Group. In her current role, she is involved with research activities relating to the CONSORT and PRISMA as well as the international reporting guideline network – the EQUATOR network.

Ms. Shamseer completed a Masters in Science in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health in 2009. She worked as a research coordinator and research assistant in the University’s Department of Pediatrics for five years prior to her moving over to OHRI. Ms. Shamseer has been involved in the development of and a consultant in the development of a number of reporting guidelines, most notably the upcoming PRISMA-P (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic review and Meta-Analyses Protocols) and CENT (CONSORT Extension for N-of-1 Trials) guidelines.

Sue Silver, PhDEditor-in-Chief, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Ecological Society of America

Sue Silver obtained her PhD from the University of London. Following two postdoctoral fellowships, she switched to scientific publishing, and worked on a wide variety of journals, before being appointed Editor of Biologist, published by the UK’s Institute of Biology. She went on to launch and edit The Lancet

Oncology, the first in a series of specialty review journals for the well-known medical publication, The Lancet, before moving to the US in 2002 to launch and edit a new journal for the Ecological Society of America, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

George WoodwardPublisher, Elsevier

George Woodward is a Health & Medical Sciences journals publisher at Elsevier, working on a portfolio that consists of nutrition and dermatology journals. He previously worked as a Managing Editor for the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, where he was responsible for the society’s

two journals, the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology and JACI: In Practice.

Save the Date

October 13-14, 2014Charles Darwin House, London, UK

COPE to have a half-day meeting on October 13

ISMTE Member: $255 USD Early Registration/$295 USD after 26 September 2014Members of EASE and COPE may register for the Conference at the ISMTE member rate

EASE Members should contact Tina at secretary@ease.org.uk for the codeCOPE Members should contact Linda at cope_administrator@publicationethics.org for the code

Non-member: $350 USD Early Registration/$390 USD after 26 September 2014 (this includes a trial membership from October 1 to December 31)

Monday Dinner: $70 USD (space is limited)

Registration includes lunch, and breaks.REGISTER TODAY!