Past Conferences
International Publishing Symposium - April 2018
12 to 13 April 2018
Scholarly Publishing in Europe and China
Taking place:
St Catherine’s College, Oxford
The Symposium offers an unrivalled opportunity to hear speakers from the world of scholarly publishing, in order to understand each other's needs and explore solutions and opportunities for future collaboration. Delegates will enjoy a full day of talks with discussion; plus a reception and banquet, with inclusive overnight accommodation, and a special guest lecture following the dinner.
The Symposium is organized by the Confucius Institute at Oxford Brookes University and Ingenta UK Ltd.
Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event
New Directions in Print Culture Studies
9 May 2017
Print Culture Research Unit - Annual Symposium
Taking place:
Headington Hill Hall, Oxford Brookes University
Keynote Speakers:
- Dr Samantha Rayner, University College London
- Dr Shafquat Towheed, Open University
Type of Conference: Publishing
By the Book conference - June 2016
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 June 2016
Building Audiences for the Book in an Age of Media Proliferation
Publishing Studies Conference
Taking place:
Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy
By the Book3 brings together scholars from the field of publishing studies, alongside industry professionals, to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies.
Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Oxfordshire Publishing Group Summer Conference 2016
14 June 2016
Publishing Without Boundaries
Taking place:
St Catherine’s College, Oxford.
Registration 9am, Conference commences 9.20am
After the enormous success of our inaugural conference last June, we are delighted to announce another stellar line-up of speakers, panels, and breakout sessions for the 2016 OPG Summer Conference. With talks by leading figures from the publishing world focusing on some of the most exciting and innovative work that is being done, the conference will once again challenge conventional ways of working and stimulate delegates to embrace the changing face of publishing.
In addition to the talks, there will be breakout sessions for delegates to choose from led by senior publishing professionals, a panel discussion on one of the key issues in our industry, and the opportunity to meet a wide range of publishing colleagues from companies across the UK and from a variety of backgrounds.
The conference fee includes refreshments, a sit-down lunch, and a drinks reception at the end of the day.
Keynote speakers:
- Gail Rebuck, Chair of Penguin Random House UK
- Mariella Frostrup, journalist and television presenter
- Joanne Harris, author, including the best-selling Chocolat
- Nigel Newton, founder and Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing plc
- Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian in the University of Oxford and Director of the Bodleian Library’s Centre for the Study of the Book
‘The OPG summer conference is one of the best in the world. Surprising, different, with genuinely fresh ideas and fascinating talks, I enjoyed it immensely and got a huge amount of the day. I can't wait for the next one’. Michael Bhaskar, Co-Founder and Publishing Director at Canelo Digital Publishing and author of ‘The Content Machine’
Type of Conference: Publishing
Oxfordshire Publishing Group Summer Conference 2015
June 23rd 2015 | Coffee and registration 9am, for a 9.30am start until 5pm, with a drinks reception
Creating Value in an Age of Disruption
Taking place:
St Catherine’s College, Oxford
Keynote speakers:
- Philip Pullman, author
- Charlie Redmayne, CEO HarperCollins
- James Daunt, MD Waterstones
- Eric Huang, Development Director, Made in Me
Type of Conference: Publishing
By the Book2
Thursday 18th to Friday 19th June 2015
Books and reading in an age of media overload
Programme now posted!
Taking place:
Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy
This two-day conference brings together scholars from the field of publishing studies to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies.
Type of Conference: Publishing
By the Book: the book and the study of its digital transformation
Friday 23 May to Saturday 24 May 2014
Publishing Studies Conference
Taking place:
Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy
This two-day conference brought together scholars from the field of publishing studies to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies.
Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Press Forward: Updating an Outdated Industry
19 November 2011
The SYP Conference for 2011
Taking place:
Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University
Seminars on design, digital, rights, publicity, social media and career progression will face forward with a keen eye on each of their future developments. Our opening debate will enlist publishing experts who will use a combination of experience and crystal balls to prophesise the industry’s future. Our closing debate will then face up to the controversial challenges of Digital Rights Management and ask publishers to decide which side they support in the digital war against piracy.
Further information about this conference is available here.
Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Shifting Ground II: A Symposium on Music and Publishing
11th April 2011 from 9am to 6:30 pm
Keynote speaker: Stephen Navin, Chief Executive of the Music Publishers Association
Journalism plenary session: Barney Hoskyns, Fiona Maddocks and Alyn Shipton
Taking place:
The Richard Hamilton Building, Headington Hill Campus, Oxford Brookes University
Type of Conference: Publishing
Publishing for Social Change
Thursday 12th March 2009
Fighting with words against inequality, injustice, poverty and war.
Taking place:
The Buckley Building, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP.
Publishing is not just an industry. It's very largely how a democracy works (when it works!), so it's far too important to be left entirely to markets, press-barons and governments. Humanity's greatest battles - against slavery, for the vote, against poverty, oppression, exploitation and war - are fought increasingly, and often won or lost, in the publishing media.
Type of Conference: Publishing
SHARP 2008
24-28 June 2008
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing
Taking place:
Oxford Brookes University, UK
Type of Conference: Publishing
Women in Publishing
Thursday 10 May 2007
The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies is holding a one-day conference on the theme of 'Women in Publishing' at Oxford Brookes University.
Taking place:
The Buckley Building
The Glass Ceiling - is it still in evidence to women in the publishing industry?
This conference focuses on the role and position of women within the contemporary publishing industry. The UK publishing industry is populated by a predominantly female workforce. But, several decades after the foundation of feminist publishers such as Virago, have women achieved equality both as employees and as writers? Is there still a glass-ceiling effect operating at board-room level, or has the appointment in the 1990s and 2000s of women to managerial positions changed publishing culture for good? How do women construct their publishing career paths, and what are the opportunities and strengths of women in publishing?
Type of Conference: Publishing