The Speakers

Ursula Arning

Professor of Open Access and Management of digital Resources at University of Applied Sciences Cologne

Joanna Ball

Managing Director

Directory of Open Access Journals



Monica Berger

Instruction and Scholarly Communications Librarian, New York City College of Technology 

Sonya Betz

Head, Open Publishing and Digitization Services at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada

Nicole Brune


Open Access Publication Manager at PUBLISSO, the Publication Portal for Life Sciences of ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences in Cologne, Germany 

Luis Ezra D. Cruz 

Academic Service Faculty Member of the De La Salle University Libraries

Roana Marie Flores 

Academic Service Faculty Member at De La Salle University Libraries


Justin Gonder

Senior Product Manager, Publishing at California Digital Library 

Pamela Grieman 

Assistant Director at UCLA's American Indian Studies Center 

Jeanette Hatherill

 Strategic Community Engagement Consultant with Coalition Publica

Geoffrey Little

Geoffrey Little is Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications at Concordia University 

Lai Ma

Assistant Professor at the School of Information and Communication Studies at University College Dublin, Ireland 

Emma Molls

Director of Open Research & Publishing at the University of Minnesota 

Margaret Nieborg 

Educationalist, coordinator of the University of Groningen Press (UGP) 

Marie O' Neill

PhD Student in Library Publishing, School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin

Kate Petherbridge

Executive Manager

White Rose Libraries

Janice D.C. Peñaflor 

Assistant Director for Support Services at the De La Salle University Libraries 

Reggie Raju

Director of Research and Learning Services at the University of Cape Town Libraries. 

Charlotte Roh

eScholarship Publications Manager, University of California

Erin Sheedy

Masters in Library and Information Studies Candidate, School of Communication and Information Studies University College Dublin

 David Delgado Shorter 

Professor  Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance.  University of California Los Angeles 

Devin Soper

Devin Soper is the Director of the Office of Digital Research & Scholarship at Florida State University Libraries 

Niels Stern 

Director of OAPEN and  Co-director of DOAB. 

Regine Tobias 

Department Head Research and Publication Services at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 

Mennie Ruth A. Viray 

Readers' Services Librarian at De La Salle University 

Dominque Walker

Publishing Officer for the Scottish Universities Press (SUP). 

Rebecca Wojturskar

 Open Access Publishing Officer at the University of Edinburgh,  the University of Edinburgh.

Iva Zlodi

Scholarly communication librarian at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,