Join us for an academic conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair. This conference, which is a part of the Publishing Perspectives Forum, is free and open to all registered Frankfurt Book Fair attendees.

9am – 10 am
Case Study Carousel: Real-life Use Cases of AI in Academic Libraries and Publishing

10 minutes per speaker – presenting concrete, real-world examples of how AI is being used responsibly in publishing and scholarly communication.

• Moderated by Sven Fund, Managing Director, Reviewer Credits and FullStopp
• Emre Danisan, CEO EDanex Solutions
• Carsten Borchert, CEO SciFlow
• Max Mosterd, Co-Founder Product, Sylla
• Viktoriya Vasilenko, Knowledge Gate Group
• Tiago Barros, Co-Founder, Signals

10am – 11am
Round Robin Interview: “US Funding Cuts Imperil Open Infrastructure Globally”

• Moderated by Leah Hinds, Executive Director, Charleston Hub
• Dean Smith, Director of Duke University Press
• Emily Poznanski, CEO De Gruyter Brill Sp. z o.o. and EVP Product & Publisher Relations, Paradigm Publishing Services
• Nasra Gathoni, Senior Instructor, Aga Khan University and Chair, Research4Life Equity Committee
• Frances Pinter, Founder, Knowledge Unlatched, and Director, Academic Relations, Central European University Press

Building on the conversations at Charleston In Between in Berlin, this fast-paced, round-robin session brings together multiple viewpoints on a critical topic. Each participant interviews the next, creating a lively chain of conversations that comes full circle. The format keeps energy high, perspectives fresh, and the audience engaged throughout.