NISO Plus Baltimore 2025
Save the dates!
February 10-12, 2025
We are thrilled to announce that the NISO Plus conference is returning to Baltimore, Maryland on February 10–12, 2025 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.
Organized by a committee representing libraries, publishers, vendors, and more from around the world, the meeting format will emphasize conversation over presentation and offer opportunities throughout for participants to network, collaborate, and explore solutions to challenges currently facing scholarly communications.
We are planning two full days of sessions on February 11–12, including amazing keynotes from recognized information experts, plenty of opportunities for networking and problem solving, sessions that focus on the needs of the community, and the first ever live generative AI competition. We will also continue our tradition of the Miles Conrad Award and Lecture, as well as our other awards programs: the NISO Plus Scholarship program, the Ann Marie Cunningham Service Award, and the NISO Fellows awards.
On February 10 we will convene two pre-conference programs. Join us in the morning for an exploration of the state of Artificial Intelligence in the world of scholarship and research. In the first half of the session, we will have a moderated discussion with a group of technical experts from publishers, vendors, and others actively working on products that use AI in the marketplace now. We will explore the strengths of each approach to using AI and the possibilities and limitations moving forward, and give the audience a chance to participate in conversation to learn more about these emerging tools.
In the second half of the morning pre-conference, we will use the ARL/CNI Artificial Intelligence Scenarios (https://www.arl.org/resources/the-arl-cni-2035-scenarios-ai-influenced-futures-in-the-research-environment/) to examine the potential of these tools. Join us to advance the conversation around responsible use of AI in scholarly communications!
In the afternoon, we will hold a second pre-conference that continues our long tradition of supporting efforts in humanities scholarship through events such as the Humanities Roundtable. This pre-conference will focus on assessing usage for open access eBooks, an issue of particular concern to those working in the humanities and social sciences.
In addition, this year NISO Plus adds a supplementary event to the day prior to the main conference: JATS-Con! Alongside our NISO Plus pre-conferences will be the first in-person JATS-Con meeting since 2019. Details for the Call for Proposals for that event, as well as more information, can be found on the NISO Plus website.
Registration is now open—be sure to sign up by January 10 to take advantage of early bird rates. Additional details on the program and speakers will be available soon!
Thank you to our sponsors, ASME, Bowker, Cadmore Media, Clarivate Analytics, CHORUS, EBSCO, figshare, OpenAthens, The Open Science Framework, Project MUSE, SPIE, and Silverchair.
