“Academic Publishing in Europe” – Conference with participation by Dr Martin Schaefer.

On 20 and 21 January 2015, the conference “Academic Publishing in Europe 10 (APE) 2015” will be held in Berlin under the motto “Web25: The Road Ahead. Exploring the Future of Scholarly Communication & Academic Publishing“. BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT partner Dr. Martin Schaefer has been invited to sit on the panel on 20.01. and discuss “Open Research or Infringement of Authors’ Rights? The Suitability of the CC-BY License for Research Publications“. Further participants on the panel are: Dr. Albrecht Hauff (Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Stuttgart). Robert Kiley, Head of Digital Services & Acting Head of Library, (Wellcome Library, London) and Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, Anwalt, Lenz & Caemmerer, Basel. This panel will be hosted by Prof Christian Sprang, Legal Counsel (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Frankfurt am Main). The aim of the APE conferences is to expand understanding of university communication and the role of information in academia, education and society. The conference will take place in the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Gendarmenmarkt, Markgrafenstr. 38, 10117 Berlin.