The swearing-in of a new Congress and inauguration of a new president gives STM publishers an opportunity to re-engage with key policymakers and committee staff on important policy issues, including copyright, artificial intelligence, and public access to federally funded content, the latter of which (via the Nelson Memo) is set to be fully realized at the end of 2025.

In this session we’ll provide important context on whether the STM publishing community will face either a welcoming or a hostile policy environment. We'll focus the conversation on how to keep lawmakers' and staff members’ attention on issues of consequence to our community.

Panel:

Sara Rouhi, Director of Open Science and Publishing Innovation at AIP Publishing

Lori Ann M. Schultz, Senior Associate Vice President, Research Administration, University of Texas

Meagan Phelan, Communications Director, Science Family of Journals

Moderators:

Tom Ciavarella, Head of Public Affairs, Frontiers

Steven D. Smith, Publisher, AIP Publishing