Tom delivering a keynote at an event during San Francisco Climate Week, April 2025. (Photo credit: Patrick Perkins, Stay In Touch Studio. Link to video here.)
Talks and Events
It’s a privilege to be an on-the-record spokesman for the media and to moderate sessions, sit on panels, and make presentations for peers and clients. Here are some prominent examples from the past decade.
Want to hear (or see) me in action? I’ve linked to audio/video when available.
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January
>Council of Science Editors — Moderator and panelist for “CSE goes to Washington: A new Congress, a new administration, and new opportunities for advocacy” (virtual)
May
>Council of Science Editors Annual Meeting — panelist, “Journal Responses to New Federal Requirement for Public Access to Scientific Research” (link to recap)
>Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting — moderator for “STM goes to Washington: The Scientific Method Meets the Political Process”
August
>ISMTE 2025 North American Annual Conference, plenary session: “From Expertise to Enterprise: Elevating Your Side Hustle: crafting a career from your calling” (link to recap)
H2 (July-December)
>Partnerships consultant to AllSci, an AI-powered research and discovery tool, and Legis1, an extensive congressional, legislative, and lobbying data platform.
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April
>On-the-record statement on behalf of Frontiers. Science: In a bold bid to avoid open-access fees, Gates foundation says grantees must post preprints. Link / PDF
May
>Society for Scholarly Publishing annual meeting: moderator of “STM goes to Washington: Public access, AI, copyright ... and yes, the election”
June
>On-the-record statement on behalf of Frontiers. Retraction Watch: Finland group downgrades 60 journals. Link / PDF
September
>Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): panelist for “The Use of AI Tools in the Scholarly Publishing Process” (virtual; link to slides)
November
>Charleston Conference: presenter for “Enhancing Global Research through Fully OA: Maximizing AI and Scholarly Publishing Synergies”; sponsored session
>Charleston Conference: moderator for “Charleston goes to Washington: Public access, AI, copyright ... and yes, the election”
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Throughout the year
Washington DC - multiple visits to take meetings with individual House and Senate member offices and with committee staff (House Science, Senate HSGAC, Senate Commerce), advocating for Open Science and public access to federally funded research.
January
>Council of Science Editors (Jan 26): via Zoom; a panelist on the webinar: "Challenges and Opportunities in Open Research" (link to video)
April
>STM US Annual Conference (April 26) -- Washington, DC; presentation on publication models and Frontiers society partnerships
>Listening Session on NIH Public Access Plan (April 12) -- via Zoom, guest speaker; my comments begin at 23:50
June
>SSP Annual Meeting (June 1) -- Portland, OR; moderator for the panel "STM Goes to Washington: How Scholarly Publishers Can (or Can't) Influence Policy" (link to video)
>ALPSP (June 21) -- via Zoom; a panelist on the webinar: "A Revolution in Science? How and Why Research Assessment and Bibliometric Indicators Need to Change" (link to video)
October
>Council of Science Editors (Oct 19): moderator for the panel "The Changing Landscape of Open Access Policies and Transformative Agreements"
November
>Charleston Library Conference (Nov 8): moderator for the panel "The OSTP Public Access Guidance: After One Year, What We've Learned and Where We Go Next"
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Q1 (January through March)
>Galenos Publishing: Multiple strategy sessions for journal editorial boards (Istanbul, Turkey, virtual; private consulting workshops for journal editorial boards)
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>SSP 2021 Mentorship Orientation Session (Chicago, IL, USA, virtual; guest speaker)
>Galenos Publishing: editorial and peer review workshop (Istanbul, Turkey, virtual; guest speaker; recording on YouTube)
June
>Galenos Publishing: guidelines for indexing in international indexes (Istanbul, Turkey, virtual; guest speaker; recording on YouTube)
October
>Galenos Publishing: the path from Journal Citation Indicator to SCI-Expanded (Istanbul, Turkey, virtual; guest speaker; recording on YouTube)
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>Plenty of Zoom meetings but very little in person, for pandemic-based reasons.
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March
>British Medical Journal Editor's Retreat (London, UK)
May
>Frontiers Forum (Lausanne, Switzerland)
>SSP Annual Meeting: The Power of Mentorship: Insights from the SSP Mentorship Program (San Diego, CA, USA)
June
>Frontiers — UK editorial team (London, UK)
September
>Cabells Scholarly Analytics (London, UK on behalf of Integrity by iThinking)
October
>Cabells Scholarly Analytics (Chicago, IL, USA on behalf of Integrity by iThinking)
November
>Cabells Scholarly Analytics (Beaumont, TX, USA on behalf of Integrity by iThinking)
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February
>Future Science Group (London, UK)
>Society for Scholarly Publishing student mentoring: Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (virtual)
March
>SSP Inaugural UK event (London, UK)
>Clarivate Analytics Publisher Forum (Philadelphia, USA; logistics and event planning, including securing Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch, as our keynote speaker.)
April
>American Osteopathic Association (Chicago, USA)
May
>De Gruyter (Berlin, Germany)
>Future Science Group, expanded session (London, UK)
June
>The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) (Stevenage, UK)
July
>John Wiley & Sons (Oxford, UK)
>SSP summer networking event: "Humans, AI, and Decision Making" (London, UK)
August
>Elsevier — The Lancet Group (virtual)
September
>SSP autumn networking event: Local coordinator for "Facts vs Fake News: Who Decides What is True?" (London, UK)
October
>Brill (Leiden, The Netherlands)
>Taylor & Francis (Oxfordshire, UK)
>Springer Nature (Heidelberg, Germany)
>Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurt, Germany)
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February
>Karger Publishers (Basel, Switzerland)
>Frontiers Data Services Workshop (Lausanne, Switzerland); presentation on Open Access publishing
>Wolters Kluwer (virtual)
March
>Hindawi Publishing Corporation (London, UK)
>Clarivate Analytics Publisher Forum (Philadelphia, USA; logistics and event planning)
May
>IWA Publishing (London, UK)
June
>Cambridge University Press - UK staff (Cambridge, UK)
>Royal Society of Chemistry (Cambridge, UK)
>Cambridge University Press – US staff (virtual)
July
>The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery (London, UK)
September
>Elsevier – Abstracting and indexing executive staff (virtual)
October
>Crossref — to review Clarivate’s Book Citation Index (virtual)
>Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurt, Germany)
November
>Oxford University Press (Oxford, UK)
>Elsevier – US and Netherlands staff (virtual)
December
>Elsevier – Executive staff follow-up from September (virtual)
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October
>Taylor & Francis Group (Oxfordshire, UK)
>Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurt, Germany)
December
>Emerald Group Publishing (London, UK)
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May
>Society for Scholarly Publishing annual meeting (Virginia, USA); presentation as part of API panel
October
>Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurt, Germany); “hot spot” presentation in hall 4.2 on the Emerging Sources Citation Index, a new Web of Science database
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2014
March
>Coordinated and moderated a panel discussion (Making a Living as a Freelance Writer) co-sponsored by the Philadelphia chapters of the Online News Association and the Editorial Freelancers Association, hosted by the Pen & Pencil Club of Philadelphia)
September
>Coordinated a workshop for EFA members (Contracts: What Every Freelancer Should Know) featuring entrepreneur and attorney Judy Weintraub.
>Guest lecturer in Drexel University Publication Management master’s program (PMGT 630, The Publishing Environment; Philadelphia, USA; the role of acquisitions editors in a book's conception, creation, and promotion).
2007-14
>Multiple presentations at the F.A. Davis Company biannual (winter and summer) sales meetings. Sessions included overviews of newly published books, demos of software, and selling strategies for the backlist.