After he received his D.phil in Molecular Biology from the University of York, David decided to join scholarly publishing. Currently, he is a technology strategist with a strong background in developing profitable digital products for research and academic markets. He has more than 15 years of experience in leveraging technology, project management, strategic thinking, relationship building innovations and profitability.

Phill is a consultant, product innovator, business strategist, and research scientist. He is a co-founder of the MoreBrains Cooperative, working at the forefront of scholarly infrastructure, and research dissemination. He’s a member of the Learned Publishing Editorial Board, a partner of the African Journals Partnership Program, an advisory board member for the Researcher to Reader conference, an SSP Scholarly Kitchen Chef, and a judge on the Karger Vesalius Innovation awards. 

Previously, Phill was the CTO at Emerald Publishing. Before that, he held a series of roles at Digital Science, including Director of Publishing Innovation and a senior role in the consultancy division. He was also the first Editorial Director at Journal of Visualized Experiments. 

In a former life, Phill was a cross-disciplinary researcher at Imperial College, London, UK Atomic Energy Authority, and Harvard Medical school. His career spanned plasma physics, biomedical engineering and neuroscience. 

Anastasia joined The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in June 2022 as a Product Manager in their journals publishing department. She is focused on the digital experience of authors, ensuring that advances in technology and AI are leveraged to bring benefits to researchers throughout their publishing process.

Anastasia has worked in a variety of roles in publishing, starting in book production at Cambridge University Press and Assessment before moving into Product Management roles. Prior to working in publishing, she completed her research masters in cell biology and disease at the University of Exeter.

Ian Mulvany joined The BMJ in April 2020 as Chief Technology Officer. Alongside The BMJ, he also serves as a part-time board member at Dryad.

Prior to this, he worked at SAGE Publishing. His contribution at SAGE involved developing digital products and services that respond to new methodological challenges facing social scientists in a world of big data. Throughout his career, he has been interested in creating tools that enhance the researcher experience, and help researchers make the best use of the web.

Leslie Lansman, J.D., LL.M. Global Permissions Manager at Springer Nature, Director at Association of Learned Professional and Society Publishers (ALPSP), Chair ALPSP Policy Committee. Leslie is an experienced copyright, licensing, and intellectual property policy expert in both the US and U.K. Recently, she has been actively involved in responding to global governments’ AI legislative proposals.

Einar Ryvarden is the Digital manager of The Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. Einar started as a journalist and became an executive editor in the tech media industry. He was later the CTO of Aller Internett, the digital part of Aller, a major Norwegian publish-house. Einar joined JNMA in 2016.

Christian is the Director of Technology & Engineering at Public Library of Science (PLOS). PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.

Kunal is a Senior Product Manager at Elsevier, overseeing the product roadmap for SSRN through their discovery and delivery pipelines. His focus has been to create a data-driven approach to product development, in order to quickly innovate and validate new ideas at minimal cost, to ensure value for the end customers. More recently, Kunal has been working with Data Science specialists to take advantage of AI in order to identify and progress automation opportunities.

Kunal has primarily worked within the publishing industry through his career, having worked at Taylor & Francis and Pearson, prior to joining Elsevier almost seven years ago. He holds a BSc in Computer Science, alongside a MSc in Management Information Systems from Manchester Business School.

Georgia is a Product Manager at SSRN, Elsevier. This year, Georgia has been working with Data Science specialists to identify areas of SSRN that could be enhanced using large language models. She has also been part of multiple projects across different areas, including UX design and research and the SSRN submission experience.

Georgia previously worked for a small start-up, Skye Health, which aimed to provide cognitive behavioural therapy-based mental health support through an app. She then joined Elsevier at the end of last year. She holds a BA in Politics from Princeton University, alongside a MSc in Psychology from UCL.

Hong leads the Intelligent Services Group in Wiley Partner Solution, which designs, develops, and promotes intelligent services to enable automated, intelligent, and efficient research and publishing journeys and help publishers move from content provider to knowledge provider by leveraging AI, big data, and cloud technologies. He also established and heads the AI R&D Team, which designs award-winning AI-based solutions and next-generation information discovery systems for scholarly research. His personal research passion is supporting publishers’ success in their transition to Open Access and Open Science and helping global researchers know more, do more, and achieve more. Before joining Atypon in January 2017, Hong applied machine learning algorithms for the insurance industry as the CTO of Digital Fineprint served as a senior software engineer and development manager at Schlumberger, and developed racing games for the British video game developer Eutechnyx. Hong holds a Ph.D. in 3D modeling with artificial intelligence algorithms from Aberystwyth University in Wales, an MBA in Digital Transformation and Strategy from the University of Oxford, a master’s degree in computer science from The University of Sheffield, and certifications in AI and Cloud from Stanford University and Google. As well as serving as a distinguished expert in the National Key Laboratory of Knowledge Mining and Service for Medical Journals in China, Hong is widely published on computer science and AI topics and regularly presents at prominent industry events. Recently he was appointed as a Chef (author, and editor) in the Scholarly Kitchen.

Reshma is an accomplished enterprise AI expert and people-centric leader with vast experience in scaling and leveraging emerging technologies. She specializes in technology led business transformation, enabling organizations of all sizes to discover and implement innovative solutions. Notably, she served as the VP of Strategy and Operations at Springer Nature, driving the industrialization of AI/ML and experimenting with emerging technologies like Web3 for growth. As the first Chief of Staff to the COO, she led strategic initiatives, enhancing business operations, and contributing to the company’s success. Based in London, she also finds fulfilment in yoga, sewing, travel, and learning Italian. 

Andy Halliday is the Senior Product Manager at F1000. F1000 is an Open Research publisher with a mission to Empower researchers, advance knowledge, and engage society. It is part of the Taylor & Francis Group. Andy has worked in academic publishing for 19 years, at several companies including Oxford University Press and Springer Nature. Andy joined F1000 in 2021.