It’s good to be back. Here’s a round-up of conference and event notifications we’ve received for publishing since the blog went down. There are some last minute special offers for early bird discounts – keep your eyes peeled for the deadlines.
Specialised Information Publishers Association: 7-8 July 2009, The Tower Hotel, St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1LD
**Save £50 on conference rate if you book before 29 May 2009**
SIPA is the international trade association for subscription newsletter and specialised information services – in print and online. This, their annual conference, will combine round table discussions, key note speakers and themed breakout sessions to cover making money in the recession, making Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other social media tools work for business, retaining and generating new subscribers on- or off-line. Discounts apply for SIPA, Data Publishers Association and Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers members as well as companies making multiple bookings. Further information is online: http://sipaonline.com/sipauk/Julyconference
The deadline for Guardian Education Centre requests for workshop bookings for the 09/10 academic year is 4 pm on 3 June 2009
Requests for workshop bookings for primary and secondary schools will close on 3 June (the workshops are very popular and requests cannot be guaranteed.) All workshops are designed to complement the National Curriculum across a variety of subjects and are hosted in the new interactive education centre at the Guardian newspaper’s offices in Kings Cross, London. Further information and an online booking form for the different workshops available can be found online: http://www.guardian.co.uk/gnmeducationcentre/5
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Online Communities seminar: Tuesday 7 July 2009, British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London W1B 1AT
This is a one day seminar subtitled ‘What can scholarly publishing learn from other industries?’ This topic is close to our hearts here at Skillset, with sessions from the magazine, newspaper, book, mobile devices and computer games sectors, this should prove to be a refreshing look for inspiration from outside the learned publishing community. Further details here: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=73515
