Established in 2024, the Alliance of French Public Scientific Publishers (Alef) is holding its fourth Editors’ Assembly on 25 September 2026 at the BULAC (Paris, 13th arrondissement). For the first time, the meeting will be preceded by a half-day of public exchanges on the afternoon of 24 September.
The roundtable discussions will cover essential topics such as evaluation, AI, and the role of public scientific publishers within their institutions, in service of the academic community and society.
Programme:
The certification of evaluation: the example of UNE (13:30 - 14:45)
María Isabel Cabrera, President of the Unión de Editoriales Universitarias Españolas (UNE)
Without books, no science (14:45 - 16:00)
Laure Himy-Piéri, Scientific Director of PUC and Vice-President of Alef
María Isabel Cabrera, President of the Unión de Editoriales Universitarias Españolas
Open access scientific publishing in the face of AI harvesting (16:30 - 18:00)
Lionel Maurel, Head of Scientific Publishing and Open Access Development at CNRS DDOR and member of the Executive Board
Odile Hologne, Director of Open Science at INRAE
Alef Scientific Publishing Award Ceremony (18:00 - 20:00)
Register and find out more: Journées annuelles de l'Alliance des éditeurs scientifiques publics français (Alef) - Sciencesconf.org