# Researcher to Reader 2026 Conference: The forum for discussion of the international scholarly communications ecosystem

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**Tags:** peer-review, communication, metadata, ai\
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A conference that might interest some of you: the next **Researcher to Reader Conference** , taking place in London on **24–25 February**. This year’s programme focuses strongly on community communication, crisis preparation, AI for authors, metadata, and peer-review recognition.

You will find keynotes, workshops, and lightning talks on topics such as:

- **Open and Secure Research** : Confronting uncomfortable truths about research openness, integrity and responsibility in global scholarship
- **Responsible AI Use in Scholarly Writing**
- **Using Incentives to Improve Peer Review** : How should reviewers be recognised and rewarded for responsible peer review?
- **Book Metadata, Discoverability & Usage** : How can we improve the academic book data supply chain?
- **Better Community Engagement** : How can we develop purposeful engagement with stakeholder communities?
- **Responding to Global Emergencies** : How can the scholarly community be ready to respond to a crisis?\*
- **Facing AI Futures Together** : Using Scenarios to Rethink Libraries, Publishers, and the Scholarly Record
- **Rethinking Peer Review** : How independent peer review models drive transparency, equity and innovation\*
- **Business Models** – _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_: Libraries, Readers, Researchers: What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong, and What’s Next
- **Beyond the Journal Article** : Exploring alternative scholarly publication formats\*

Read the full programme: [Conference Programme | Researcher to Reader Conference — London — 24-25 February 2026](https://r2rconf.com/r2r-conference-programme/)

> **2026 Researcher to Reader Conference**
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> **Starts:** 24 February 2026 08:30 (Europe/London)\
> **Ends:** 25 February 2026 17:00 (Europe/London)\
> **Location:** London

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