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Where do we go from here: How can we build trust and navigate ethical challenges of AI?
We invite you to join our workshop at the LIBER conference, where we’ll explore how Generative AI is transforming scientific practice, researcher workflows and the evolving role of librarians. Together, we’ll discuss how we can better meet the changing needs of both researchers and libraries in this new era.
Date : 4th of July Time : 1:30PM - 4.00PM Format : Workshop & lunch Where : Starling Hotel – Free transport from Lausanne Campus included RSVP : Please respond by 20th of June
With the rapid advancement of Generative AI in higher education, how will AI shape the future of academic research and scholarly publishing? How can libraries, publishers, software providers and institutions work together to foster trust, fairness, equitable access and inclusion for everyone involved?
Through a series of interactive discussions, demos, and thought-provoking questions, this invitation-only event aims to spark conversations around concerns, aspirations and safeguards that the library and research community consider essential to ensure an equitable future for everyone affected by the sweeping changes AI is bringing to scholarly communication and beyond.
13:30 - 14:00 | Welcome, introductions and lunch |
14:00 - 14:20 | Ethical AI: key issues and pressing questions pertaining to scholarly communications |
14:20 - 14:50 | Interactive session: concerns and hopes for AI in scientific research and scholarly communications |
14:50 - 15:00 | Break |
15:00 - 15:20 | The future role of AI in scientific research and scholarly communication and Elsevier’s ongoing efforts |
15:20 - 15:50 | Interactive session: shaping equitable and trustworthy AI together, practical opportunities for collaboration and building trust in AI adoption |
15:50 - 16:00 | Closing remarks, end of workshop |
Anita de Waard (she/her) is VP of Research Collaborations at Elsevier. Her work focuses on working with academic and industry partners on projects pertaining to progressing models and frameworks for scholarly communication.
Since 1997, she has worked on bridging the gap between science publishing and computational and information technologies. Her efforts include working on a semantic model for research papers, co-founding the interdisciplinary member organization Force11, and supporting models for research data management in cross-stakeholder alliances such as the Research Data Alliance and the NIST Research Data Framework, and through a series of workshops on Scholarly Document Processing.
Her current work focuses on developing collaborations to improve trust, reproducibility and research integrity in scholarly communications. Anita has a degree in low-temperature physics from Leiden and worked in Moscow before joining Elsevier as a physics publisher in 1988.
Anita de Waard
Dr. Elena Zudilova-Seinstra serves as a Senior Product Manager for Scopus at Elsevier, where she oversees the Track My Performance user journey and plays an active role in the development of Scopus AI.
She joined the Scopus Product Team in early 2022. In her previous roles at Elsevier, she was managing Data Monitor and Research Elements Program. Before joining Elsevier, Elena worked at the University of Amsterdam, SARA Computing and Networking Services and Corning Inc. Elena holds a MSc degree in Technical Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science and has co-authored over 60 research articles and book chapters.
Dr. Elena Zudilova-Seinstra
