The AUPresses Annual Meeting brings together Association members and other scholarly publishing professionals to share experiences, ideas, and knowledge in one of the most collegial professional events of the year. We are excited to offer many of the planned sessions and networking events in a virtual format. Join us from June 15-26 to watch a number of sessions that will address current and future challenges for University Presses.

AUPresses 2020: Virtual Annual Meeting

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Monday, June 15 - Friday, June 26

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AUPresses 2020: Virtual Annual Meeting

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Week 1 - Day 1 Monday, June 15, 2020

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Opening Plenary: Give It Back: Publishing and Native Sovereignty
Speaker: Nicole Mitchell; Niigaan Sinclair; Cutcha Risling Baldy, Larin McLaughlin
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Mellon University Press Diversity Fellows: New Perspectives
Speakers: Kyle Gipson; Noor Shawaf; Dominique Moore; Hanni Jalil-Paier; María Isela García; Alexis Siemon,Elizabeth Alexander
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
AUPresses Welcome and Featured Speakers
Speakers: Peter Berkery; Kathryn Conrad; Ken Workman; Tom Ikeda; Mike Baccam

Week 1 - Day 2 Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Right Here, Right Now: The Value of University Presses in the Context of Crisis
Speakers: Erich van Rijn; Doug Armato; Lisa Bayer; Stephanie Williams
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
The Life-Changing Magic of Managing Tasks: Tips and Tools for Workflow Efficiency
Speakers: Jessica Castro-Rappl; Jana Faust; Anna Pohlod; Larissa Skurka
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Virtual Happy Hour for BIPOCs in Scholarly Publishing - Network in the Zoom Room

Week 1 - Day 3 Thursday, June 18, 2020

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1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Journals and University Relations: Do They Know What We Do?
Speaker: Jessica Karp; Patrick Alexander; William Breichner; Caetlin Benson-Allott
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
DIY Content Creation
Speakers: Christine Brown; Nate Bauer; Zoe Goldman
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Book, Jacket, and Journal Show
Speakers: Joel W. Coggins; Tom Eykemans; Sue Hall; Anne Twomey, Lucinda Hitchcock

Week 1 - Day 4 Friday, June 19, 2020

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1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Making the Most of AUPresses Residency Programs
Speaker: Tony Sanfilippo, Douglas Hildebrand, Christine Thorsteinsson, Stephanye Hunter, Ellen Chodosh
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
What Booksellers Wish University Presses Knew
Speakers: Molly Spain; David Goldberg; Jeff Deutsch; Andrew Berzanskis; Kim Hooyboer
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Speed Networking - ZOOM ROOM

Week 2 - Day 1 Monday, June 22, 2020

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1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Inside Library Acquisitions Now
Speaker: Elizabeth Scarpelli; Brad Warren; Anne Davis; Galadriel Chilton; Liz Hamilton; Moon Kim
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Forecasting the Seasons: Organizing and Managing the Seasonal List Across Departments
Speakers: Kimberly Guinta; Richard Morrison; Jason Coleman; Mary Ann Jacob; Mahinder Kingra
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
AUPresses Trivia Tournament

Week 2 - Day 2 Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
A Smooth Handoff
Speaker: Julia Cook; Amy Buchanan; Ange Romeo-Hall; Enrique Ochoa-Kaup
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
#ListenUP: Audiobook Publishing in a Nutshell
Speakers: Kim Williams; Danielle D'Orlando; Laura Gachko; Mark Pearson; Scott Smith

Week 2 - Day 3 Thursday, June 25, 2020

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11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Proofing in an Automated Workflow: HTML vs. Word
Speaker: Jo Bottrill
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Equity, Retention, and Career Development
Speakers: Stephanie Williams; Ana Maria Jimenez-Moreno; Tara Cyphers; Gita Manaktala

Week 2 - Day 4 Friday, June 26, 2020

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1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Ethics and Transparency in Publishing
Speaker: Catherine Cocks; John Warren; Karen Copp; Jeremy Ottley; Cathy Rimer-Surles
2:45 PM – 2:55 PM
Inaugural President's Address
Speakers: Niko Pfund
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Closing Plenary
Speakers: Ralina Joseph; Jenna Hanchard; Laurie Matheseon, Director, University of Illinois Press

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