The Opportunities and Threats of AI for Scholarly Publishing!

The SSP webinar program delivers a series of highly informative, thought-provoking webinars designed to challenge and stimulate discussion. Covering timely topics and offered regularly throughout the year, our one-hour webinars are available for viewing 180 days after the live broadcast.

Avi Staiman is the founder and CEO of Academic Language Experts, an author services company dedicated to leveling the research playing field for ESL scholars. He is also the co-founder of SciWriter.ai, the first co-pilot that helps researchers supercharge their writing with responsible AI. Avi is involved in the scholarly publication community as a chef at Scholarly Kitchen, co-host of the New Books Network ‘Scholarly Communication’ Podcast, and as a reviewer for Wiley’s Learned Publishing journal. Avi is a thought leader on AI tools for research, bridging the gap between publishers and authors and how to support and empower ESL researchers. He is a core member of CANGARU, where he represents EASE in creating legislation and policy for the responsible use of AI in research. He has been a guest lecturer at NYU’s Master’s Program in Translation & Interpreting and the University of Tokyo. His essays have appeared in the Cambridge University Press Blog, The Scholarly Kitchen, Multilingual, and Times Higher Education.

David Myers – Is a serial entrepreneur and a recurring-revenue, licensing and B2B information expert. With over 30 years experience specializing in Strategy, Sales, Legal, Licensing and Business Development, he has drafted, negotiated and closed over 500 domestic and international licensing agreements with partners, customers and distributors. He has also negotiated and closed countless business alliances, strategic partnering, and revenue generation deals. Prior to starting his consulting practice, he was Executive Director, Global Licensing and Business Development with Wolters Kluwer Health for 7 years.

Kate covers three core segments of the information, data and analytics market: Scholarly Research (content-driven resources and software solutions serving academic and corporate researchers), Education (curriculum and institutional management solutions serving K-12 and higher education markets), and HR, Talent and Learning (talent management and cross-industry training solutions). She joined Outsell in August 2006 through Outsell’s acquisition of the UK analyst firm, EPS.

Richard Bennett is a visionary business leader and Hum's Chief Growth Officer. With 25+ years of sales and marketing experience with both established publishing brands and research technology start-ups, Richard leads Hum’s mission of bringing data and frontier AI to solve the challenges of publishers, societies, and media organizations.