DISRUPTION IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY: DIGITAL, ANALYTICS & THE FUTURE
CONFERENCE: 20TH JUNE 2014, EDINBURGH

About the EPC

The publishing industry is now changing faster than ever before due to internet services, digital publishing, free blogging platforms and open access journals. How will this continue to evolve in the future? Will the erosion of traditional publishing methods continue and how will publishing companies adapt? What are the growing entrepreneurial opportunities in this dynamic industry?

We ran our first highly successful event, "Publishing: Evolution, Disruption and the Future" in June 2013 at the University of Edinburgh Business School. The idea was conceived in the pub back in December 2012 and snowballed! The conference attracted over 200 delegates including entrepreneurs, students, investors, freelancers, writers and publishers and was broadcast live on the web. The talks are available to view online and preparations for next year's conference are already underway.

In addition to our main conference in June, we organise satellite events on open access, entrepreneurial approaches to publishing and innovations in the industry. Check our events page for regular updates and join our mailing list to be the first to hear about our events.


Organising team

Joanna Young

In addition to running the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club, Jo is the founder and director of a scientific publishing and communication consultancy, The Scientific Editing Company. Prior to this, she completed her Ph.D. and postdoctoral research at the School of Informatics and Centre for Integrative Physiology at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of several research publications and various blog posts.

Twitter: @joysci