Scholarly societies and research publishing are both facing serious challenges. With the world shifting around us, what means do we have to keep our communities functioning that are ready for the future? Is Open Access a threat or an opportunity? And what are the future models for funding that will continue to work and provide value? 

Cameron Neylon is a freelance researcher and consultant and well known agitator for opening up the process of research. He conducts research, consults, and develops technology in the areas of Open Research including Open Access, Open Data, and Open Source as well as the wider technical and social issues of applying the opportunities the internet brings to the practice of research. He writes and speaks regularly on these issues. Cameron was named as a SPARC Innovator in July 2010 for work on the Panton Principles for Open Data and was a co-author of the Altmetrics manifesto.