APE 2018 conference report

Academic Publishing in Europe gathered more than 250 delegates in Berlin in January 2018. Publishing 2020: Ramping up relevance was the focus, and this notion led to the re-affirmation of the key themes of the conference series: transition to open access, the debate around peer-reviewed content versus uncontrolled data sharing platforms. There was also a focus on new technological challenges associated with the blockchain that likely will challenge academic publishing.