OASPA, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association and DOAJ, the Directory of Open Access Journals, are pleased to announce that they will jointly host the first Conference for Open Access Scholarly Publishers from 14-16 September 2009 at the Scandic Star Hotel in Lund, Sweden.

The conference is directed towards the interests of independent Open Access journals and professional publishing organisations, as well as librarians, suppliers and other stakeholders. Those who are interested in learning more about Open Access publishing and exploring opportunities are also welcome.

Participants will have the opportunity to hear from many leading figures within the Open Access publishing movement, and to participate in workshops that will highlight a number of important issues related to Open Access publishing. A growing speakers list already includes: Lars Bjornshauge, Director, Lund University Library, Head Office/DOAJ, John Willinsky, Public Knowledge Project/OJS, Geoff Bilder, CrossRef, Kaitlin Thaney, Creative Commons and Jens Vigens, CERN/SCOAP3.

Additional information on the conference, registration and proposal submissions can be found on the conference website at: http://www.oaspa.org/coasp/. Early bird fees will be available.

Members of OASPA are also invited to participate in the first General Meeting of OASPA which will be held in the afternoon on 16 September, at the end of the conference.

The organizing committee, the DOAJ and OASPA look forward to welcoming a broad and international spectrum of publishers and publishing suppliers to the first conference to specifically focus on Open Access and publishing.