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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121"> 2018 NFAIS Blockchain For Scholarly Publishing Conference</span></b><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Date</b>: May 15 – 16, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">Location</span></b><span style="color:#212121">: Embassy Suites Old Town Alexandria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#212121">Link</span></b><span style="color:#212121">: </span><span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=544203&orgId=nfais&recurringId=0">
http://www.nfais.org/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=544203&orgId=nfais&recurringId=0<o:p></o:p></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NFAIS)
is bringing together the entire information services community on May 15 - 16, 2018 in Old Town Alexandria to explore blockchain's potential application for scholarly publishing. These are just a few of topics we’ll explore:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:white">What happens when library information flows are disrupted by blockchain? Jason Griffey, Affiliate Fellow at Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
University, discusses possible fallout, potential new DRM systems, and the re-decentralization of metadata collections.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:white">Learn how blockchain can be used to connect scientific researchers with funding sources and for managing researcher grant funding. Jason Barkeloo, Founder and
Chair of Knowbella Tech reviews case studies of applications that are gaining traction.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:windowtext;background:white">Record keeping is arguably the defining feature of scholarship. It is precisely the difference between the “famous” scientists who wrote down their observations
and the equally intelligent but forgotten geniuses who did not. Moreover, only those records that were durable, legible, and able to be transmitted and copied faithfully over time, have significant impact. Christopher Wilmer, managing editor of “Ledger”, the
first peer-reviewed scholarly journal for blockchain technology research, will discuss how blockchain can solve, and dramatically simplify, many of these challenges.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">NFAIS’ Blockchain for Scholarly Publishing conference will answers the following questions so you can begin to build
your organization’s strategy.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What changes can be expected of existing architectures and business models?</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How will horizontal access between publishers change discovery?</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What impact will blockchain have on existing workflow tools?</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What type of investment should libraries, publishers, and discovery services anticipate?</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What new skills will your staff require?</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">What roles might funders play?</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How will different stakeholders come together to achieve interoperability of a decentralized system?</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Still confused about blockchain and need an introductory course?
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NFAIS partners with the CAS Innovation Lab to provide a primer on blockchain technology in advance of the May 15-16, 2018 <span style="color:#2E75B6"><a href="https://clicks.memberclicks-mail.net/wf/click?upn=8Cevf6VcjoH-2FQiPZS5m18aI0XcC3ia4udmcTjgr-2BSMfZIzhb2RBPPwMyDmz98cAuvOXqGev2YDdxmF1xQkwUm258ClAQEzxHmYEoeIe-2BijnohbxuiAwgh-2BzYq1-2B1Lbk7_sRz-2Bh9G4kiUDKiMtIOUgfljx5IiAPIRgLOuvjRPJ3oO1QIKR9SSbjUELXzL1d1olRml9HM9DyO0y9xAItbzstK9YVhopdWYXGUrY9kKjmgMTFrxbq-2FaS8e4SvwKo-2BGWFlIz81g2GvUL80mQ9vyA7QCxwdTOzVvae8ThgwNMZGFkrpzpTDMrpD9TzMUFI-2FdGDjyxW75-2FzZI5quQgOCu7IHKKT5TXF1llGNoDUBhNDoNIKDui2dOjWOzAfRg-2Bgg3voF-2Fh9KYqYte9MYe9wZGWhWJEP7fVvWgpzm88zmm2KqeU62WjcUV1eT2bQ7aEw68DHdDRNsS8fOwxxSDZrf7r1Ig-3D-3D" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Blockchain
for Scholarly Publishing Conference</span></a></span> being hosted by NFAIS. If you're new to or curious about blockchain, NFAIS and CAS provide a safe space to gain a basic understanding of blockchain, bitcoin and hashes</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
<i><span style="color:black;background:white">All registered attendees of the NFAIS Blockchain for Scholarly Research Conference will receive a free registration to the NFAIS webinar, </span><span style="color:#2E75B6;background:white"><a href="https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=544991" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Blockchain
101: What it is and what it's not</span></a></span><span style="color:black;background:white">, on Tuesday, April 24 at 12:00 - 12:45 pm EDT. </span><span style="color:#2E75B6;background:white"><a href="https://nfais.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=72&eventId=544991" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2E75B6">Click
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