[Eril-l] The preliminary program for NISO Plus Baltimore is now available!

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**Apologies for cross posting**

As our February NISO Plus conference
<https://niso.plus/niso-plus-2026-baltimore/> approaches, we are delighted
to announce our preliminary program! Join us
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/niso-plus-baltimore-2026-tickets-1919132128859?aff=oddtdtcreator>
for two days of interactive sessions addressing some of the biggest issues
and trends in scholarly communications.

Here are just some of the highlights from the draft program:


   -

   A full day of pre-conferences featuring two four-hour sessions on AI in
   scholarly communications as well as JATS-Con, the full-day users meeting
   for the Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS)
   -

   An opening keynote address from Brandie Nonnecke
   <https://niso.plus/2025/12/brandie-nonnecke-to-deliver-opening-keynote-at-np26-baltimore/>,
   expert in information and communication law, governance, and policy and
   Senior Director of Policy at Americans for Responsible Innovation
   -

   The Miles Conrad Award and Lecture, to be delivered by 2026 awardee Alondra
   P. Nelson
   <https://niso.plus/2025/10/alondra-nelson-is-our-2026-miles-conrad-awardee/>
   -

   Sessions on metadata, peer review, authentication and identity, research
   integrity, and of course, AI (governance, usage metrics, training AI
   systems, and use cases)
   -

   Discussions geared toward identifying potential solutions to shared
   challenges
   -

   An evening of fun at the conference reception, to be held on the evening
   of Tuesday, February 17


For additional details, view the full preliminary program
<https://niso.plus/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NISO-Plus-Baltimore-2026-Preliminary-Program-2.pdf>.
Thanks to our generous sponsors—Bowker <https://www.bowker.com/>, Emerald
Publishing <https://www.emerald.com/>, OpenAthens
<http://openathens.net/>, Project
MUSE <https://muse.jhu.edu/>, and Silverchair <https://www.silverchair.com/>—we
have been able to keep registration at 2024 rates, and deeper discounts are
available for NISO members and groups. Just be sure to register
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/niso-plus-baltimore-2026-tickets-1919132128859?aff=oddtdtcreator>
by January 14 for early bird rates, and book your hotel room
<https://book.passkey.com/go/NISOPlusConference2026> soon!

We’ll be updating the program with additional information on individual
sessions and speakers in the coming weeks, so don’t forget to check for
updates. We hope to see you soon in Baltimore!




Best wishes,

The NISO Team



NISO
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302
Baltimore, MD 21211
Phone: 301.654.2512
E-mail: nisohq at niso.org
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