The ElPub conference, held annually between 1997 and 2020, presents the results of research on various aspects of digital publishing, involving a diverse international community from all disciplines in the sciences and humanities.
The last ElPub conference was held in 2020; the texts of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 conferences are available on the website.
Elpub conference has featured research results in various aspects of digital publishing for over two decades, involving a diverse international community of researchers across the disciplines in the sciences and the humanities, librarians, developers, publishers, entrepreneurs and administrators. It is unique as a platform for both researchers, professionals and the broader community.
The Conference is held annually and contains a multi-track presentation of refereed papers as well invited keynotes, special sessions, demonstrations, and poster presentations, all of them being archived in the Elpub Digital Library.
2018 ELPUB Conference Toronto, Canada
Connecting the Knowledge Commons: From Projects to Sustainable Infrastructure
2017 ELPUB Conference Limassol, Cyprus
Expanding Perspectives on Open Science: Communities, Cultures and Diversity in Concepts and Practices
2016 ELPUB Conference Göttingen, Germany
Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas
2015 ELPUB Conference Valletta, Malta
Scale, Openness and Trust: New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science
2014 ELPUB Conference Thessaloniki, Greece
Let’s put data to use: digital scholarship for the next generation
2013 ELPUB Conference Karlskrona, Sweden
Mining the Digital Information Networks
2012 ELPUB Conference Guimarães, Portugal
Social Shaping of Digital Publishing: Exploring the interplay between Culture and Technology
2011 ELPUB Conference Istanbul, Turkey
Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies
2010 ELPUB Conference​Helsinki, Finland
Publishing in the networked world: Transforming the Nature of Communication
2009 ELPUB Conference Milan, Italy
Rethinking Electronic Publishing: Innovation in Communication Paradigms and Technologies
2008 ELPUB Conference Toronto, Canada
Sustainability in the Age of Web 2.0
2007 ELPUB Conference Vienna, Austria
Openness in Digital Publishing: Awareness, Discovery and Access
2006 ELPUB Conference Bansko, Bulgaria
Digital Spectrum: Integrating Technology and Culture
2005 ELPUB Conference Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium
From Author to Reader: Challenges for the Digital Content Chain
2004 ELPUB Conference Brasília – DF, Brazil
Building Digital Bridges: Linking Cultures, Commerce and Science
2003 ELPUB Conference Minho, Portugal
From information to knowledge
2002 ELPUB Conference Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Technology Interactions
2001 ELPUB Conference Canterbury, UK
2001 in the Digital Publishing Odyssey
2000 ELPUB Conference Kaliningrad, Russia
Electronic Publishing in the Third Millennium
1999 ELPUB Conference Ronneby, Sweden
Redefining the Information Chain – New Ways and Voices
1998 ELPUB Conference Budapest, Hungary
Towards the Information-Rich Society
1997 ELPUB Conference Canterbury, UK
New Models and Opportunities