• Setting the scene: Dr Paul Ayris, Director of Library Services, UCL
• SPARC - The Scholarly Publications and Academic Resources Coalition: Julia Blixrud, Communications Officer, SPARC
• ELSSS - the Electronic Society for Social Scientists: Dr Manfredi La Manna, University of St Andrews
• The Open Archives Initiative: John MacColl, Director of SELLIC and Sub-Librarian, Online Services, University of Edinburgh
• BioMed Central: Becky Fishman, Membership Director, BioMed Central
• Intellectual Property Rights: Fred Friend, Director of Scholarly Communication, UCL
• The public availability of scientific information: Professor David Delpy, Vice-Provost, UCL
• The view from Arts and Humanities: Professor Warwick Gould, Institute of English Studies, University of London
• Pulling together the threads: Professor Drummond Bone

Last modified 6 July 2006