Charleston In Between


"The Creative Destruction of Scholarly Communication"
June 25-26, 2026
Session recordings now available at links below.

Charleston In Between is a focused, community-driven one and a half day conference designed to extend the conversations that begin at the annual Charleston Conference. Originally conceived as a virtual event held between the November conferences, In Between creates space for timely, high-impact discussions that can’t wait for the next annual gathering. 2025 was our first highly successful hybrid event, held in Berlin and online, and we're excited to bring that format back in 2026.

Keynote

Creative Destruction: An Overview
Philippe Aghion
Collège de France and London School of Economics; Co-recipient of 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics

Session 1. Renewal, Disruption, and the Economics of Scholarly Communication

This session examines the current upheaval in scholarly communication through the lens of creative destruction, focusing on the economic forces that enable genuine renewal rather than superficial change. It brings together theory, practice, and institutional experience to explore how value is created, captured, and redistributed as established models are challenged.

Moderated by Jude Perera, Wiley
Confirmed Speakers: Lauren Collister (Invest in Open Infrastructure); Alicia Wise (CLOCKSS, Information Power); Daniel Hook (Digital Science); Niels Stern (OAPEN)

Session 2. Beyond the Journal: The Reorganization of Knowledge

Scholarly communication is moving beyond a system centered on the journal article toward a more distributed ecosystem of trust, review, curation, machine readiness, and public-facing research outputs. This panel brings together leaders working on open infrastructure, peer review reform, non-traditional outputs, policy research, and AI-enabled knowledge systems to explore how research will be validated, preserved, discovered, and reused in the future. Together they will examine how libraries, publishers, researchers, and new infrastructures can help ensure that trustworthy knowledge—not just articles—remains visible, actionable, and socially valuable in an increasingly complex information landscape.

Moderated by Heather Staines, Delta Think
Confirmed speakers: Toby Green (Coherent Digital); Johan Rooryk (OPERAS); Ludo Waltman (Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University); and Markus Stocker  (Lab Knowledge Infrastructures at the TIB)

Session 3. Academic Libraries in a Reconfigured Knowledge Economy

Academic libraries are navigating a period of profound disruption, where AI, economic pressure, and the fragmentation of open infrastructure are changing not just how knowledge is accessed, but how it is created, trusted and governed.
 
Moving beyond "traditional" roles as stewards and curators, libraries are grappling with existential questions: What should they stop doing? What must they defend? And how can they co-create a sustainable, open, and trustworthy knowledge ecosystem?
 
Join our panelists in this candid, unscripted discussion and explore tensions around trust, integrity, open infrastructure, collective action, and the evolving public value of libraries.

Moderated by Lou Peck, The International Bunch
Confirmed Speakers: Chris Bourg (MIT Libraries); Curtis Brundy (University of Massachusetts Amherst); Danny Kingsley (Deakin University); Bianca Kramer (Sesame Open Science); Fiona Morley, (Maynooth University Library)

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AGENDA

All times listed are local for Berlin/CEST. (Time zone converter)

Wednesday, June 24:

We’re planning a casual, no-host gathering at the Gallery Rooftop Bar (at the Hotel Indigo) the evening before the conference begins for a chance to connect informally with fellow attendees. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Drop in any time from 6 - 7:30 pm to say hello!

Thursday, June 25

  • 12:30 - 1:30 pm Arrival, lunch and networking
  • 1:30 pm Conference Opening: Welcome and announcements
  • 1:40 - 2:30 pm Keynote: Philippe Aghion (Virtual)
  • 2:30 - 3:00 pm Audience Q&A/Discussion
  • 3:00 - 3:30 pm Break
  • 3:30 - 4:30 pm Session 1: Renewal, Disruption, and the Economics of Scholarly Communication
  • 4:30 - 5:00 pm -  Audience Q&A/Discussion
  • 5:00 pm Drinks/Canape Reception
  • Optional: 7:00 pm Dinner Groups at local restaurants (Interest Form Here)

Friday, June 26

  • 10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee/Networking
  • 10:30 - 11:30 am Session 2. Beyond the Journal: The Reorganization of Knowledge
  • 11:30 am - 12:00 pm Audience Q&A/Discussion
  • 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch
  • 1:00 - 2:00 pm 20 min Vendor Information Sessions
    • 1:00 - 1:20 pm Wiley 
    • 1:20 - 1:40 pm EBSCO Information Services
    • 1:40 - 2:00 pm Paradigm Publishing Services
  • 2:00 - 2:30 pm Break
  • 2:30 - 3:30 pm  Session 3. Academic Libraries in a Reconfigured Knowledge Economy
  • 3:30 - 4:00 pm Audience Q&A/Discussion
  • 4:00 - 4:15 pm Closing 

SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE

In-Person Logistics and Travel Information

Venue Address: Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, Rotherstraße 21, 10245 Berlin, Germany
You will find us in the inner courtyard Rotherstraße 21 at the Wiley offices on the 3rd floor. 

How to get to the Wiley Berlin offices

Hotels

We don’t have group rates arranged at these locations, but they are nearby and walkable to the meeting venue.

Other area hotels:

Hilton Berlin
This location is around 10 minutes from the meeting venue by car, or 30 minutes by public transport.
Mohrenstrasse 30, Berlin, 10117, Germany
T +49 30-202300

The Westin Grand Berlin
This location is around 15 minutes by car or 35 minutes by public transportation
Friedrichstrasse 158-164
10117 Berlin
T+49 30 2027 3490

Virtual Attendance Logistics

  • Virtual attendees will join through Microsoft Teams using a link that will be provided closer to the event date.
  • This link is unique for your registration access code and cannot be shared. 
  • Group registration attendees will each receive their own link and access code separately.
  • All presentations will be recorded and made available to registered attendees to watch on demand within two weeks. Audience Q&A/discussion will be held using the Chatham House Rule, or "off the record," and will not be recorded.

Virtual Attendee Details (password emailed to all registered attendees)

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