Download SfEP/SI conference UK Sept 2015

SfEP/SI 1st joint conference: discount for IPEd society members
The UK’s Society for Editors and Proofreaders and Society of Indexers (SfEP) has announced that
booking is open for the 1st SfEP/SI joint conference to be held at the University of York from 5 to 7
September 2015 and members of IPEd societies of editors are invited to register at a discounted
rate.
The theme of the conference is ‘Collaborate and innovate’ – the rise of self-publishing and
developing technologies mean that more than ever, we need to work together to understand each
other’s roles as the publishing industry evolves.
The conference will be opened by John Thompson, a founder of Polity Press, Professor of Sociology
at the University of Cambridge and author of Merchants of culture: the publishing business in the
twenty-first century, who will consider how the publishing industry is adapting to these changes. The
closing presenter is Eben Muse, Researcher in Digital Media at Bangor University, who will discuss
how readers are adapting, and the future of reading.
Workshops and seminars will cover topics such as an introduction to Word, book art and its role in
developing literacy, indexing for editors, and the use of corpora. Find out how to deal with names in
text, references and indexes, discuss the challenges of editing students’ theses and dissertations;
explore how to build your client base and much more.
Members of Australian societies of editors, through IPEd, are eligible for a £50 discount on the
resident non-member rate of £485, or a £30 discount on the non-resident non-member rate of £290
(per day).
Book and pay in full by 17 April and you will also receive the early-bird discount of £45 or £20
respectively. Go to sfep.org.uk/conf15, where you will find the provisional programme, pre-booking
information and other useful links.
To claim your IPEd society member discount, book as a non-member of SfEP and enter the discount
code you will find on the link from the SfEP/SI 1st joint conference page on the IPEd website.
Booking is open until 3 July.