Days 2 and 3: Scientific Program

1 September 2012

0800
Plenary Lecture 1
Networking for Quality in Education and Publications
Farrokh Habibzadeh
0900
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome by APAME President
Opening of the Convention
0930
Tea
1000
A. Journal Networks and Policies

  1. APAME: Current and Future Chang Kok Hahm
  2. Updates on WPRIM  Fang An
  3. Development of the Editorial Guidelines of the Japanese Association of Medical Journal Editors (JAMJE)
    Kiyoshi Kitamura
  4. Coverage of Malaysian Medical Journals in the Malaysian Citation Index (MyCite) Abrizah Abdullah
  5. The Impact of World Class Publication  Woei-Fuh Wong
1130
B. Publishing: Directions and Evolutions

  1. The Benefits of Open Access Publishing for Asian Medical Journals   Deborah Kahn
  2. The Evolving Landscape of Scholarly Publishing   Kwan-Hoong Ng
  3. Book Publishing at Springer SBM – More than a Print Book behind an Electronic Cover
    Thijs van Vlijmen
  4. Visibility of Journals of Asia-Pacific Countries in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science   Cheong-Lieng Teng
1300
Lunch
1400
C. Journal management

  1. Role of Editor and Editorial Team  Sung-Tae Hong
  2. Growing Good Reviewers   Wilfred Peh
  3. Manuscript Management System   Eng-Kiong Teo
  4. Journal Publication: A Need for International Collaboration   Wah-Yun Low
1530
Tea
1600
D. APAMED Central Launch

  1. APAMED Central: An introducation   Choon Shil Lee
  2. APAMED Central: A progress report   Alma Prosperoso
  3. Opening the world of APAMED Central    Oh Hoon Kwon
1700
Close

2 September 2012

0800
Plenary Lecture 2:
What is COPE? History, Objectives and Activities
Chris Graf
0845
E. Ethical Issues in Publishing

  1. Ethics in Publishing: Contexts, Controversies and Challenges   Jose Florencio Lapena, Jr
  2. Research and Authorship Responsibilities    Lai-Meng Looi
  3. Ghost Authorship Colin Binns
  4. Tools/mechanisms for Detecting Plagiarism (TBA)
  5. Mitigating Ethical Misconduct in Publishing   Chris Graf
1045
Tea
1115
F. Institutional Repositories and Libraries

  1. Libraries and Archives: Today and Tomorrow   Jeong-Wook Seo
  2. The ABCs of XMLs: Journal Publishing for Digital Age and Beyond   Nahrizul Adib Kadri
  3. Institutional Repositories and Libraries: Being Visible   Nor Edzan Che Nasir
  4. Online Use of OLD SEAIM (Southeast Asia Index Medicus): Developing an Online Access System of the Old Medical Literature Indexes published by the Southeast Asian Medical Information Center (SEAMIC) for 1975-1993   Kiichiro Tsutani
  5. Prospective Clinical Trial Registration and WHO International Clinical Trial Registry Platform  Manju Rani
1300
LUNCH
1400
G. Communicating with the Public

  1. Engaging the Media – Why and How to Work with the Media   Shiao-Eek Tee
  2. Making Science Intelligible  Francis Ng
  3. Writing for the Public  Ahmad Ibrahim
  4. Using Social Media for Research  Zaid Ali Alsagoff
  5. Are Journals meeting their Objectives?    Farrokh Habibzadeh
1600
Closing of APAME 2012
Moderator: Lai Meng Looi
Kuala Lumpur  Declaration
Jose Florencio Lapena
Closing Remarks
Kiyoshi Kitamura
1630
Tea
1700
AMMJE GENERAL MEETING
1800
Close


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