2026
CRKN Virtual Conference: Creative Collaborations, Collective Momentum
Virtual
May 12 - 14, 2026
Juan Pablo Alperin
Associate Professor in the Publishing Program
Simon Fraser University
Juan Pablo Alperin is the Scientific Director of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), and Associate Professor in the Publishing Program, and the Co-Director of the Scholarly Communications Lab (ScholCommLab) at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Alperin is an established researcher of scholarly communications, known for bringing evidence-based perspectives to pragmatic solutions promoting open access and open science. He also serves on the boards and steering committees of international organizations, including the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and OpenAlex. His work focuses on making scholarly communication more equitable, inclusive, and publicly engaged, particularly across Latin America and the Global South.
Presenting at the following sessions
May 12, 2026
3:00pm
As the dramatic growth of AI technologies has forced every sector to face its own challenges, scholarly publishing has not been immune, and, as a community-based open infrastructure Coalition Publica has faced its own particular set of demands in recent months. From a steep rise in automated access
