2008 INANE Conference
August 4-6, 2008
Abano Terme, Padova, Italy

Tentative Schedule

Publishing for Global Impact

Monday 4 August 2008
16:00-18:00 Registration; networking; journal sharing
18:00 Opening Ceremony: Welcome (P. Poletti; J. Fitzpatrick)
18:30 Opening Session:
Italy: History and Future of Nursing and Its Publications
R. Zanotti
19:30 Opening Reception (included in registration cost)
Tuesday 5 August 2008
7:30-8:45 Breakfast (included in room cost at Abano Ritz)
Journal sharing
8:30-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome (P. Poletti)
9:00-10:00 Reviewers and Reviews

International survey of nursing journal reviewers
J. Baggs, M. Broome, M. Dougherty, M. Freda, M. Kearney

Quality of peer reviews
P. Chinn, R. Cowling, M. Shattell, S. Thomas

10:00-10:30 Public response to a controversial photo essay published in the Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand Journal
T. O’Connor
10:30-11:00 Coffee break (included in conference registration fee)
11:00-12:30 Hot Topics: Debates, dialogue, and decisions
Moderator: L. Purnell
Serving on Multiple Editorial Boards: Conflict of Interest? Editorial Independence: Relationships to Societies
Open Access Revisited
Publishing multiple articles from same research project
Errors in references and citations
12:30-2:00 Lunch (included in conference registration fee)
2:00-4:00 INANE Business Meeting
Report on 2008 Conference (Poletti)
Report on listserve (key issues) (Smoyak)
Report on who’s who for website (Budin)
Report from Committee on website postings (Chinn)
Plans for 2009: Chicago (M. Broome)
Plans for beyond (Australia, 2010...etc)
Update on ISI (Freda)
Evening Free time (possible tour to Padua)
Wednesday 6 August 2008
8:30-9:30 Breakfast (included in room cost at Abano Ritz)
Networking
9:30-10:30 Breakout session

Session 1 Journals Issues

Development of a ranking tool in Australia and New Zealand
L. Waters

The Experience of Developing a New Interdisciplinary Journal
J. Stichler

Session 2 Publication Issues

Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics
Blackwell Speaker

Searching for the Intervention in Intervention Research Reports
V. Conn

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break (included in conference registration fee)
11:00-12:00 Session 3 Editors

First 100 days as an editor
S. Gennaro

Mentoring to become an editor
S. Thomas and M. Shattell

Session 4 Editorial Boards and Relationships

Editorial Board Responsibilities
B. Brown (would like some others to do this as well)

Developing an Editorial Contract with a Professional Organization of Society

12:00-13:00 Discussion with panel of publishers Moderator: P. Chinn
Everything you wanted to know from your publisher
Marketing your journal, marketing strategies
Becoming international
Publishers’ views on impact factors
13:00-14:00 Lunch (included in conference registration fee)
14:00-15:30 Editor Orientation Project Report
B. Peutz, C. Smart, G. Alspach
15:30-16:00 Wrap up session and evaluation