platform strategies 2026

Platform Strategies 2026

Platform Strategies returns to Washington, DC on September 23rd to tackle the technology challenges facing the scholarly publishing industry. This year’s agenda centers around “Signal and Noise” — exploring how our industry is tackling overloaded submission queues, distinguishing quality from misinformation and slop, and separating hype from promise in all things AI.

Review the agenda and secure your spot here.

Use code PS26-EARLY for $100 off before July 1

2026 Webinar Series

“The New User Experience: Understanding the Full Spectrum of AI & Human Engagement in Scholarly Publishing” convened industry leaders to examine how to design platforms and strategies that effectively serve both human and machine users. View recordings and read recaps below.

March 2026 webinar on demand

Understanding AI Traffic: Bots, Crawlers, and What They Mean for Your Platform

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PSWS April 2026 on demand

AI as Discovery Layer: On-Platform Tools That Transform How Users Find Content

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May webinar on demand

Beyond the Platform: AI Agents, Chat Tools, and the MCP Ecosystem

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``Silverchair Platform Strategies is the meeting I look forward to most every year. No detail is missed in the planning and execution of this event. From the venue to the food to the swag to the best speakers in scholarly publishing, Silverchair thinks of everything. Most importantly, though, they make every single one of us feel like the most important person in the room.`` —Jennifer Regala, Wolters Kluwer
``Platform Strategies brings the brightest and best minds in the industry to talk together. This is the best conference in the industry.`` —Chris Reid, AAAS
``Platform Strategies demonstrates Silverchair's commitment to honest and difficult conversations, but in a spirit of assuming positive intent and looking for solutions to industry-wide issues.`` —Alistair Reece, GeoScienceWorld
``Keep bringing the community together!`` —Barry Bealer, Impelsys, Inc.

``Silverchair is a great convener.`` —Sara Rouhi, AIP Publishing

``Platform Strategies has become the highlight of my fall conference season. Silverchair stays true to their mission of discussing strategic ideas that the entire industry as well as individuals can think about and explore to bring excellence to their organizations.`` —Marianne Calilhanna, DCL
``This conference blows all other STM publishing conferences out of the water.`` —Anonymous attendee survey
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``The attendees are essentially all of my favorite people from industry meetings all in one room. So I find this meeting really valuable for catching up with all the people I like to keep close with.`` —Allison Belan, Duke University Press

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