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Dear Colleagues: Registration is now open for PKP 2019, the Seventh International Scholarly Publishing Conference hosted by the Public Knowledge Project <http://pkp.sfu.ca> (PKP) in partnership with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona <https://www.uab.cat/> (UAB). The conference will be held November 20-22, 2019 to be preceded by a free, two-day optional sprint <https://pkp.sfu.ca/sprints/>. Sprint registration will open in September. We are also thrilled to announce our lineup of keynote speakers. PKP’s John Willinsky will open the conference with a talk at our evening reception on November 20th. Special guests Reme Melero <http://pkpbcn19.net/keyspeaker/remedios-melero-csic> (CSIC), Ignasi Labastida <http://pkpbcn19.net/keyspeaker/ignasi-labastida-universitat-de-barcelona> (Universitat de Barcelona), Katherine Skinner <http://pkpbcn19.net/keyspeaker/katherine-skinner-educopia> (Educopia), Tara Robertson <http://pkpbcn19.net/keyspeaker/tara-robertson-mozilla> (Mozilla), and Abel Packer <http://pkpbcn19.net/keyspeaker/abel-packer-scielo> (SciELO) will deliver keynotes November 21-22. The conference kicks off on Wednesday, November 20 with not one, but six (two in Spanish) OJS workshops <http://pkpbcn19.net/#block-views-block-works-block-1> for conference attendees. You can read more about the conference this summer on our blog <https://pkp.sfu.ca/2019/07/26/be-the-early-bird-register-now-for-pkp-2019/>. Or check out pkpbcn19.net for more information. Early registration ends September 13, 2019. See you in Barcelona! Interested in sponsorship opportunities? We’ve got those too. Visit our website to learn more: http://pkpbcn19.net/sponsorship-opportunities. Sincerely, Your PKP 2019 Planning Committee *Follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/pkp> and Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/publicknowledgeproject>: #pkpbcn19*