1. BioMed Central Editors’ Conference Agenda Wednesday 14 th May 2014, London Alex Christoforou Head of Customer Services and Membership Open Access Membership Program

2. As the leader in open access publishing BioMed Central and SpringerOpen work closely with librarians, institutions and funding agencies worldwide to establish affordable means through which institutions can support open access. With Members worldwide, the Open Access Membership Program enables academic and research institutions, societies, groups, funders and corporations to actively support open access in scholarly publishing, helping to ensure the widespread dissemination of the research published by their investigators or members.

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11. Thank You Alex Christoforou Head of Customer Service and Membership +44 (0) 203 192 2106 membership@biomedcentral.com alex.christoforou@biomedcentral.com