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Platform Strategies 2025: Does the Mission Matter?

In an industry that unites both for-profit and nonprofit organizations, our shared missions serve as a common thread, aligning us around collective goals and visions for the scholarly publishing sector and its broader societal impact. Many of these missions have endured for centuries, but in the face of modern developments (policy changes, AI, and emerging technologies) is it time to update them to better reflect the evolving ecosystem? This session will discuss the role of mission in product development, platform strategy, and technology partnerships. We will address the challenge of balancing mission fulfillment with business sustainability, as well as the persistent tension between the economic and philosophical aspects of open access (OA) and the debate over quantity versus quality in publishing strategies. How can we effectively tap into the core purpose of scholarly publishing and communicate it in ways that inspire meaningful change while not hindering growth and technological advancement?

Casper Grathwohl

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President of Oxford Languages, Oxford University Press

Casper Grathwohl is the President of Oxford Languages at Oxford University Press. Over the past 25 years, Casper has led the transformation of Oxford’s language program from a publisher of print dictionaries into one of the premier language data suppliers in the world, partnering with global tech giants as well as local advocacy groups to build out digital resources in under-represented languages and help usher in a new generation of responsible, authoritative AI.

Emilie Delquie

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Chief Product Officer & Customer Success Officer, Silverchair

Prior to serving in her role on the Executive Team at Silverchair, Emilie Delquié was the Director, Rightsholder Relations and Global Alliances for Copyright Clearance Center, where she was involved with hundreds of publishers and societies worldwide. In total, Emilie has 20+ years of experience in the publishing industry, serving in a variety of account management, business development, and marketing positions in scholarly communication including PCG/Ingenta and the UMass Boston Library. She holds an Executive MBA and serves on the SSP Board, where she is currently Treasurer.

Jay Brodsky

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Chief Information Officer, AAAS

Jay Brodsky is an experienced technology and business executive, with more than thirty years of digital and cybersecurity experience in the information services industry. He serves as chief information officer for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific societies and the publisher of Science and its family of peer-reviewed journals. Brodsky leads a team of technology, project management and data professionals to build strategy and capacity for this global association to advance science, engineering and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all.

Mia Rici

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Director of Publications Operations, American Geophysical Union

Mia Ricci is the Director of Publications Operations at AGU, a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in the Earth and space sciences, where she oversees AGU’s 24 scientific journals and the ESS Open Archive, AGU’s preprint and community server. Mia also leads the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) efforts for AGU’s publications and serves in committees for CSE, C4DISC, and the Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Scholarly Publishing. She is a member of the Board of Directors for SSP and is a member of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Geosciences (AAPIIG).