
Charles Watkinson
Speaker, Plenary 1
Charles Watkinson is Director of University of Michigan Press and past president of the Association of University Presses. He is on the Board of Supervisors of the OAPEN Foundation/DOAB. He has played a foundational in OA initiatives including TOME, Lever Press, Path to Open and the OA Ebook Usage Data Trust. In 2023, U-M Press published 75% of its scholarly frontlist OA without any grant funding via its Fund to Mission program.