Data: The Driving Force Behind Successful Publishing Strategies

Data is the driving force behind the growth of any business. Publishers today have more data and understanding about their users, content, and overall business. This exponential growth in data is not only expected to continue but also has the potential to produce new business opportunities as well as cause significant business challenges.

Publishers need to make data-driven decisions to grow and thrive. Publishers, in their capacity as custodians of content, usage, behavioral, and user data, have the potential to gather each digital user’s interaction, combine this with rich content and user information, and develop both business and market knowledge that can impact and transform every aspect of their organization.

Key Highlights

Hear our expert panel from Elsevier, the American Society of Civil Engineers and Silicon Guru share their views on how publishers are increasingly using data to drive their business, all while adhering to ethical data governance norms.

Importance of data to understand the markets in which a journal operates

Data Needs and New Sales Models

Data collection and reporting for publishers

Governance, Privacy, and Security

Our Moderator

Murugesh Mayandi
Chief Growth Officer, Content and Data Solutions, Straive

As Chief Growth Officer, Murugesh leads Straive’s Content & Data Solutions Strategy, Marketing, and Global Client Services. He is responsible for delivering Straive’s capabilities & services across industry focus areas and delivering the power of ONE Straive to clients and prospects. He is additionally responsible for Straive’s Data Solutions practice and focuses on solving unstructured data challenges at an enterprise scale to accelerate business value for clients worldwide.

Our Panellists

Kanwar Singh
SVP, Data Platform (Ops), Elsevier

Kanwar has extensive experience in leading product engineering and enterprise-class deployment, software development & services, large programs and projects, and managing multi-cultural teams. He has designed, built, and op- erated services & support functions globally. His expertise in envisioning, leading, and delivering technology-based growth initiatives bolsters his ability to develop a compelling vision for the future and steer the organization in that di- rection.

Dana Compton
Managing Director and Publisher, ASCE

As Managing Director and Publisher for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Dana Compton oversees all publishing operations for ASCE’s 35 peer-reviewed research journals, as well as its conference proceedings, books/e-books, and standards product lines. She is a senior society leader with an emphasis on strategic planning, sustainable business models, editorial and content strategy, and diversity and inclusion issues in research and scholarly publishing. She frequently speaks at industry conferences on a range of topics and has written and contributed to articles related to scholarly publications.

Dan Pollock
Founder and Principal Consultant, Silicon Guru Ltd

Dan has worked in scholarly and professional publishing for 25 years, helping publishing companies to successfully explore and exploit new digital opportunities. He is currently an independent publishing consultant, advising organizations on publishing strategy, new product development and using data to understand market trends. Before that he was publishing director of Jordan Publishing (through its acquisition by LexisNexis), having previously held digital product development and strategic advisory roles in organizations including Elsevier Health Sciences, Nature Publishing Group (running nature.com) and Outsell Inc. He is old enough to have used a typewriter, but young enough to have gone digitally native.