18-Concurrent 3A: Publishing in the Developing World

Valentina Kalk is manager of electronic development in the Office of the Publisher at the World Bank. She leads the group responsible for electronic licensing, electronic product development, and sales of the World Bank Online Resources. Before joining the World Bank in 1999, Valentina was Vice President of Centro Scientifico USA, the US branch of Centro Scientifico Editore, an Italian medical publisher. Before moving to the US, she worked for Centro Scientifico as rights manager; for Italdesign, a leading car styling and design company, as spokesperson for the President and media relations officer; for Fiat, the biggest automotive manufacturer in Italy as a PR officer; for New Holland, part of the Fiat group, as an events manager.

Pippa Smart is a research communication and publishing consultant, working for her own company, psp consulting. After obtaining one of the first publishing degrees, she has been in research publishing for over 20 years.

She worked for CAB International, Blackwell and Cambridge University Press in a variety of roles including production and publishing business management.

She then became Head of Publishing with a development agency, INASP, directing initiatives to support research publishers within Africa, SE Asia and Latin America. Areas of interest include research communication systems within the developing world, and the provision of innovative training systems for publishers.