Join us for a discussion with Taylor & Francis VP External Affairs and Policy, Priya Madina, on AI and academic publishing.

This session will provide an overview of AI and opportunities and challenges of utilising AI, illustrated by academic publisher use cases of AI. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period.

This session will be recorded an made available in UBC's institional repository, cIRcle.

Speaker

Priya Madina, Vice President, External Affairs and Policy, Taylor & Francis

Priya joined Taylor & Francis in December 2019. She has extensive experience in developing and positioning global policies with relevant stakeholders and decision-makers. Priya sits on the company’s Race and Ethnicity Network, the Publishers Association’s Academic Publishers Council and chairs STM’s Open Research Committee.

Before joining the world of publishing, Priya spent ten years at GlaxoSmithKline in a variety of government affairs, policy and market access roles. In her most recent role as Director of Government Affairs, she led the company’s positioning on international intellectual property and global health issues.  She also gained experience in the external affairs function for the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations in Geneva.

Priya’s previous roles include working across a wide range of policy and government affairs functions at the World Health Organization, the European Commission and the UK Government‘s Department of Health. Her global and regional experience includes working in the Philippines, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and France.

Priya has a Masters in Classics and Modern Languages from Oxford University. She speaks English and French and has good knowledge of Hindi and Spanish.