MDPI Scientific Publishing Exchange with ICS (Institut Catala de la Salut), 4 June 2025 |
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MDPI is excited to collaborate with ICS (Institut Català de la Salut) to host an exclusive online scientific publishing workshop for empowering researchers with the knowledge and tools needed to be successful in academic publishing. This workshop will cover key aspects of MDPI’s Open Access publishing model, including the Editorial Process and the use of AI in scientific publishing.
Date: 4 June 2025
Time: 13:00–15:00
Location: CAP Bages. Carrer Soler i Marc 6, Manresa, Spain
Schedule:
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Josep Vidal Alaball
Born in Berga, he moved to the UK in 1998, where he stayed for 9 years. In 2002, he completed a family medicine specialty in Devon and moved to Wales to work as a clinical researcher and professor at Cardiff University. At the end of 2006, he finished his career in the UK and returned to Catalonia to work as a rural doctor. During his career, he has combined clinical practice with management tasks in primary care. With a PhD in telemedicine, he currently works as a family doctor and is the Head of the Research and Innovation Unit in Primary Care of Central Catalonia, where he coordinates a team of clinical researchers focused on research and innovation in health services, mainly oriented toward improving the efficiency of primary care services. He is part of the PROSAARU research group (Health Promotion in the Rural Area), where he leads research on new technologies and telemedicine. He is an adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia and a member of EURIPA, the European Association of Rural Doctors, and the assembly of the WONCA Working Group on Rural Practice (RuralWonca).
| Speaker | Time | Program and Content |
| Dr. Marta Colomer | 13:00–13:45 | MDPI’s Peer-Review Editorial Process |
| Dr. Enric Sayas | 13:45–14:30 | The use of AI in Scientific Publishing |
| 14:30–15:00 | Q&A Session |
Chair:
Prof. Dr. Josep Vidal Alaball
Born in Berga, he moved to the UK in 1998, where he stayed for 9 years. In 2002, he completed a family medicine specialty in Devon and moved to Wales to work as a clinical researcher and professor at Cardiff University. At the end of 2006, he finished his career in the UK and returned to Catalonia to work as a rural doctor. During his career, he has combined clinical practice with management tasks in primary care. With a PhD in telemedicine, he currently works as a family doctor and is the Head of the Research and Innovation Unit in Primary Care of Central Catalonia, where he coordinates a team of clinical researchers focused on research and innovation in health services, mainly oriented toward improving the efficiency of primary care services. He is part of the PROSAARU research group (Health Promotion in the Rural Area), where he leads research on new technologies and telemedicine. He is an adjunct professor of medicine at the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia and a member of EURIPA, the European Association of Rural Doctors, and the assembly of the WONCA Working Group on Rural Practice (RuralWonca).