Arnoud de Kemp (Founder & Chairman APE Conferences) opened APE 2020 by stressing not only the highest number of participants, but specifically the increased diversity among participants and the many CEOs. He was also very pleased with the Chinese participation in the conference program. In his Welcome and Opening Words, Prof. Dr. Gunter Ziegler (President, Free University of Berlin) stressed that Open Access (OA) publishing was still the way to go because it is fair. He mentioned the letter sent by the American publishing industry to the Trump administration opposing the government's plans for OA with zero embargo for government funded research. The industry fears this would effectively nationalize American Intellectual Property (IP). According to Prof. Ziegler, there is no such thing as American science or an American publishing industry. OA should be a global movement and Europe can set an example by making sure that OA happens in Europe. He also stressed that publishers should keep the quality of academic publishing alive by ensuring that progress in OA publishing is driven not only by journal publishing but by book publishing as well. He said: 'We should talk more about the beauty of the book as it will introduce more quality.' The Keynote speakers were introduced by chair Eric Merkel-Sobotta (Vice President External Affairs and Communications, De Gruyter, Berlin). Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Burgelman (Advisor-Open Access Envoy, European Commission, Brussels) spoke about Open Science and Open Scholarship. Will Europe lead the Change? He started by saying that 8 years ago APE was the first place where the community started talking about Open Science (OS). Today, OA and Open Data (OD) are facts of research life and Europe still has a leading role in driving OS. However, Europe's main competitors (the USA and China) are waking up. Will Europe be able to
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