Biography:

Carl Schwarz trained as a physicist at Utrecht University. After his studies he started working in various publishing roles within Elsevier since 1988. During this period he has seen how electronic publishing changed the nature of scientific communication. As publisher he has started new journals and pioneered with small scale electronic innovations many of which were later rolled out in the main Elsevier electronic offerings. In his current role as director of International Publishing Development he is now collaborating with scientists from countries which are rapidly developing in global importance. It is the aim of Elsevier to serve these countries to help them bring their science to the forefront of the international scientific community.

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