The Working Group on Academic Publications met in Kobe, Japan on February 28 – 29, 2020.   Boris Svilicic (UR-FMS), Matthew Rooks  (KUGSMS), Graham Benton  (CSUM), Samrat Ghosh (AMC), and Yusuke Mori (IAMU) met to revise and improve several governing documents for the IAMU Conference that will assist future Local Executive Committees in their preparation of the conference materials and the Published Proceedings.    Further work was carried out on future directions for the publication of IAMU academic work.  Metrics will continue to be monitored to track publication impact. Work was also done to strengthen the IAMU’s public presence through increased content in social media networks, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.