Events

The fifth edition of the Netherlands National Open Science Festival will take place at the University of Groningen. This Dutch festival is for the entire open science community and beyond. Professional research support staff and researchers across all disciplines are invited. The day will be full of interactive sessions, an information market, and plenty of opportunities to mingle and meet.

They have put out a call for sessions, information market stands, and posters.

Date: October 24, 2025

Location: University of Groningen

Registration: here

The CRAFT-OA project will host its final event on 6-8 October 2025 in Göttingen, Germany!

The conference, “Crafting the Future of Diamond Open Access: Technical, Social, and Political Perspectives of Scholarly Publishing,” will mark the project’s final phase. It will bring together project partners and the broader Diamond OA community to exchange ideas, reflect on achievements, and explore how to shape the future of federated Diamond OA publishing practices.

We invite contributions for 20-minute Talks and 5 to 7-minute “Poster Lightning Talks” related to challenges, best practices, and projects on one or more of the following three themes: Technical Frameworks, Community Empowerment, and Policy Concepts. For details on each of these themes and submission instructions, please visit our Call for Proposals page. The deadline is on June 1, 2025.

Date: 6-8^th October 2025

Location: Göttingen, Germany

Registration: not available yet.

The conference will focus on the complexities we know we face in asking how we achieve a future with 100% open access. Collectively we will consider the key questions that arise from pursuing this goal, for example, can pursuit of the goal itself distract us from quality, sustainability and inclusivity in scholarly communications? Should 100% even be the goal and what do we mean by it?

How do we address the crucial underlying issues to tackle in our research culture and with research integrity? Does a focus on transitioning from paywalled to open access content detract from the efforts of those already delivering 100% open access? And how is the wider geopolitical landscape impacting our ambitions?

Date: 22-24 September, 2025

Location: Irish College Leuven, Belgium

Registration: here

Are you an academic journal editor looking to enhance your skills, explore the latest development in Open Journal Systems (OJS), or connect with like-minded professionals in Diamond Open Access publishing? The 2nd CRAFT-OA Summer School for Journal Editors is the perfect opportunity for you! More information here.

Date: 23-27^th June 2025

Location: Coimbra, Portugal

Registration: closed.

This coffee lecture will cover some of the development work done as part of the CRAFT-OA project to support the Diamond OA publishing community: Dulip Withanage (TIB) and Ipula Ranasinghe (TIB) will discuss everything new regarding GDPR support at the Public Knowledge Project’s publishing systems (Open Journal System/Open Monograph Press/Open Preprint Server). After the lecture, the speakers will also be available to answer your questions on data protection and PKP applications.

Date: June 12, 2025

Time: 14:00

Place: Online

Registration: here

On 5 June 2025, the European University Association (EUA) will host a webinar to launch their new briefing: "Reclaiming Academic Ownership of the Scholarly Communication System: Challenges and Opportunities for Universities".  

This event will present key insights from the briefing, addressing the current challenges in academic publishing and exploring how universities can take a leading role in shaping a more just and transparent scholarly communication system, in line with the EUA Open Science Agenda 2025. 

More information here. 

Date: 5 June 2025 

Time: 15:00-16:00 CEST 

Location: online 

Register now: here 

The one-day event will review the main achievements of the DIAMAS project, cover the state of Diamond OA, and look ahead to how the European Diamond Capacity Hub will support and promote Diamond publishing. The conference will also showcase how DIAMAS outputs have been used in practice – for this we want to hear back from the community and feature your work! More information here.

Date: 03 June 2025

Time: not available yet.

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Registration: here.

Are you a researcher, librarian, faculty liaison, policy advisor, research support officer, or communications professional eager to learn more about Diamond Open Access and how to identify, or support, high-quality Diamond OA journals?

If so, we invite you to this interactive co-creation event, where we will collaboratively design a national Diamond Open Access Discovery Kit. This kit will serve as a practical resource to help navigate, promote, and support Diamond OA publishing at the faculty and department levels.

Date: 28 May 2025

Location: SURF, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Time:  9:30–17:00 CET / Borrel 17:00–18:00

Program and registration: here

Join GraspOS, CRAFT-OA, and DIAMAS for a webinar exploring how non-profit, community-led publishing is influencing research evaluation reform. Learn how Diamond OA journals are gaining visibility, supported by open infrastructures and aligned with initiatives like CoARA and the Barcelona Declaration.

The webinar will discuss tools, standards, and practices that enhance trust, quality and credibility in Diamond OA - making it a vital part of a more equitable scholarly landscape.

Date: Thursday, 22 May 2025
Time: 10:00 CEST
Location: Online
Register now: here
 

The call is aimed at editors, academic societies, foundations which want to transition their exiting academic journal(s) to a Diamond Open Access model. The call consists of financial support for a two year period.

Deadline: 15 May 2025
Time: before 14:00 CEST
More information: here