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

The 2025 ALPSP Conference will focus on Practical Implementation in response to ongoing changes in scholarly publishing, including business models, technology, and policy. With a broad programme and expert speakers, the event offers a space for knowledge sharing and discussion across the publishing community.  

Date: 10-12 September 2025  

Location: Hilton Deansgate Manchester, UK 

Registration: here 

The fourth session of the Open Divide lecture series featuring Michael Laakso addresses the long-term preservation of open access publications, discussing current challenges and best practices. 

Date: 23 July 2025  

Time: 17:00–18:00 CET  

Location: Online 

Registration: here 

This session offers a valuable opportunity to engage with the European Diamond Open Access (OA) community, explore current developments, and learn how the Capacity Hub supports the Diamond OA ecosystem. 

 
Date: 9 July 2025 

Time: 11:00–12:00 CET 

Location: Online (Zoom link will be provided prior to the event) 

Registration: here

Join this session to hear about the initial findings from UNESCO’s Global Consultation on Diamond Open Access. The consultation, launched in July 2024, builds on the values of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021) and seeks to identify priorities, challenges, and opportunities in the Diamond OA landscape. This session will provide an overview of the consultation process, present early results from the multilingual global survey, and invite input on possible next steps. 

Date: 3 July 2025  

Time: 04:00 PM Amsterdam 

Location: online  

Registration: here 

The theme of this year’s Conference is ‘Engage, collaborate, innovate: libraries working to address global challenges‘.

Date: 2-4 July 2025

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland

Registration: closed

SciPost is a not-for-profit open publishing initiative run by professional scientists. In this talk organized by the European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF), Jean-Sébastien will share the experiences gained, highlight ongoing challenges, and provide perspectives for future developments in the much-needed reform of scientific publishing.

Date: 27 June 2025

Time: 14:00 CEST

Location: Online

Join us for a collaborative, hands-on session to strengthen the PALOMERA Knowledge Base, an open resource containing hundreds of funder and institutional policy documents from 39 countries across the European Research Area. 

During the OA Book Policy-a-thon, participants will review the Knowledge Base, identify gaps and contribute by uploading new or updated OA book policy documents. Whether you represent a research institution, funder, or library, or you're simply interested in Open Access policy, you’re invited to take part. 

Date: 24 June 2025 

Time: 10:00 AM (CET) 

Location: Online 

Registration: here