Events

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 

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