2016

This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

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• This is a section within the larger list of OA-related Events.
• Chronological order.

January

• Open data, shared data. Utrecht, The Netherlands, January 7, 2016.

• OPEN SCIENCE - TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE. Vienna, Austria, January 13, 2016.

• Joint Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). OA is among the topics. Brussels, Belgium, January 14-15, 2016.

• Data Accessibility Benchmark Organizational Self-Assessment Tool: CODATA Webinar. Online, January 18, 2016.

• Knowledge Unlatched Round 2 Webinar. Online, January 20, 2016.

• The European Open Science Cloud: INDIGO at the Helix Nebula Open Day Event. Heidelberg, Germany, January 20, 2016.

• EIFL AND IDS WEBINAR: DSPACE REPOSITORIES. Online January 20, 2016.

• UK Genealogy Open Data Conference. January 20, 2015, London, UK, January 20, 2016.

• Public Domain Day. European Parliament, January 25, 2016.

• Open Access-seminaari tiistaina. Jyväskylän yliopisto, January 26, 2016.

• Gestion et valorisation des publications et des données de la Recherche. Université de Lorraine, France, January 27, 2016.

• Improving Access to Cultural Heritage Through Linked Open Data. Université de Genève, January 29, 2016.

• Embedding Research Data as part of the research cycle. London, January 29th, 2016.

February

• OpenClinical.net: a platform for creating and sharing professional knowledge and promoting best practice. Oxford, UK, February 1, 2016.

• MARES Conference, Open Science Training Workshop. Olhao, Portugal, February 2, 2016.

• Open Data: Big Impact. Washington, DC, February 2, 2016

• POP-UP: Publishing, NIH & Open Access Policies. University of California, San Francisco, February 2, 2016.

• Open Data in Action: Researchers, funders and industry to discuss the impact of life science data on innovation. Brussels, Belgium, February 4, 2016.

• UK OGP Workshop: Access to information & Open Data. London, UK, February 9, 2016.

• Case Studies for Open Science. Online, February 9th, 2016.

• Managing Open Access. A discussion of OA at the university. Nottingham, UK, February 10, 2016.

• Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, and Open Science: A New Paradigm for Discovery. Washington, DC, February 12, 2016.

• Open data awakening: unlocking Shelter’s homelessness data for good in London. London, UK, February 12, 2016.

• Finland in the international open science arenas. Helsinki, Finland, February 15, 2016.

• Researcher to Reader Conference. OA is among the topics. London, UK, February 15-16, 2015.

• From bench to bedside: How altmetrics can help secure ongoing access to NIH CTSA funding. Online, February 17, 2016.

• Open Science Days 2016. Berlin, Germany, February 17-18, 2016.

• Data Management and Public Access Information Sessions. Cornell University, february 18, 2016.

• Seminar Delen van open educational resources: hoe organiseer je dat?. Surf, Utrecht, Netherlands, February 19, 2016.

• Open Access for the Humanities: A step-by-step guide to sharing your work legally. University of Colorado, Boulder, February 19, 2016.

• Pasteur4OA - Regional Workshop for Research Performing Organisations of SW Europe. Torino, Italy, February 22, 2016.

• Fair Use/ Fair Dealing Week 2016. Online and in person events, February 22-26, 2016.

• New Clinicaltrials.gov tracking - how it works and why you should use it. Online, February 23, 2016.

• Fair Use in Scholarly Journal and Book Publishing—publisher, author, and library perspectives. Online, February 23, 2016.

• Showcasing Faculty Scholarship: A New Tool for Law Schools. Online, February 24, 2016.

• Mitigating Risk at the Front Lines: The Library Copyright First Responders Program. Online, February 24, 2016.

• Workshop for Increasing Openness & Reproducibility in Quantitative Research. NYU, February 25, 2016.

• Publish or Perish: Conversations on Academic Publishing. Florida State University, February 25, 2016.

• ICOASPI 2016 : 18th International Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing and Indexing. Dubai, UAE, February 25 - 26, 2016.

• Open Source, Open Standards, Open Data in Geospatial for Malaysian government organisations. UNMC, Malaysia, February 26, 2016.

• Open Science Framework: Increasing Openness and Reproducibility in Quantitative Research. Columbia University, NY, February 26, 2016.

• Rovdjursförlag – Hur man undviker dem. Solna, Sweden, February 26, 2016.

• The 2nd Open Knowledge - Open Arts Workshop. Catania, Italy, February 26-27, 2016.

• OERcamp 2016 – Open Educational Resources in der Praxis. Berlin, Germany, February 28-29, 2016.

• Copyright and Open Access. University of Liège, February 29, 2016.

• Round table discussion about CC BY requirements. University of Cambridge, UK, February 29, 2016.

• [Unlocking the Digital Humanities – Spring Event Series February - May 2016]. Tufts University, February 29, 2016 - May 2, 2016.

March

• #OERde16 – Das OER-Festival 2016. Berlin, Germany, March 1, 2016.

• Making data sharing work in the era of Open Science: The 7th Research Data Alliance (RDA) Plenary. Tokyo, Japan, March 1-3, 2016.

• Gathering for Open Science Hardware: GOSH 2016. Geneva, Switzerland, March 2-5, 2016.

• OPEN ACCESS SEMINARS IN MYANMAR. University of Mandalay and University of Yangon, MARCH 2-9, 2016.

• Author Rights, Funding Mandates, and Open Access Publishing. University of British Columbia, March 3 , 2016.

• Asian Open Access Meeting. Tokyo, Japan, March 4, 2016.

• Open Access Information Session. University of Cambridge, UK, March 4, 2016.

• STORYTELLING WITH OPEN DATA: A TOOL FOR CIVIC IMPACT . NYU, NY, March 4, 2016.

• Open Data Day, DC. Washington, DC, March 4-5, 2016.

• Meeting on Openness in Research and Education. San Antonio, Texas, March 7-8, 2016.

• Offsetting Workshop 2016. Munich, Germany, March 7-8, 2016.

• Open Education Week events at the University of Delaware. March 7-11, 2016.

• The Doctors are In: Establishing, Implementing & Improving Your Campus Open Access Policy. San Antonio, Texas, March 9, 2016.

• OpenStax Official to Discuss Student Access to Quality Learning Materials. UMASS, Amherst, March 9, 2016.

• Open Access Briefing Session. Oxford University, UK, March 9, 2016.

• Authorship and the Promises of Digital Dissemination. UC Davis School of Law, March 9, 2016.

• Bellwether Lecture: The power of the crowd: Combining open science, citizen science and the internet to generate reproducible knowledge. Oxford, UK, March 9, 2016.

• Open Access Publishing and Predatory Publishing. Missouri University of Science and Technology, March 9, 2016.

• Creating an Open Information Future. AUSTIN, TEXAS, MARCH 9, 2016.

• Institutional Perspectives on the Impact of SHARE and VIVO Together. Online, March 11, 2016.

• Open Textbooks for Africa Summit. South Africa, March 11-12, 2016.

• Fireside Chat with Rufus Pollock (Founder Open Knowledge). Vienna, Austria, March 14, 2016.

• Open Education Week events at William & Mary. March 15-17, 2016.

• Scholarly Communication Services Workshop. Drew University, March 15, 16, & 18, 2016.

• Open Science Workshop. Dakar, Senegal, March 16, 2016.

• Einladung: Open Science und Bürger_innenwissenschaft. Vienna, Austria, March 16, 2016.

• Defending a Rich Cultural Commons: Creativity, Copyright and the Public Domain. San Francisco, USA, March 16, 2016.

• OER: Instructional Materials and Promising Practices for Teachers. Online, March 17, 2016.

• SHARE Webinar for Developers on Querying SHARE Data Set of Research Events. Online, March 17, 2016.

• Open access to knowledge and cultural values. Belgorod National Research University, March 17, 2016.

• Webinar@AIMS: Research4Life: The library that opens doors. Online, March 17, 2016 (English) & March 18, 2016 (Spanish).

• AN INTRODUCTION TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES. Dalhousie University, BC, March 18, 2016.

• How to Get Started Tracking Scholarly Activity with VIVO and SHARE. Online, March 21, 2016.

• Access to and Reuse of EU Legal Information. Brussels, Belgium, March 21, 2016

• Why does publishing open access help ECRs?. Cambridge, UK, March 21, 2016.

• Removing Barriers: A Global Implementation Plan for Open Access Scholarly Publishing Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 21-22, 2016.

• EU BON "Biodiversity Data sharing and Data Publishing Workshop". Sofia, Bulgaria, March 22-23, 2016.

• Open Educational Resources Summit. Penn State University, March 23, 2016.

• Dialogo sugli Open Data. Ravenna, Italy, March 23, 2016.

• How to go Open Access. ETH Zurich, March 23, 2016.

• Strata & Hadoop Worls. San Jose, California, March 28-31, 2016.

• Open Educational Resources (OER) Road Map Meeting. Paris, France, March 30-31, 2016.

• Textbook Affordability Panel. Brigham Young University, March 30, 2016.

• A Match Made in Data Heaven: Libraries Partnering with Offices of Research. Online, March 31, 2016.

• Getting the most from open access offsetting deals. London, UK, March 31, 2016.

• How Open Educational Resources (OER) Can Help Teachers and Their Students: A Discussion About Free K-12 Learning Resources. Online, March 31, 2016.

April

• Working Together to Promote Open Access Policy Alignment in Europe. Istanbul, Turkey, April 1, 2016.

• Open Data Day. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 3, 2016.

• Transparencia: Open Data and Anticorruption in Latin America. Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 7, 2016.

• Open Science Conference. Marine Etablissement Amsterdam, April 4-5, 2016.

• An introduction to open data and APIs. Online, April 5 2016.

• WEBINAR ON HOW TO INSTALL DSPACE. Online, April 5, 2016.

• Symposium: Designing and shaping open science. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 5, 2016.

• Science: How Close to Open?. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 5, 2016.

• Symposium Designing and shaping open science. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 5, 2016.

• Open Access in Horizon 2020. Bratislava, Slovakia, April 5, 2016.

• LEARN PROJECT AT THE DUTCH PRESIDENCY OPEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 5, 2016.

• OLC Innovate. New Orleans, April 5-7, 2016.

• Research Data Management Towards Open Science. Vienna, Austria, April 6, 2016.

• Open Data In Global Environmental Research. A Webinar Organized By The Helmholtz Association. Online, April 6 & 11, 2016.

• Meet with an Expert: Publishing, NIH & Open Access Policies. UC San Francisco, April 7, 2016.

• Open Access Briefing. Swansea University, UK, April 7, 2016.

• Library Brown Bag Session: Copyright, Open Access & Academic Authors. University of Lethbridge, UK, April 7, 2016.

• Where does our science go? Open Science MeetUp zur aktuellen Forschungspolitik in Österreich. Vienna, Austria, April 11, 2016.

• Open your classroom with Open Educational Resources (OER). Oklahoma State University, April 11, 2016.

• Workshops offered on Data Wrangling for Research and Open Research – Tools/Best Practices. Oregon State University, April 11-12, 2016.

• COAR Annual Meeting. Vienna, Austria, April 11-12, 2016.

• Managing Your Scholarly Career for Early-Career Scholars. Texas A&M, April 12, 2016.

• BHL Day. Natural History Museum. London, April 12 2016.
• West Coast Fedora Camp. Pasadena, California, April 11-13, 2016.

• UKSG 39th Annual Conference and Exhibition. Bournemouth, UK, April 11-13, 2016.

• Open Access Policy Upload-A-Thon. University of California, San Francisco, April 12, 2016.

• AIMS: Research4Life: The library opens its doors. Online, April 12, 2016.

• 2016 SSP Regional Event: Open Access and Institutional Repositories: What Publishers, Librarians, and Researchers Need to Know. Malden, MA, April 14, 2016.

• DPLAfest 2016. Washington, DC, April 14-15, 2016.

• WEBINAR - HOW TO MAKE THE DSPACE REPOSITORY YOUR OWN. Online, April 15, 2016.

• The European Open Science Cloud in upcoming Horizon 2020. Brussels, Belgium, April 15, 2016.

• Working Beyond Borders: Why We Need Global Diversity in Scholarly Communications. FORCE2016, Portland, Oregon, April 19th, 2016.

• European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016. Vienna, Austria, April 17-22, 2016.

• Forum on Open Data and Open Science in Agriculture in Africa in the context of Sustainable Development Goals. Namibia, April 18, 2016.

• NormaAperta, Open talk alla camera su... Openness. Rome Italy, April 18, 2016.

• Open Access and Open Data session @Chemistry. Cambridge, UK, April 19, 2016.

• Complying with the NSF’s New Public Access Policy and Depositing a Manuscript in NSF-PAR. Online, April 19, 2016.

• OER16: Open Culture. University of Edinburgh, UK, April 19-20, 2016.

• Open Scholarship Initiative (OSI) 2016. Washington D.C., April 19-22, 2016.

• OPEN SCIENCE DAY: OPEN PUBLISHING AND DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN. University of Oulu, March 20, 2016.

• Workshop - Increasing Openness and Reproducibility in Quantitative Research. University of Arizona. April 21st, 2016.

• Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing™ Seminar - Sea Change: Challenges and Opportunities in the Publishing Ecosystem. Washington D.C., April 21st, 2016.

• Mengadakan Workshop Institutional Repository dan Open Access untuk meningkatkan kerjasama Perpustakaan. Universitas Lampung, April 25-26. 2016.

• Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine: Seminar on Open Access. Kyiv, Ukraine, April 26, 2016.

• STM Annual US Conference 2016. Washington D.C., April 26-28, 2016.

• Workshop: Open Science and European Open Access policies in H2010. Guimarães, Portugal. April 26th, 2016.

• Mötesplats Open Access 2016. Stockholm, Sweden, April 26-27, 2016].

• Open Genomic Data Repositories and Analysis Resources. University of California, San Francisco, April 27th, 2016.

• Islandora webinar: Highlighting CUHK Chinese digital collections. Online, April 27, 2016.

• Proprietà intellettuale e Open Access. Online, available until September 30th, 2016.

• The first Open Peer Review Module (OPRM) for open access repositories. Madrid, Spain, April 27, 2016.

• Open Educational Resources: Active Learning and Technology Conference. University of Toledo, USA, April 27, 2016.

• 2016 DIGITAL INITIATIVES SYMPOSIUM. University of San Diego, California, April 27-28, 2016.

• ForskarSnabben: How to publish Open Access. University of Gothenburg, April 28, 2016.

• Webinar@AIMS: Using AGRIS as a portal of choice to access agricultural research and technology information. Online, April 28, 2016.

• IR Day 2016. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, April 28-29, 2016.

• Symposion: "OPEN ACCESS, OPEN DATA, OPEN SCIENCE - Von der Bewugung zum Geschäftsmodell?". Johannes Kepler University, April 28-30, 2016.

• FOSTER/NCP-Academy Open Science Webinars. Online, April 29 - May 27, 2016.

• OER Sprint. Royal Society of New Zealand, April 30, 2016.

May

• Increasing Openness & Reproducibility in Quantitative Research. University of Southern California, May 2nd, 2016.

• Barcamp Science 2.0 – Putting Science 2.0 and Open Science into practice!. Cologne, Germany, May 2, 2016.

• NEW MAKING YOUR REPOSITORY OR OA JOURNAL OPENAIRE COMPATIBLE WITH HORIZON 2020 OA REQUIREMENTS: MODERATED E-LEARNING COURSE AND A WEBINAR. Online, May 2-6, 2016.

• NEW Webinar: Funding Available for APC-Free Open Access Journals and Platforms. Online, May 3, 2016.

• NEW Think Tank 11 Interaction with Open Data in Virtual Reality. Linnaeus University, May 3, 2016.

• NEW Leadership Dialogue of Open Access and African Research Publishing in the 21st Century. Cape Town International Convention Centre, May 3, 2016.

• NEW International Science 2.0 Conference and EEXCESS Final Conference. Cologne, Germany, May 3-4, 2016.

• Workshop for increasing openness and reproducibility in quantitative research. University of California, Davis, May 4, 2016.

• NEW Open Access and ORCID. Princeton Universtity, May 5th, 2016.

• Open Access PGR Session – Why Is OA Important To Me?. Loughborough University, May 5th, 2016.

• Entre tradición y futuro: transformaciones en la revisión por pares, edición electrónica y certificación de la calidad. Barcelona, Spain, May 5-6, 2016.

• NEw Wikimuseums'. Museo Pignatelli, Naples, May 5-6, 2016.

• Jisc Monitor Community Webinar-2. Online, May 6, 2016.

• NEW Health Datapalooza. Washington D.C., May 8-11, 2016.

• NEW Open Access to Publications in Horizon2020: Moderated e-Learning Course and Webinar. Online, May 9-13, 2016.

• NEW GWISE Coffee and Conversations: Open Access in Science. Boston University, May 10, 2016.

• NEW Digital Science Webinar: Smarter Open Access Workflows. Online, May 11th, 2016.

• NEW Webinar on DSpace Customization. Online. May 11th, 2016.

• NEW Publier la science: quel plan marketing?. Paris, May 11, 2016.

• NEW Faculty Perspective on OER Adoption. Online, May 11, 2016.

• NEW Open Educational Resources Festival. Mt. Hood Community College, May 11, 2016.

• Principles of Open Access: philosophy and implementation. University of Liège, May 12, 2016.

• NEW AIU Open Educational Resources Summit. Homestead, Pennsylvania, May 12, 2016.

• NEW FLAGIS academic session "Linked Open Data". University of Leuven, May 12, 2016.

• Linked Data in Cultural Institutions Workshop. Toronto, Canada. May 12-13, 2016.

• University of Mary Washington OER Summit. Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 13, 2016.

• New Openness works! How do I license my work? Copyright or Creative Commons? What are the benefits and drawbacks of different options?. Harvard University, May 13, 2016.

• NEW EPrints User Group Spring 2016. University of Central Lancashire, May 13, 2016.

• Reinventing Medical Journal Access. Washington, DC, May 14-15, 2016.

• Everything you need to know about Open Access and data sharing. University of Cambridge, UK, May 16, 2016.

• OSCON: EVERYTHING OPEN SOURCE. Austin, Texas, May 16-17, 2016.

• NEW Designing Successful Open Access and Open Data Policies: Intermediate moderated e-learning course and webinar. Online, May 16-27, 2016.

• PASTEUR4OA/Final Conference: Green Light for Open Access: Aligning Europe’s OA Policies. Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 17-18, 2016.

• Library Publishing Forum 2016. University of North Texas, May 17-19, 2016.

• What you most need to know about Open Access. Cambridge University, UK, May 18, 2016.

• NEW How to comply with HEFCE’s Open Access Policy for the REF. Queen's University Belfast, May 18, 2016.

• NEW Take control of your PhD journey: Learn about open access publishing. Tromsø, Norway, May 19, 2016.

• Measuring Open Access: Current State of the Art. Online, May 19, 2016.

• NEW Webinar on increasing Openness and Reproducibility in Agricultural Research. Online, May 19, 2019.

• OPEN ACCESS SYMPOSIUM 2016. University of North Texas, May 19-20, 2016.

• I Annotate 2016. Berlin, Germany, May 19-20, 2016.

• NEW Summer of Open Science Event Series. North Carolina State University, May 19 to June 10th, 2016.

• NEW e-Journals history, culture science and archives in Open Access. Vienna, May 20th, 2016.

• NEW Open Science Training for National Contact Points (NCP). Online, May 20 & May 27, 2016.

• Open Data Science Conference. Boston, MA, May 20-22, 2016.

• What Happens When Laws Become Open Data?. Washington, DC, May 24, 2016.

• NEW Webinar: Increasin Openness and Reproducibility in Research. Online, May 25, 2016.

• NEW Who Pays the Freight? Open Access: The Future of Funding. Online, May 25, 2015.

• Think, check, submit: Making informed decisions in open access publishing. ETH Zurich, May 26, 2016.

• NEW Getting the most from open access offsetting deals. Manchester, UK, May 31, 2016.

June

• NEW How to comply with HEFCE’s Open Access Policy for the REF. Queen's University Belfast, June 1, 2016.

• 2016 SSP 38th Annual Meeting. OA is among the topics. Vancouver, BC, June 1-3, 2016.

• NEW Mozilla Science Lab (MSL) Global Sprint 2016. Online, June 2-4, 2016.

• Open Peer Review: Models, Benefits and Limitations. Göttingen State and University Library, June 7, 2016.

• NEW How to Adapt OER and Open Textbooks. British Columbia, June 7, 2016.

• 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing -- Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas. Göttingen, Germany, June 7-8, 2016.

• Display At Your Own Risk. Glasgow, June 8th, 2016.

• Open Technology Week. Cambridge, UK, June 8-15, 2016.

• NEW Summer Series of Open Access Good Practice Events. Great Britain, June 9 - July 15, 2016.

• Eleventh International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2016. Dublin, Ireland, June 13-16, 2016.

• Open Data Science Workshop. IMC Institute, Bangkok, June 15-16, 2016.

• Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2016. Rutgers University, NJ, June 19-23, 2016.

• 5TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MINING SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS. Rutgers University, New Jersey, June 22-23, 2016.

• Florida Scholarly Communication Interest Group Unconference. Rollons College, June 23, 2016.

• NEW SCRIBE Legal Workshop 2016 : To Score and to Protect? Credit Risk Analysis using Big and Open Data meets Privacy. London, June 23, 2016.

• The Quest for Reproducible Science: Issues in Research Transparency and Integrity. Orlando, Florida, June, 24, 2016.

• Research Data Management, Access and Use of Secondary Data. University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. June 27th - July 1, 2016.

• NEW Make research data management policies work . Helsinki, June 28th, 2016.

• LIBER ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016: Libraries Opening Paths to Knowledge. Helsinki, Finland, June 29 - July 1, 2016.

July

• NEW 2nd Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon. Basel University, July 1-2, 2016.

• Jisc and CNI conference 2016. Oxford, UK, July 6, 2016.

• NEW 2016 Dataverse Community Meeting. Harvard Medical School, July 11-12, 2016.

• ETD2016: The 19th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations -- "Data and Dissertations". University of Lille, France, July 11-13, 2016.

• Scholarly Communication Summit: The State of Data Services. OA is among the topics. Mississippi State University, July 22, 2016.

August

• Repository Fringe 2016. Edinburgh, UK, August 1-2, 2016.

• Libraries as Publishers: Building a Global Community. Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 10-12, 2016.

• NEW OpenSym 2016, the 12th International Symposium on Open Collaboration. Berlin, Germany, August 17-19, 2016.

September

• 1st International Workshop on Reproducible Open Science (RepScience2016) . Hannover, September 9th, 2016.
• SciDataCon 2016. Denver, Colorado, September 11-13, 2016.

October

• NEW IODC 2016. Madrid, Spain, October 6-7, 2016.

• Copyright and the Circulation of Knowledge. OA is among the topics. Sorbonne Nouvelle, October 7-8, 2016.

• ILTER 1st OPEN SCIENCE MEETING. Kruger National Park, South Africa, October 9-13, 2016.

• Scholarly Communication Institute 2016. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, October 9-13, 2016.

• Open-Access-Tage. Munich, Germany, October 10-11, 2016.

• Open Access and Evaluation of Research: Towards a New Ecosystem?. Université Toulouse, France, October 13-14, 2016.

• NEW UKeiG Training: Open Access, Open Data, Open Science: Anatomy of a disruptive technology. London, UK, October 26, 2016.

• Publishing Better Science through Better Data 2016 (#scidata16). London, October 26, 2016.

• NEW Negotiating Borders Through Digital Scholarship. OA is among the topics. Bucknell University, October 28-30, 2016.

• NEW Biodiversity data management and open data. Tartu, Estonia, October 31 - November 4, 2016.

November

• NEW OpenCon 2016. American University, November 12-14. 2016.