OASPA Annual Conference

OASPA 2025 conference: Embracing the Complexity – how do we get to 100% OA?

The OASPA 2025 annual conference will take place at Irish College Leuven, Belgium from 22 – 24 September 2025.

Registration is now open! – please register here.

Preliminary conference programme is now available.

OASPA’s annual conference is the only event that brings together the whole of the open access community, accelerating connection, discovery and new thinking. Our 2025 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?

Join us this September to exchange thoughts with a global network of experts and peers, and to help us shape the future of open access.
 

Rates

• OASPA Members and Supporters Small Early Bird
  €650.00 + booking and transaction fees

• OASPA Members and Supporters Large Early Bird
  €800.00 + booking and transaction fees

• OASPA Non-members Small Early Bird
  €740.00 + booking and transaction fees

• OASPA Non-members Large Early Bird
  €885.00 + booking and transaction fees

• Concession Early Bird
  €725.00 + booking and transaction fees

Early bird rates are available until June 30.

Rates are calculated based on your organisation’s revenue and your OASPA membership or supporter status.

• Small organisations are those with revenue under €5,000,000
• Large organisations are those with annual revenue of €5,000,000 or over
• A concession rate is available to those in academic organisations, in organisations with five or fewer employees worldwide or who are unemployed or are resident of a country on the Wellcome Low and Middle Income Countries list.

Any enquiries regarding the conference should be directed to conference@oaspa.org. 

Hotel Bookings

Irish College has a limited number of rooms for delegates. You can book directly here.

Sponsorship Opportunities 

We welcome expressions of interest in sponsorship. Sponsorship is crucial for us to be able to hold the event. See sponsorship opportunities here or email bernie.folan@oaspa.org for information.

Keep Up to Date

You can sign up for conference updates by registering on our mailing list and choosing to hear about conference news.

Past OASPA Conference Program with Recordings

Information about previous OASPA conferences can be found using the following links:

2024 Conference

2023 Conference

2022 Conference

2021 Conference

2020 Conference

2019 Conference

Image Credit: Juan V. Vera del Campo from Tarragona, Spain – Ayuntamiento de Leuven, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77976521