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Events are free to attend and generally open to all, regardless of Oxford affiliation, until spaces are filled.
AI versus open research: Exploring the evolving tensions (Opening keynote session)
Monday 2 March, 14.00–16.00 | Online
How is generative AI creating challenges for openness of research? How open are AI models themselves, when used in research? And will evil AI bots destroy digital libraries?
Presenters: Sabina Leonelli (opening keynote), Mcebisi Ntleki, Tom Wrobel, Niels Stern
The future of rights retention to protect researchers' copyright
Tuesday 3 March, 11.00–13.00 | Online
In a radically changing intellectual property landscape, how can we re-envision the system to protect research(ers)? We discuss how the current strategies of Rights Retention may need to adapt to fit future challenges
Please note: This session is intended for colleagues working in UK higher education libraries and research support roles, including scholarly communications, open research, copyright, and library policy. To enable open discussion, the session will be run as a closed meeting.
Presenters: Eugen Stoica, Mamta Bhardwaj, Erna Sattler, Pablo de Castro, Susanna Nykyri
Future of open research in humanities and social sciences
Tuesday 3 March, 15.00–16.30 | Online
What would a HSS-led vision of openness actually look like in practice, from open monographs and data to open review and licensing? How can stewardship reshape ideas of knowledge ownership in community-engaged research? And can “subscribe to open” models deliver a financially sustainable and globally equitable future for open access publishing?
Presenters: Skyler Gordon, Tania Boster, Sam Moore, Jenni Adams, Miranda Barnes, David Mills, Stephanie Kitchen, Abebe Zegeye
Conference day
Wednesday 4 March, 10.00–18.00 | In person
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, Weston Library, OX1 3BG
09.00–10:00: Registration and coffee
10.00–11:30: Envisioning the future of 'open' in a generative AI world
Opening plenary talk: Rebuilding broken value chains in an AI-mediated open research ecosystem (Monica Westin)
AI and communities: Bias, equity, and empowerment in context (Godwyns Onwuchekwa)
11.30–12.00: Pointless gameshow - Open research
12.00–13.00: Lunch
13.00–15.00: Reimagining ‘open’: Sharing research outside of traditional formats (Najla Rettberg, Jeremy Westhead, Clare Liggins, Domi Smithson, Ana Ranitovic, Protocols.io team, Paul Colin, Thomas A. Graves)
14.00–14.30: Would I Lie to You: Reproducibility edition
14.30–15.00: Reimagining ‘open’ (continued)
15.00–15.30: Coffee break
15.30–17.00: Helping researchers navigate ‘open’: Communities and reforms (Dan Rudmann, Kevin Sanders, Kira Hopkins, Rowan Wilson)
17.00–18.00: Keynote lecture: Dorothy Bishop on the future challenges of open research
18.00–19.00: Drinks reception and poster session
Cultivating FAIR data across disciplines: Examples of collaborative initiatives and practical tools
Thursday 5 March, 13.00–15.00 | Online
This interactive session highlights initiatives and tools from researchers, publishers and institutions, to show how good research data management and FAIR principles can be promoted consistently and meaningfully across the research ecosystem.
Presenters: Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Allyson Lister, Dan Crane, Rebecca Taylor-Grant, Matthew Cannon, Beth Knazook
How to do open research safely
Friday 6 March, 11.00–12.00 | Online
How can you make your research 'as open as possible, as closed as necessary?' Come to hear guidance on how to determine what you should and shouldn't share (e.g., with privacy or security concerns), and how to navigate the considerations of accessing datasets through VPNs.
