OxFOS 2025 now concluded - Recordings coming soon!
The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship
OxFOS25 has now concluded
A huge thank you to those who spoke and attended. We look forward to seeing you next time!
Monday 3 March - Thursday 13 March 2025
What in the world is going on with open access and open research?
Organised by the Bodleian Libraries in partnership with the Research Practice team and Reproducible Research Oxford (RROx), the Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS) is a programme of talks, panels, workshops and events. It is a chance to learn how and why to make your research open, transparent and accessible. Every event is free to attend and open to all. Events will be a combination of online and in person in Oxford. The full programme and registration links are below, or you can view the full programme as a Google doc here.
This year we are delighted to welcome Chris Smith, Executive Chair of AHRC; Alex Freeman, of Octopus.ac scientific publishing; Sally Rumsey, formerly OA expert at Jisc; Beth Montague-Hellen, Head of Information Services, Francis Crick Institute; Brian Nosek, founder of the Open Science Framework; and John Willinsky, founder of the Public Knowledge Project, among many many others.
The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship is led by a Steering Group and supported by a Planning Team, drawn from various university admin and library teams.
Communication
Programme and Registration
OxFOS25 has now concluded. This timetable has been kept to share recordings links:
| Monday 3 March 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00-11:30 | iSkills: Fundamentals of Open Access [online] | Sarah Humphreys | Watch the recording |
| 13:00-14:30 | The Innovation that Follows Open Scholarship: Examples from eLife and the Public Knowledge Project [in person] | John Willinsky, Godwyns Onwuchekwa | Recording coming soon |
| 15:00-16:00 | How To Start and Manage a Journal on the World’s Most Widely Used (Free) Journal Platform OJS [in person] | John Willinsky | Recording coming soon |
| 17:00-19:00 | Keynote talk: As Open as Possible, As Permanent as Necessary: Towards the Sustainability of Openness [in person, followed by a drinks reception] | Christopher Smith, introduced by Richard Ovenden | Watch the recording |
| Tuesday 4 March 2025 | |||
| 10:00-11:30 | iSkills: Copyright [online] | Chris Morrison | Recording coming soon |
| 13:00-14:30 | Economics and Experiments in Open Access Publishing [online] |
Martin Eve, Janneke Adema, Ronald Snijder |
Recording coming soon |
| Wednesday 5 March 2025 | |||
| 10:30-11:30 | iSkills: Open Monographs [online] | David Watson | Recording coming soon |
| 13:00-14:00 | Research Data Management - Show & Tell [online] |
RDM Staff |
Recording coming soon |
| Thursday 6 March 2025 | |||
| 10:00-11:30 | iSkills: ORCIDs from Scratch [online] | Neil Jefferies | Recording coming soon |
| 13:00-14:30 | Introduction to Carpentries [online] | Various Carpentries tutors | Recording coming soon |
| Friday 7 March 2025 | |||
| 10:00-11:30 | Building Open Research Communities [online] |
Various speakers |
Recording coming soon |
| 13:30-14:30 | Redefining Scientific Publishing [online] |
Brian Nosek, Alex Freeman, Allyson Lister |
Recording coming soon |
| Monday 10 March 2025 | |||
| 13:30-14:30 | How Research Security Matters for Participatory Science [online] |
Paul Ayris, Tiberius Ignat |
Recording coming soon |
| 15:00-16:00 | Research Practice - Responsible Knowledge Exchange, Engagement and Impact [online] |
Sarah Callaghan, Alis Oancea |
Recording coming soon |
| Tuesday 11 March 2025 | |||
| 10:00-11:30 | iSkills: Pre-Registration and Registered Reports [online] | Jackie Thompson | Recording coming soon |
| 15:00-16:30 | Open Knowledge Infrastructure [in person] |
Wolfram Horstman, Caroline Edwards, Neil Jefferies |
Recording coming soon |
| 17:00-18:30 | Lightning Talks [in person] | Various speakers | Recording coming soon |
| Wednesday 12 March 2025 | |||
| 10:30-12.30 | Past and Present of Open [in person] |
Sally Rumsey, Beth Montague-Hellen, Jenni Adams, Ric Campbell |
Recording coming soon |
| 12:30-13:30 | Reproducible Research Oxford lunch [catered, in person] | The RROx team | |
| 13:30-15:00 | The Future of Open [in person] | Scott Taylor, Ilkay Holt, Emma Green, Bruce Heterick | Recording coming soon |
| 15:30-17:00 | Would I lie to you? The Open Scholarship Edition [in person] | Various | |
| 17:00-19:00 | Posters & Wine [in person] | Various | |
| Thursday 13 March 2024 | |||
| 10:00-11:30 | Peer Reviewing Peer Review [online] | Nick De Vito | Recording coming soon |
| 13:00-14:00 | The Future of Open Publication: the publishers’ view [online] |
Alessio Bolognesi, Rebecca Lawrence |
Recording coming soon |
