OxFOS 2025

The Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship

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 the Oxford Forum of Open Scholarship (OxFOS) is a programme of talks, panels, workshops and events. 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.

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.

Programme and Registration

Click the registration buttons to read full information including abstracts and speaker biographies for each event, and to register. In-person events (which all take place on Monday 3 March, and Tuesday 11-Wednesday 12 March) will be in the Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library, Broad Street, Oxford. Find accessibility information here. All times are Oxford/UK time, GMT.

Every OxFOS event is free to attend and open to all; for iSkills workshops please email the address given on the registration page if you do not have an Oxford SSO.

 

  Monday 3 March 2025    
10:00-11:30 iSkills: Fundamentals of Open Access [online] Sarah Humphreys Register for online event
13:00-14:30 The Innovation that Follows Open Scholarship: Examples from eLife and the Public Knowledge Project [in person] John Willinsky, Godwyns Onwuchekwa Register for in-person event
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 Register for in-person event
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 Register for in-person event
  Tuesday 4 March 2025    
10:00-11:30 iSkills: Copyright [online] Chris Morrison Register for online event
13:00-14:30 Economics and Experiments in Open Access Publishing [online]

Martin Eve, Janneke Adema, Ronald Snijder

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  Wednesday 5 March 2025    
10:30-11:30 iSkills: Open Monographs [online] David Watson Register for online event
13:00-14:00 Research Data Management - Show & Tell [online]

RDM Staff

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  Thursday 6 March 2025    
10:00-11:30 iSkills: ORCIDs from Scratch [online] Neil Jefferies Register for online event
13:00-14:30 Introduction to Carpentries [online] Various Carpentries tutors Register for online event
  Friday 7 March 2025    
10:00-11:30 Building Open Research Communities [online]

Anna Guttesen, Charles Rahal

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13:30-14:30 Redefining Scientific Publishing [online]

Brian Nosek, Alex Freeman, Allyson Lister

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  Monday 10 March 2025    
13:30-14:30 How Research Security Matters for Participatory Science [online]

Paul Ayris, Tiberius Ignat

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15:00-16:00 Research Practice - Responsible Knowledge Exchange, Engagement and Impact [online]

Sarah Callaghan, Alis Oancea

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  Tuesday 11 March 2025    
10:00-11:30 iSkills: Pre-Registration and Registered Reports [online] Jackie Thompson Register for online event
15:00-16:30 Open Knowledge Infrastructure [in person]

Wolfram Horstman, Caroline Edwards

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17:00-18:30 Lightening Talks [in person] Various speakers Register for in-person event
  Wednesday 12 March 2025    
10:30-12.30 Past and Present of Open [in person]

Sally Rumsey, Beth Montague-Hellen, Jenni Adams, Ric Campbell

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12:30-13:30 Reproducible Research Oxford lunch [catered, in person] The RROx team Register for in-person event
13:30-15:00 The Future of Open [in person] TBC Register for in-person event
15:30-17:00 Would I lie to you? The Open Scholarship Edition [in person] Various Register for in-person event
17:00-19:00 Posters & Wine [in person] Various Register for in-person event
  Thursday 13 March 2024    
10:00-11:30 Peer Reviewing Peer Review [online] Nick De Vito Register for online event
13:00-14:00 The Future of Open Publication: the publishers’ view [online]

Alessio Bolognesi, Rebecca Lawrence

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