Berlin 17 and the road to next generation open access - Jisc

"Jisc has been a longstanding participant in both the OA2020 and the Berlin conferences, sharing the UK’s strategies and learning from international peers.

Since its inception in 2003, the Open Access conference (OA2020) has played a key role in shaping the open access movement, offering a unique space for consortia and libraries to engage directly with senior leaders from the academic publishing industry. It’s a place to celebrate progress, confront ongoing challenges, and find collaborative solutions.

The Berlin meetings have helped define pivotal milestones for open access. Berlin 13, for example, reinforced the idea that subscription funds should be redirected to support sustainable OA business models. Berlin 16 highlighted that removing paywalls must not lead to new barriers in open science participation.

These conversations have led to real progress, including clearer, more aligned publishing licenses that better serve the needs of researchers."