Open Access Days / Open Access Tage 2020: Call for Proposals | Informationsplattform Open Access

Dear Open Access Community!

At home but open - due to the confusing situation in the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided that the Open-Access-Tage 2020 will not be held as an on-site event in Bielefeld. Instead, we want to prepare a purely online conference with you.

Open Access thrives on the possibilities of digital exchange and geographical independence. It will be an exciting task to test this for our conference. At the same time, we would like to make it possible for all interested parties to participate, regardless of the situation in September, of any travel restrictions or of being part of a risk group.

We work with joy and curiosity to organise the digital conference and invite you to participate with your contributions. The Call for Proposals is extended until May 3rd 2020.

Please note our adaptations of the respective contribution formats with notes for the implementation in digital form.

Open Access 2020 - Ways, Actors, Effects

In recent years, important milestones have been set which identify Open Access as the standard for scientific publishing, be it the European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation, initiatives such as OA2020, Plan S or the implementation of a European Open Science Cloud. The Open-Access-Tage 2020 therefore offer an ideal opportunity to take stock of the situation, to acknowledge achievements, but also to consider challenges and contradictions on the way to opening up science.

For the Open-Access-Tage 2020 we look forward to receiving submissions on all aspects of Open Access, but we especially invite submissions on the following topics:

• Researchers as Open Access actors How do researchers benefit from Open Access and how do they deal with challenges (e.g. regarding their research career)? How is scholarly communication practiced through research communities while not owned by large profit-oriented publishers (e.g. scholar-led publishing, learned societies)? How do they act as multipliers for young researchers? 
• The role of Open Access for Open Science What potential does Open Access offer in establishing new publication formats and opening up scientific workflows, e.g. as preprints, executable papers, data stories, pre-registrations and support for the reproducibility of studies?
• Regional and national strategies What goals are being pursued in different regions and countries and what has been achieved so far? How do policy frameworks influence the implementation of Open Access and the creation of transparency in science? What are the "lessons learned" from strategy processes? What are best practices? We welcome submissions from all countries and regions (contributions in English or German).
• Open Access for different types of universities and educational institutions This year, a university of applied sciences will again be among the hosts of the Open-Access-Tage - a good opportunity to take a closer look at different types of universities and educational institutions: How is Open Access anchored at universities of applied sciences, art and music colleges or academies? How can exchange and coordination with universities and other non-university research institutions be particularly valuable?