Open Access Days 2026 (Linz)

Open Access Days 2026 will take place in Linz from 28 to 30 September 2026, bringing together the German-speaking open access community around scholarly publishing and open science.

Screenshot of the Open Access Days 2026 event page. Source: https://open-access-days.de/open-access-days-2026-linz. Rights: Open-Access-Tage / open-access.net and Johannes Kepler University Linz.

Details

• Date: Monday, 28 September 2026 to Wednesday, 30 September 2026
• Location: Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Registration: To be announced
• Call for proposals: https://open-access-days.de/open-access-days-2026-linz/call-for-proposals-eng
• Event page: https://open-access-days.de/open-access-days-2026-linz
• Contact: mailto:oat2026@jku.at

About

Open Access Days 2026 is the 20th edition of the central annual conference on open access in the German-speaking region. It is aimed at researchers, libraries, research infrastructure providers, research administration, and publishers who work on the conditions, practices, and future development of scholarly publishing.

The 2026 edition will be hosted by Johannes Kepler University Linz, which presents the event as a meeting point for exchange on open science in a setting shaped by innovation and interdisciplinarity. The conference website currently highlights the campus location in Linz, travel information, and the ongoing call for proposals.

The topic is relevant to NAIF because it connects directly to open scholarly communication, interoperable research infrastructure, and the visibility and quality of academic metadata.