OR2026 online 8-11 June 2026
Sessions & schedule
Expect 1 day of pre-conference workshops and roundtable discussions on 8 June, followed by keynotes and presentations over 3 days, 9-11 June. Sessions will be clustered around times with the most timezone overlap (Americas morning and EU/Africa/Middle East afternoon).
New this year! Instead of live 24×7 lightning talk sessions, brief lightning talk videos will be posted within the conference platform for on-demand viewing.
All sessions will be recorded and made available to registered attendees within the conference platform shortly after each session ends. Recordings will be openly available in the Open Repositories Zenodo repository after the conference.
Registration & fees
We plan to charge a registration fee of $50 to attendees from “high income” countries as defined by the World Bank in order to support event platform costs. Registration for attendees from all other countries will be free.
Attendees from high income countries without funds available from their institution may also be eligible for no cost registration. We will provide more information about how to request no cost registration once registration opens.
Registration will open in early April 2026.
More info & contacts
More details will be posted here on the OR2026 website as they become available. Contact or2026-host-committee@googlegroups.com with any questions about OR2026.
OR2027 in Salvador, Brazil 6-10 June 2027
Open Repositories will return in person in 2027, and the OR Steering Committee is thrilled to announce that the conference will take place in Salvador, Brazil 6-10 of June 2027! With an active and growing repository community in South America, we are excited to finally bring the conference to this region.
OR2027 will be jointly hosted by Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT), Universidade Federal do Goiás (UFG), Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) and Rede Brasileira de Repositórios Digitais (RBRD).
The conference will be held at the Wish Hotel in Bahia, located near Salvador’s Historic Center, a vibrant center of history and culture which is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nearby, there are a wide variety of opportunities to explore the city, including its diverse gastronomy and musical traditions, which showcase its Afro-Brazilian roots.
Stay tuned for more information about OR2027 in the coming months!