Copim, SPARC Europe & SCOSS warmly invite you to join us to discuss how best to facilitate interoperability between open infrastructures. Even where technical interoperability is possible – it isn’t always adopted (or realised to its full potential). Technical interoperability requires socialisation, and open infrastructures working together and collaborating effectively. Technical workflows need explaining, normalising and rely on human partnerships and cooperation. In this workshop ask what we need beyond technical interoperability to ensure a bright future for open access research and publication.
When? 11 November, 3pm-4.15pm GMT/4pm-5.15pm CET
Duration: 75 minutes
Speakers:
- Rosalie Lack (SCOSS) — Interoperability in Action: How Open Infrastructures Connect to Deliver Real Value for Research and Society
How SCOSS-endorsed infrastructures collaborate to strengthen open science — from shared identifiers and metadata standards to regional partnerships.
- Hannah Hillen & @TSteiner (Thoth Open Metadata) — Reflections on Cultural Interoperability
Insights into how social and cultural collaboration sustain the technical side of interoperability within a diverse, global OA ecosystem.
- Graham Stone (OAPEN) — Socializing Technical Interoperability
A look at how technical collaboration opens new conversations with funders, publishers, and policy makers, building shared understanding across the open books landscape.
This workshop offers a space to reflect on what’s needed — beyond the technical layer — to ensure that interoperability strengthens rather than fragments the open ecosystem.
Register here: Meeting Registration - Zoom
More information: "Beyond technical interoperability? The future of open infrastructures and open access" (11 November 2025, 3pm-4:15pm [GMT]) - Copim