The conference Towards new Horizons of Scholarly Publishing will take place on 5–6 February 2026 in Nijmegen (Netherlands).
The event will focus on Diamond Open Access, a publishing model in which neither authors nor readers pay fees. The programme will include sessions on national and European Diamond OA infrastructures, challenges in transitioning to different publishing models, and practical aspects of creating or converting journals to Diamond OA.
The conference also aims to bring together researchers and existing initiatives and to support the formation of a national group interested in Diamond Open Access.
Programme - Thursday, February 5
- Welcome & registration — Mihaela Cimpian, Elisabeth Elbers
- Keynote: Problematizing Open Access / Diamond Open Access — Mark A. Hanson
- Diamond Open Access Infrastructure (overview) — Jan Willem Wijnen
- Introduction to NUP — @SCvanRijn
- Panel: Diamond Open Access publishers in the Netherlands —
Moderator: Elisabeth Elbers
Speakers: Just de Leeuwe, Margreet Nieborg, @SCvanRijn, Jan Willem Wijnen, @jcosta - Keynote: The Story of OpenMind — Ted Gibson
- Break-out sessions: Alternative futures of Diamond OA
- Starting a journal — Facilitator TBA
- Being the Chair — Mirjam Ernestus
- Sustaining a journal — Ted Gibson
- What can go wrong? — Elisabeth Elbers
- Diamond OA communities — Various facilitators
- Group discussion: Key takeaways from breakouts — All participants
- Closing remarks (Day 1) — Mihaela Cimpian, Elisabeth Elbers
Friday, 6 February
- Panel: In-depth problem analysis of Diamond Open Access —
Moderator: Bregt Lameris
Speakers: Ramazan Turgut, Juliette Schaafsma, Markus Stauff, Ronald Leenes, Ross Kang - European ambitions for Diamond OA (overview) — Graham Stone
- Keynote: How to flip an academic journal — Mirjam Ernestus
- DOA Expertise Center: Presentation & survey results — DOA Expertise Center team
- Grassroots initiatives and collective action — Speaker TBA
- Free Our Knowledge: Collective action platform — Free Our Knowledge team
- Brainstorm: Forming a national Diamond OA committee —
NUP representatives, DOA Expertise Center, Free Our Knowledge - Closing session — Mihaela Cimpian, Elisabeth Elbers
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Read more: https://www.horizondiamond.nl