Registration is open for the OASPA 2021 Conference which will take place online during the week beginning Monday 20 September 2021.

The preliminary program will be announced soon and all details will be made available on this page.

The 2021 online conference will address many timely and fundamental topics relating to open scholarly communication. These include, and are not limited to

• equity in knowledge and health
• preprint impacts 
• 21st-century knowledge sharing systems 
• libraries and pathways to transformation
• publishing skills and open research
• the intended and unintended impacts of researcher incentives and policies on OA

OASPA 2021 will also offer a forum for collective reflection on the ongoing impact of the pandemic and our endeavours to ensure scholarship is open and accessible to all.

The conference is being discussed on social media using the hashtag #OASPA2021 Enquiries regarding the conference should be directed to info@oaspa.org

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Registration fees

OASPA wishes to make the 2021 online conference as inclusive as possible. Therefore, the conference is free for

• scholar/scientist publisher members of OASPA (Individuals or small groups of scientists/scholars that publish usually a single scholarly journal in their field of study. (The publication process is often largely subsidised by volunteer effort).

• Individuals who are not connected to an organization able to fund them.

If you fall into either category, please contact OASPA at info@oaspa.org for a waiver code.

Your registration fee is based on the size of the organization you belong to and whether or not you are a member of OASPA.

(Large organizations are those with revenue over €5,000,000).

• Large non-member organization registration – €350.00
• Large member organization registration – €275.00
• Small non-member organization registration – €150.00
• Small member organization registration – €100.00
• Academic organization registration (incl. small publishers based at academic organizations) €50.00

Group registration

Organisations registering three full-rate individuals may register further (unlimited) individuals for €50.00 (€25.00 for academic organizations). Please contact info@oaspa.org for a discount code.