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Monday | 2 February 2026

Morning

  • 09:30–10:30 — Registration & Coffee
    Hall: Harmony
  • 10:30–13:00 — Concurrent Workshops (120 min)
    • Workshop 1: Publishing Platforms & Services for Diamond OA (Recorded Video)
      Hall: Harmony (First Floor)
    • Workshop 2: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers (Recorded Video)
      Hall: Strategy (First Floor)
  • 11:45–12:00 — Coffee Break
  • 12:00–13:00 — Concurrent Workshops (continued)
  • 13:00–14:00 — Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 14:00–16:00 — Concurrent Workshops (120 min)
    • Workshop 3: Repositories & Preprints as Diamond OA (Recorded Video)
      Hall: Harmony (First Floor) [Slides}
    • Workshop 4: Beyond Articles: Data-Driven Research & ECRs (Recorded Video)
      Hall: Strategy (First Floor)
  • 15:00–15:15 — Coffee Break

Evening

  • 17:00 — Press Meet (TBC)
  • 18:00 — Welcome Reception & Dinner

Tuesday | 3 February 2026

Morning

  • 09:30–11:45 — Inaugural Plenary: Global Commitment to Diamond OA (Recorded video)
    Hall: Aura
  • 10:40–11:00 — Coffee Break
  • 11:45–12:00 — Coffee Break
    • Pedro Ovando, Deputy Director of National System of Scientific and Humanities Publications, Government of México (Speech English, Speech Spanish)
    • Pablo Vommaro, Executive Director, CLACSO Latin American Council of Social Sciences (Recorded Message – Text English Spanish)
  • 12:00–13:15 — Plenary Session 1: Policy Convergence & Capacity Needs (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
  • 13:15–14:00 — Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 14:00–15:30 — Plenary Session 2: Equity & Inclusion in Scholarly Publishing (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
    • Leslie Chan, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada (online)
  • 15:30–16:00 — Coffee Break
  • 16:00–17:30
    • High-Level Working Meeting
      Hall: Board Room
    • Combined Sessions (Track A & C) (Recorded Video)
      Hall: Aura
  • 17:30–18:00 — Coffee Break

Evening

  • 18:00 — Cultural Programme & Dinner

Wednesday | 4 February 2026

Morning

  • 09:30–11:00 — Plenary 3: Sustaining Diamond OA Infrastructure (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
    • Saray Córdoba González, Honorary Member, Latindex (online)
  • 11:00–11:30 — Coffee Break + Multilingual Breakout Discussions
    Hall: Aura
  • 11:30–13:00 — Combined Sessions (Track B & D) [Recorded Video]
    Hall: Aura
  • 13:00–14:00 — Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 14:00–16:00 — Plenary 4: Responsible Research Assessment (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
  • 16:00–16:30 — Coffee Break
  • 16:30–17:30 — Poster Session
    Location: Aura Lobby

Thursday | 5 February 2026

Morning

  • 09:30-10:00 – Report on Language Session (Recorded Video)
  • 10:30–11:30 — Plenary 5: Diamond OA Initiatives – What Works (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
  • 11:30–11:45 — Coffee Break
  • 11:45–14:15 — Plenary 6: Early Career Researchers & Diamond Open Access (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
  • 13:15–14:15 — Lunch Break

Afternoon

  • 14:15–15:45 — Concurrent Workshops 5 & 6: Standards & Capacity Building (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
  • 15:45–16:15 — Coffee Break
  • 16:00–16:30 — Presentation: Bengaluru Roadmap on Diamond OA (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
  • 16:30–17:30 — Closing Plenary: Commitments & Next Steps (Recorded Video)
    Hall: Aura
    • Pedro Ovando, Deputy Director of National System of Scientific and Humanities Publications, Government of México (Speech English, Speech Spanish)
    • Arianna BecerrilGarcía (Speech)

The programme will ensure balanced representation of speakers across all regions including Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas (Latin and North), North Africa & the Middle East, and Europe while promoting gender diversity,

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