Tentative Programme
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,
Day 1 — Monday, 2 February 2025 Date & Time (IST) Duration Session Venue 11:00 – 13:00 2 hours Concurrent Workshop 1: Publishing Platforms & Service Providers Workshop Hall 1 11:00 – 13:00 2 hours Concurrent Workshop 2: Metadata Standards, Interoperability & Persistent Identifiers Workshop Hall 2 11:45 – 12:00 15 min Coffee / Tea Break – 13:00 – 14:00 1 hour Lunch Break – 14:00 – 16:00 2 hours Concurrent Workshop 3: Repositories & Preprints Workshop Hall 1 14:00 – 16:00 2 hours Concurrent Workshop 4: Beyond Articles — Rethinking Diamond OA for a Data-Driven Future Workshop Hall 2 15:00 – 15:15 15 min Coffee / Tea Break – 18:00 – Dinner All Participants
Day 2 — Tuesday, 3 February 2025 Date & Time (IST) Duration Session Venue 09:30 – 11:15 1 hr 45 min Inaugural Session — Open Statements: Global Commitment to Diamond OA Main Hall 11:15 – 11:45 30 min Coffee / Tea Break — High Tea – 11:45 – 13:00 1 hr 15 min Plenary 1: Reimagining Scholarly Publishing for Equity & Inclusion Main Hall 13:00 – 14:00 1 hour Lunch Break – 14:00 – 15:30 1 hr 30 min Thematic Track A: Agriculture & Food Systems Workshop Hall 1 14:00 – 15:30 1 hr 30 min Thematic Track B: Medicine, Public Health & Life Sciences Workshop Hall 2 14:00 – 15:30 1 hr 30 min Thematic Track C: Engineering, Technology & Applied Sciences Workshop Hall 3 14:00 – 15:30 1 hr 30 min Thematic Track D: Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Workshop Hall 4 15:30 – 16:00 30 min Networking Tea – 16:00 – 17:30 1 hr 30 min Plenary 2: Global & Regional Roundtable — Policy Convergence & Capacity Needs Main Hall 18:00 – Cultural Evening followed by the Dinner All Participants
Day 3 — Wednesday, 4 February 2025 Date & Time (IST) Duration Session Venue 09:30 – 11:00 1 hr 30 min Plenary 3: Building, Supporting and Sustaining Diamond OA Infrastructure Main Hall 11:00 – 11:30 30 min Coffee / Tea Break – 11:30 – 13:00 1 hr 30 min Breakout Discussions — Multiple Languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Kannada etc.) Workshop Halls 1–6 13:00 – 14:00 1 hour Lunch Break – 14:00 – 16:00 2 hours Plenary 4: Responsible Research Assessment Policies as Pathway to Diamond OA Main Hall 16:00 – 16:30 30 min Coffee / Tea Break – 16:30 – 17:30 1 hour Posters & Contributed Sessions — I Poster Floor 18:00 – Cultural Evening followed by the Dinner All Participants
Day 4 — Thursday, 5 February 2025 Date & Time (IST) Duration Session Venue 09:30 – 11:00 1 hr 30 min Plenary 5: Diamond OA Initiatives — Key Characteristics That Make It Work Main Hall 11:00 – 11:30 30 min Coffee / Tea Break – 11:30 – 13:00 1 hr 30 min Plenary 6: Early Career Researchers Session Main Hall 13:00 – 14:00 1 hour Lunch Break – 14:00 – 15:30 1 hr 30 min Concurrent Workshop 5: Monitoring Systems for Evaluation of Diamond OA Workshop Hall 1 14:00 – 15:30 1 hr 30 min Concurrent Workshop 6: Diamond OA Standards & Capacity Building Workshop Hall 2 15:30 – 16:00 30 min Presentation of the Bengaluru Roadmap on Diamond OA Main Hall 16:00 – 17:00 1 hour Closing Plenary: Commitments & Next Steps Main Hall 16:30 – 17:00 30 min Coffee / Tea Break – 17:00 – 18:00 1 hour Posters & Contributed Sessions — II Poster Floor 18:00 – Grand Cultural Evening Main Hall 19:00 – Dinner All Participants
Day 5 — Friday, 6 February 2025 Date & Time (IST) Duration Session Venue 09:30 – 17:00 7 hr 30 min Cultural Visits – 19:00 – Dinner All Participants
