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)
- Workshop 1: Publishing Platforms & Services for Diamond OA (Recorded Video)
- 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)
- Workshop 3: Repositories & Preprints as Diamond OA (Recorded Video)
- 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
- High-Level Working Meeting
- 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
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