OASPA Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing 2026

OASPA 2026 Annual Conference

OASPA’s annual conference is the only event that brings together the whole of the open access community, accelerating connection, discovery and new thinking. 

Join us this September in Croatia to exchange thoughts with a global network of experts and peers, and to help us shape the future of open access.

Programme development is well underway and is updated regularly on the programme page.

Join us 21-23 September 2026 at Hotel Dubrovnik, Zagreb in Croatia to exchange thoughts with a global network of experts and peers, and to help us shape the future of open access. 

--- Please note that the registration desk at the conference will open at 12 pm on Monday September 21 with the conference starting at 1pm. It will end by 4pm on Wednesday September 23 2026 ---

Registration Rates

• Early bird rates are available until June 30. 

• Rates are calculated based on your organisation’s revenue and your OASPA membership or supporter status.

  • Small organisations are those with annual revenue under €5,000,000 and large organisations are those with annual revenue of €5,000,000 or over. 

  • The concession rate is available to those in academic institutions, in organisations with five or fewer employees worldwide or who are unemployed or are resident of a country on the Wellcome Low and Middle Income Countries list.
    
    RATES
    All rates subject to booking fee and VAT
    
    OASPA Members Small  €750
    OASPA Members Large €920
    OASPA Supporters  €750
    OASPA Non-members Small  €850
    OASPA Non-members Large  €995
    Concession/Academic/LMIC  €835

Cancellation Policy

• Full refund up to June 30 2026
• 50% refund from June 30 until July 31 2026
• 0% refund from July 31 2026 

(Refunds are excluding booking fees and transaction charges)

Accommodation

Hotel Dubrovnik has a limited number of bedrooms that can be booked directly. Please use this link or add OASPA in the promo box on the regular booking page for a small discount. Other accommodation options can be found nearby. Please check maps to find proximity to Hotel Dubrovnik.

DORA satellite workshop event at OASPA 2026

The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) will host a co-creation workshop for publishers and journals as a satellite event of OASPA 2026 on Thursday September 24.

This invitation-only

workshop will bring together publishers, journal editors, publishing professionals, infrastructure providers, and other system actors to explore the evolving connections between publishing and research assessment. The focus will be on collaboratively developing a Practical Guide for Publishers and Journals to support the implementation of responsible research assessment across editorial policies, peer review practices, use of metrics, communications and more.

The event builds on DORA’s previous Practical Guides for research performing and funding organizations, using a co-creation model developed with the global community to create these resources. DORA Chairs Virginia Barbour, Kelly Cobey and Rebecca Lawrence will facilitate the workshop.

The workshop will take place on Thursday 24 September 2026 following the OASPA conference, at the conference venue, Hotel Dubrovnik in Zagreb. Participation will be by invitation only, and you can delcare your interest to join when registering for OASPA.

Please direct any questions to info@sfdora.org