The 21st International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2026, will be held online June 8-11, 2026 with sessions scheduled at different times to accommodate a range of timezones. The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program.

The theme for the OR2026 conference is: Open to All? Repositories at the Intersection of People, Practice, and Emerging Technologies

Exploring how repositories sustain open knowledge exchange while advancing FAIR principles, preservation, community building, and responding to the challenges and opportunities of emerging technologies.

OR2026 will be using the Zoom Events platform for the online conference. With the exception of Lightning Talks which are pre-recorded, presenters will be required to use Zoom’s screen-share facility to present from their local computers.

We are thrilled about the opportunities an online conference provides and will only plan to charge a small registration fee to attendees from “high income” countries to cover the online platform costs. Registration for all other attendees will be free.

The deadline for submissions is January 11, 2026.

More about the conference here: https://or2026.openrepositories.org/program/call-for-proposals/