FORCE2026 in Singapore, 3-5 June 2026: Call for Proposals now open
Aaron Tay (Aaron Tay)
Dear Colleagues
FORCE2026 conference will be held from 3 to 5 June 2026 in Singapore Management University, Singapore. The theme of the conference, “To Go Far, Go Together: Advancing Scholarly Communication Across Boundaries and Disruptions”, celebrates the power of collaboration across disciplines, technologies, and borders. Let’s come together to spark bold ideas and tackle systemic challenges in scholarly communication!
The Call for Proposals is now open, and we’re looking for proposals that invite exploration of timely topics and emerging issues in scholarly communications and inspire collaboration at and after the conference. We welcome proposals in the following formats:
Short presentation
Lightning talk
Poster (with optional demo)
Panel discussion
Birds-of-a-feather / Unconference
To read the full call for proposals, including more information about themes, submission topics, and other important details, please visit: https://force11.org/conference/post/force2026-call-for-proposals/
Submissions are due by October 19, 2025. If you have any questions about the submission process or the conference, please contact info-force...@force11.org.
Aaron
Bianca Kramer
Sharing an Upstream blog post and an initiative!
What's better than open research information resources? Multiple open research information resources that can be combined together! The promise of open research information is only starting to be realised. To make full use of the power of open data we need to be able to use and recombine data at scale.
Today we are starting ORION, an effort to coordinate amongst those making ORI resources available in the cloud, with an initial focus on Google BigQuery.
The MultiObs, Sesame Open Science, SUB Göttingen and CWTS groups have come together to work on coordination with the goal of supporting and growing use. Check out the blog post and website and get in contact if this is something you are interested in using, supporting or getting involved with!
We are keen to coordinate with all who are interested in supporting a community effort towards availability and reusability.
And for those coming to Singapore for FORCE2026, there'll be a session discussing this topic further!
kind regards,
(co-author of the blog post, with Cameron Neylon, Alysson Fernandes Mazoni, Rodrigo Costas, Najko Jahn and Nees Jan van Eck)
[Image:The constellation of Orion as seen from the southern hemisphere. From Mary Orr (1896), "Southern Stars: A Guide to the Constellations Visible in the Southern Hemisphere", Gall and Inglis, London and Edinburgh.]
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Bianca Kramer
The Principles for Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI), first introduced in 2015 and substantially updated to version 2 in October 2025, provide guidance for building and maintaining reliable, sustainable, open infrastructure. For the Barcelona Declaration community, POSI offers an operational framework to support the transition toward open research information and to strengthen the infrastructures on which the research ecosystem depends.
This session, convened by Working Group 5 (Sustaining Infrastructures) of the Barcelona Declaration, will explore how POSI is being applied, interpreted, and extended in real-world contexts. Speakers from Crossref, DataCite, DOAJ, and Europe PMC will reflect on the community consultation behind POSI v2, its role in governance and funding strategies, and what its adoption reveals about sustaining open infrastructure over time.
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Mfab2HcEQVqzDFdy4epbbA More information: https://barcelona-declaration.org/20260211_webinar_announcement_how_POSI_v2_guides_sustainability
kind regards,Bianca Kramer
(Executive Director, Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information)