Summit on Diamond Open Access

When: 8 – 14 December 2024

Where: online (& Cape Town, South Africa)

In December, the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access will take place, focusing on the challenges of open access publishing. This summit aims to highlight the issue of article processing charges (APC) and their impact on research opportunities, particularly in “poor regions” and to promote Diamond Open Access as a pathway to for inclusive and equitable participation in the scholarly publishing ecosystem.

Participants can attend the summit online, you can register here.

Diamond Open Access refers to a publishing model where the journal publisher covers the costs of making scientific outputs available, freeing both readers and authors from paying for access or publication. In 2022, “Action Plan for Diamond Open Access” was introduced, which aims to develop and expand an open and sustainable community-driven scholarly communication ecosystem.