OpenAthens Access Lab 2025 Call for Proposals

NISO Member News

September 2024

OpenAthens is excited to announce dates for their 2025 online Access Lab event taking place 24 - 27 February 2025. They're hoping you'll submit your session ideas and proposals for consideration before Friday 18 October 2024.

What is Access Lab?

Access Lab is an annual international conference where libraries, publishers and technology partners meet to discuss challenges facing the information industry and find solutions to problems.

The event provides a safe space to share learnings, discuss and debate. All attendees have the opportunity to explore industry developments, showcase customer case studies and take part in topical panel discussions. 

Access Lab generates interest globally. And to help you join from wherever you are, the online event will run at various times to allow maximum participation from around the world.

Access Lab 2025 proposals

OpenAthens is looking for speakers for Access Lab 2025 and you could be exactly who we're looking for. Are you a librarian, publisher, library service vendor or work in the knowledge industry? Would you like the opportunity to discuss your challenges and solutions with your peers, vendors and partners?

You can submit Access Lab 2025 proposals for plenary talks, panel debates, roundtable discussions and case studies, or other session types. Some topics for this years’ conference include:

• Security and user privacy
• Artificial Intelligence
• Impact of library budgets
• User experience and accessibility
• Federated authentication and seamless access

This year our customers will help steer and develop the Access Lab program and community volunteers will be invited to facilitate conference session.

Get inspired to speak at Access Lab 2025 by watching the 2024 Access Lab sessions and submit your Access Lab 2025 proposals by Friday 18 October 2024.

And Don't Forget The UX Award 2025

At the conference, Jane Charlton, senior marketing manager – community and content will announce the winner of our 2025 UX Award. Now in its sixth year, the UX Award showcases publishers and library service vendors that have taken great strides in improving user experience. Any publisher, library systems vendor, or research and analytics tool can apply. Visit our UX Award webpage for more information and to submit your application by 22 November 2024.