Pre-announcement: call for contributions to the National Open Science Festival 2026

Are you working on open science and eager to share your work with the wider community, engage in dialogue, or spark new collaborations? Mark your calendar and prepare your proposals. The call for contributions to the 2026 Open Science Festival will open at the end of May.

This year’s festival will take place on 14 October 2026 at the TU Delft, and it promises to be a vibrant gathering for and by the open science community in the Netherlands.

Get ready to submit your ideas from May until June. Researchers, educators, policy makers, support staff, and other members of the open science community will be invited to submit proposals for:

  • Workshops
  • Lightning talks
  • Networking sessions
  • Poster sessions
  • Stands at the information market
  • Any other brilliant ideas

Whether you’re working on of interested in FAIR data, citizen science, public engagement, open access, open education, open hardware, open research software, or recognition and rewards—or any other aspect of open science—this is your opportunity to connect and contribute.

Details about the submission process will be announced once the call is open in late May at www.opensciencefestival.nl and the festival’s social media channels.