The University of Manchester’s Open Research Conference 2025

The University of Manchester's Open Research Conference 2025 is taking place on Monday, 9 June and Tuesday, 10 June 2025 at

• To register, please visit the .
• The Conference is open to attendees from all institutions.

Since launching its in 2022, The University of Manchester has championed open and transparent research across the institution. Now in its third year, the conference will showcase the progress we’ve made, alongside contributions from colleagues across the UK, bringing together researchers, PGRs and research support professionals to explore how Open Research practices are being embedded across the sector.

This year’s conference will feature the following themes:

• Open Research in Communication and Publishing;
• Open Research in Practice;
• Open Research in Collaboration;
• Open Research Software;
• Open Research with Sensitive Data;
• Building Skills and Communities for Open Research.

Keynote speakers

• (Research on Research Institute), “The Open Imperative” (Day 1).
• (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, DORA), “DORA: Enabling the Open Research Future” (Day 2).

For more information, contact the team at openresearch@manchester.ac.uk