Help Shape Open Research Week 2027 – Submit a Session Idea

We’re delighted to announce that after the success of our Open Research Week 2026, Midlands Innovation universities, in partnership with De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The Open University will be returning in 2027, 15-19^th March for another week of Open Research activity. Save the date in your calendars!

We’re inviting colleagues to contribute to our Open Research Week 2027 by proposing a webinar, workshop, panel discussion, case study, demonstration, lightning talk or interactive session.

Whether you’re a PGR, researcher, research group, or research support professional, including technicians, we’d love to hear from you.

Open Research Week aims to showcase practice, create space for discussion and experimentation, and bring researchers and communities together to explore how research can become more transparent, accessible, collaborative, responsible, inclusive and impactful.

We’re particularly interested in contributions that share experiences from practice, invite discussion, challenge existing approaches, explore emerging questions, or consider what the future of Open Research could look like.

Suggested Topics

We welcome proposals on themes including, but not limited to:

• Research data management, sharing and reuse
• Open methodologies, transparency and reproducibility
• Open source software, code sharing and computational research
• Open Research and artificial intelligence
• Co-design, co-production, participatory and community-led research
• Research culture, integrity and responsible research assessment
• Responsible and ethical approaches to openness, including data sovereignty and collective benefit
• Inclusive research, research equity and broadening participation
• Open access and scholarly communication
• Tools, platforms and infrastructure that support Open Research
• Open Research case studies, challenges and lessons learned
• Emerging issues and the future of Open Research

Session Formats

Possible formats include:

• Virtual (45 minutes)
• Physical (45 minutes)
• Lightning talk (5 minutes)
• Panel discussion
• Interactive workshop
• Community discussion or planning session
  
  

We’re also open to other formats that encourage participation, discussion and collaboration.

How to Submit

Please provide:

• Session title
• Presenter(s)
• Proposed format
• Brief session description (100–200 words)
• Intended audience
• Any specific requirements
  
  

Submission Deadline

13.11.26

Submit Your Idea

Please complete the submission form: Open Research Week 2027 Session Ideas – Fill in form

or contact ellen.mcghee@midlandsinnovation.org.uk for an informal discussion. Please note we aim to inform you of the outcome of your submission early December.