From March 17 to 19, the openCost project team is organizing the international conference “openCost: Navigating Cost Transparency” at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg, to which we cordially invite all interested parties.
The conference will focus on insights into the second phase of the openCost project and joint discussions on ways to achieve cost transparency in scientific publishing.
The aim is to jointly set the agenda for the second phase of the project, to bring together practical perspectives from the community, and to create space for networking and exchange.
Program
The conference will focus on insights into the second phase of the openCost project and joint discussions on ways to achieve cost transparency in scientific publishing. Initial results on the development of an internal metadata schema for cost recording and the expansion of the exchange format to include additional publication types (with a special focus on open access books) and new cost types, for example from the area of Diamond Open Access, will be presented and discussed. In addition, application scenarios in the Electronic Journal Library (EZB) and in repositories will be presented. The focus will also be on issues of technical implementation, data integration, and process design, with a particular emphasis on the further development of the openCost standard, institutional use cases, and the networking of open science infrastructures to promote cost transparency.
In addition to contributions from the project team, the program will include contributions from Cameron Neylon (COKI/Centre for Culture and Technology, Curtin University), Maxence Larrieu (Univesité Grenoble Alpes/TSOSI – Transparency to Sustain Open Science Infrastructure), Paula Clemente Vega (Open Library of Humanities), and the SeDOA project, among others.
The aim is to jointly set the agenda for the second phase of the project, to bring together practical perspectives from the community, and to create space for networking and exchange.
The conference language is English. More information on the programme will follow shortly.
Keydates of the events
Title: openCost: Navigating Cost Transparency
Venue: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg
From: March 17, 2026, 2 p.m.
To: March 19, 2026, 2 p.m.
Registration
Registration information will follow shortly.
Location
Directions to DESY, see link
Venue: DESY building 28c, see map
Accomodation
Participants can reserve rooms at the DESY guest house under the keyword “openCost conference.” The reservation quota is available until 14 days before the start of the event.
To the reservation form for the DESY Guest House (DESY Group: L)
We look forward to welcoming you to Regensburg!