{"id":153281,"date":"2025-05-01T07:03:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T07:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/force11.org\/?post_type=conference&#038;p=153281"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:41:18","slug":"force2026","status":"publish","type":"conference","link":"https:\/\/force11.org\/force2026\/","title":{"rendered":"FORCE2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"153281\" class=\"elementor elementor-153281\" data-elementor-post-type=\"conference\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3df70b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3df70b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-662fb775\" data-id=\"662fb775\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7355a2fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7355a2fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>To Go Far, Go Together: Advancing Scholarly Communication Across Boundaries and Disruptions<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"fontSize\":\"medium\"} --><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>3 &#8211; 5 June, 2026 @ Singapore Management University, Singapore<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Join us for FORCE2026, where researchers, publishers, librarians, developers, funders, and other stakeholders come together to discuss challenges and opportunities in the evolving landscape of scholarly communication.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of previous FORCE11 conferences, the 2026 edition will focus on fostering collaboration and inclusive approaches. The theme &#8220;<strong><mark style=\"background-color: var(--base-3);\">To Go Far, Go Together<\/mark><\/strong>&#8221; emphasizes the importance of partnership and cooperation across disciplines, technologies, and geopolitical boundaries in addressing the complex challenges and disruptions facing scholarly communication today. As technological disruption reshapes research practices and global political shifts influence knowledge exchange, our collective wisdom becomes more essential than ever.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-202081b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"202081b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Keynote Speakers<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-07be18d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07be18d\" 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Kong <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"speakers-block-list-item__affiliation\" data-test-id=\"speaker-item-affiliation\">President and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor, Singapore Management University<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8698ba1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8698ba1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6648222\" data-id=\"6648222\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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