{"id":153310,"date":"2025-05-01T08:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/force11.org\/?post_type=conference_sub_post&#038;p=153310"},"modified":"2025-11-12T02:34:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T02:34:04","slug":"force2026-call-for-proposals","status":"publish","type":"conference_sub_post","link":"https:\/\/force11.org\/conference\/post\/force2026-call-for-proposals\/","title":{"rendered":"FORCE2026 Call for Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be a part of FORCE2026: Call for Proposals Now Open<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us in Singapore for&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/force11.org\/force2026\/\">FORCE2026<\/a>! We\u2019re bringing the community together to re-imagine the future of scholarly communication. Our theme, &#8220;To Go Far, Go Together: Advancing Scholarly Communication Across Boundaries and Disruptions&#8221;, celebrates the power of collaboration across disciplines, technologies, and borders. In a world shaped by rapid changes, our shared knowledge and diverse perspectives are more vital than ever. Let\u2019s come together to spark bold ideas and tackle systemic challenges \u2014 collaboratively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want every presentation to truly engage the community. We&#8217;re seeking proposals that are interactive, demonstrate real-world impact, and give attendees clear ways to get involved. Share not just your work, but how it creates change, builds connections, and sparks participation. We\u2019re especially looking for proposals that invite exploration of timely topics and emerging issues in scholarly communications and inspire collaboration at and after the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-2-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">Call for proposals is now closed. Thank you so much for your submissions. <br>Please look forward to the result notification in December 2025 \/ January 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Presentation Formats<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Short presentation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lightning talk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poster (with optional demo)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Panel discussion&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birds-of-a-feather \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unconference\">Unconference<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Submission Topics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme focuses on how we advance scholarly communication together. We welcome proposals on the topics below, as well as submissions addressing innovative perspectives in any area of scholarly communications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Making Open Work (Open access, Open educational resources, Open infrastructure)<\/strong><br>Licensing, community governance, sustainability, procurement, business models, vendor\u2013nonprofit hybrids.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assessment &amp; Peer Review Reform<\/strong><br>Narrative CVs, research assessment reform,&nbsp;open\/portable peer review, qualitative impact, policy &amp; societal impact tracking.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI Across the Research Lifecycle<\/strong><br>Authoring to peer review; auditing\/red-teaming, bias\/privacy, reproducibility of AI-augmented claims, dataset governance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Integrity, Provenance &amp; Trust<\/strong><br>Persistent identifiers, content credentials\/provenance, retractions, research integrity, publication ethics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data Stewardship, Reproducibility &amp; 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