{"id":22,"date":"2022-11-16T15:16:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T15:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:37:57","slug":"access-lab-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/access-lab-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Lab program"},"content":{"rendered":"<section\n\tclass=\"header-module \"\n>\n\t<div class=\"header-module__bg-filler bg-dark-pink-connect\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"container bg-dark-pink-connect\">\n\t\t<header class=\"header-module__text text-white\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"header-module__title\">Program<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">Our 2027 programme is currently being developed. In the meantime, browse our previous programme for an insight into the experience and content you can look forward to.\r<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">\r<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\">Take a look at the programme from our Access Lab EMEA 2026 event to get a feel for the sessions and topics we covered. You can also watch the recordings on demand and catch up at a time that suits you.\r<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-white\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header-module__ctas multiple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/access-lab-speakers\/#access-lab-emea-speakers\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='cta-button cta-button--secondary cta-button--small'\n\t>\n\t\tShow me the 2026 EMEA speakers!\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.eventsforce.net\/jiscevents\/2876\/register\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trel=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='cta-button cta-button--secondary cta-button--small'\n\t>\n\t\tWatch the EMEA 2026 recordings \n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header-module__image  \">\n\t\t\t<picture\n\tclass=\"image   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class='three-card-layout'>\n\t<div class=' three-card-layout__container'>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"three-card-layout__title\" id=\"access-lab-emea-program-2026\">Access Lab EMEA program 2026<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class='three-card-layout__events'>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='three-card-layout__event  icon-coral'>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"three-card-layout__event__title\">AM<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">09:30 Welcome to Access Lab 2026<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW163638241 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW163638241 BCX8\">Jon\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW163638241 BCX8\">Bentley,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW163638241 BCX8\">\u00a0Commercial director,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW163638241 BCX8\">OpenAthens<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">09:35 Welcome from the Royal Northern College of Music!<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><ul>\n<li>Wiebke Thorm\u00e4hlen, Director of Research at the Royal Northern College of Music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">09:40 Opening session<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\">Access with integrity: protecting the quality of research<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215779121 BCX8\">Liam Earney<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW215779121 BCX8\">, MD \u2013 Higher education and research, Jisc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">10:10 UX session<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW46115901 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46115901 BCX8\">Through the keyhole: Product insights and changes in 2025<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:false,&quot;335551500&quot;:0,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Richard French, Senior product manager, OpenAthens<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"18\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;134224900&quot;:false,&quot;335551500&quot;:0,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Ian Wareing, Senior product manager, OpenAthens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">10:40 UX Award winner announced<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><ul>\n<li>Michael Smith, Senior marketing officer, OpenAthens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">11:00 Break<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">11:25 Case study<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exploring AI and OpenAthens for library interventions<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Leffler, Discover and access librarian, Liberty University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">12:00 Lightning talk<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\">Questions are the engine of discovery<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tania Pemberton, Business development manager, TDNet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">12:15 Case study<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\">Setting up access to paid library subscriptions for Trans-National Education partners using OpenAthens<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andrew Brown, Discovery and access lead, Swansea University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">12:45 Lunch<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='three-card-layout__event  icon-coral'>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"three-card-layout__event__title\">PM<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">13:50 Breakout sessions<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW17419927 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW17419927 BCX8\">Breakout 1: Put it to the test<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"50\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\">Breakout 2: API &amp; analytics &#8211; taking control of your data!<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rob Smith, Principal software engineer, OpenAthens<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer McGuckian, Account manager, OpenAthens<br \/>\n<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:259,&quot;335559991&quot;:360}\"><strong>This session is taking place in the Lounge<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__card-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"three-card-layout__content__title\">14:30 Breakout sessions continued<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"three-card-layout__content__details\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openathens.net\/access-lab\/day-one-session-descriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW17419927 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW17419927 BCX8\">Breakout 1: Put it to the test<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"50\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Sarah Underwood, UX designer, OpenAthens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"none\">Richard French, Senior product manager, 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