Access Lab 2025 call for proposals
Join Access Lab, our leading online conference to discuss global issues affecting the information industry.
We're excited to announce dates for our 2025 online Access Lab event taking place 24 - 27 February 2025. Submit your session ideas and proposals by Friday 18 October 2024.
What is Access Lab?
Access Lab is our annual international conference where libraries, publishers and technology partners meet to discuss challenges facing the information industry and find solutions to problems.
Our conference provides a safe space to share learnings, discuss and debate. Together we’ll explore industry developments, showcase customer case studies and take part in topical panel discussions where you get the chance to ask the questions.
Access Lab generates interest globally. And to help you join from wherever you are, the online event will run at various times to allow maximum participation from around the world.
Access Lab 2025 proposals
We're looking for speakers for Access Lab 2025 and you could be exactly who we're looking for. Are you a librarian, publisher, library service vendor or work in the knowledge industry? Would you like the opportunity to discuss your challenges and solutions with your peers, vendors and partners?
You can submit Access Lab 2025 proposals for plenary talks, panel debates, roundtable discussions and case studies, or other session types. Some topics for this years’ conference include:
- Security and user privacy
- Artificial Intelligence
- Impact of library budgets
- User experience and accessibility
- Federated authentication and seamless access
This year our customers will help steer and develop the Access Lab program and community volunteers will be invited to facilitate conference session.
Senior marketing manager and program lead, Jane Charlton commented:
We are delighted that so many of our valued customers volunteered to support our community activities. Representatives from around the world are helping to develop and steer our 2025 Access Lab program. Your ideas for sessions and speakers are the essential ingredient to make Access Lab sparkle and we can’t wait to see what you put forward!
How to submit your session idea
Get inspired to speak at Access Lab 2025 by watching the 2024 Access Lab sessions and submit your Access Lab 2025 proposals by Friday 18 October 2024.
UX Award 2025
At the conference, Jane Charlton, senior marketing manager – community and content will announce the winner of our 2025 UX Award. Now in its sixth year, the UX Award showcases publishers and library service vendors that have taken great strides in improving user experience. Any publisher, library systems vendor, or research and analytics tool can apply. Visit our UX Award webpage for more information and to submit your application by 22 November 2024.
Contact Laura Bloomfield Hall, senior events manager; laura.bloomfield@openathens.net with any questions or for sponsorship opportunities.
Visit our Access Lab site for inspiration!
Not sure what to expect? Why not visit our Access Lab 2025 site to watch this year’s session recordings or get in touch with program lead, Jane Charlton if you want to discuss your ideas!