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We invite researchers, infrastructure providers, scholarly publishers, and anyone interested in open scholarly metadata to the Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata (WOOC 2027), organised by OpenCitations and the University of Bologna.
This year's workshop will focus on:
"Interoperability of Scholarly Infrastructures in a Federated Environment"
The workshop will take place over two days. The first day will be dedicated to a collaborative, hands-on workshop, where participants will discuss challenges and possible solutions related to technical, semantic, and organisational interoperability, working towards concrete outcomes.
The second day will open with a presentation of the previous day's discussions and outcomes, followed by invited talks, selected contributions, and poster presentations related to the workshop theme.
WOOC 2027 aims to bring together infrastructures and projects working in this area, providing a space to exchange ideas, address shared challenges, and explore ways to improve interoperability across research infrastructures.
Participation is open to everyone interested in open citations, open scholarly metadata, and research infrastructure interoperability
WOOC will bring together key actors working on scholarly infrastructures to discuss interoperability across its technical, semantic, organisational, and legal dimensions.
The programme will combine a hands-on, collaborative day focused on developing concrete ideas, guidelines, standards, or prototypes with a second day of invited and selected talks and poster presentations, building on the outcomes of the previous day.
By supporting WOOC, your organisation will help create a space where people who develop and use scholarly infrastructures can connect, exchange expertise, and work together on practical solutions for a more open and interoperable scholarly ecosystem.
Sponsorship also provides an opportunity to associate your organisation with these goals and to gain visibility among an international community of researchers, infrastructure providers, publishers, libraries, and open-science stakeholders.
| Benefit | Silver€500–999 | Gold€1.000–1.999 | Platinum€2.000+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logo and link on the WOOC website | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logo in the final programme | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sponsor acknowledgement in the dedicated WOOC communications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Acknowledgement during the workshop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Logo in the Book of Abstracts | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Short description of the sponsoring organisation on the WOOC website | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Dedicated spot in the poster area | — | — | ✓ |
| Short presentation about the organisation or a relevant initiative | — | — | ✓ |
| Complimentary registration | — | — | 1 |
We welcome organisations whose work is connected to the themes of WOOC and who share its commitment to openness, collaboration, and community-driven approaches to scholarly communication and infrastructure.
If your organisation would like to support WOOC 2027, please contact the organising committee at comms@opencitations.net.
The University of Bologna reserves the right to assess and decline sponsorship proposals in accordance with its institutional policies and applicable regulations. Sponsorship arrangements will be subject to the execution of a formal agreement.
The University of Bologna is the oldest university in the western world, and one of the largest in Italy, with about 90,000 enrolled students. The workshop takes place at the University of Bologna, in the heart of the city, across two venues.
Via Zamboni, 32 (first floor) — Bologna, BO — 40126 Italy
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