The 3rd Global Summit Diamond Open Access was held in Bengaluru, India (2-6 February). Four days of workshops, plenaries, thematic tracks, digital poster sessions – all focused on Diamond open access initiatives, capacity building, strengthening scholarly societies, supporting and sustaining community engagement.
The Diamond open access model represents more than simply providing free access to research. It forms a vital part of a wider open knowledge ecosystem, emphasising a community-led approach. This model actively supports bibliodiversity by encouraging a range of publication types, languages, and scholarly traditions, and it promotes multilingual scholarship (and local voices), ensuring that research communication is accessible and inclusive for diverse communities.
Within this ecosystem, scientific knowledge is viewed as a global public good—one that is created, shared, and utilised for the benefit of society as a whole. The Diamond open access model ultimately advances more inclusive forms of research communication, breaking down barriers and enabling broader participation in the creation and dissemination of knowledge.
The Summit featured plenaries, thematic tracks, and interactive workshops on equity, multilingualism, research assessment, and policy alignment. Posters and case studies showcased innovations from around the world. To support multilingual participation, selected sessions included live interpretation from English into Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Tracy Creagh, co-convenor of the Australasian Diamond Journal Publishing CoP, presented on the final day of the Summit in a plenary: Diamond OA Initiatives – What Works dedicated to challenges and opportunities related to journal publishing and dissemination platforms. She presented a summary of the first two years of activities of the Australasian CoP. This plenary included: Eurico Wongo Gungula, Universidade Óscar Ribas – UÓR, Angola; Lidia Borrell-Damian, Science Europe; Anuradha Agrawal, ICAR- Directorate of Knowledge management in Agriculture; Geethavani Rayasam, CSIR – National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research; Johan Rooryck, European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH); Tanja Niemann, Executive Director, Consortium Érudit; Devika Madalli, INFLIBNET, University Grants Commission-Inter University Centre, India and; Femi Arogundade, West and Central African Research and Education Network, Nigeria.
The next Diamond Summit will be held in December 2027 in Bali, Indonesia.
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Tracy Creagh, Co-convener, AuSCCoP Diamond Journal Publishing subgroup, QUT, DOAJ.