Upcoming Conferences

NORTHEAST OER SUMMIT

  • Save the date for the Northeast OER Summit – March 3-4, 2025.
  • The 2025 Northeast OER Summit will be held virtually, March 3-4, 2025. It is a virtual event for new and experienced OER advocates offering the opportunity to learn and share effective practices in awareness building, implementation, collaboration, strategy, and research. The theme of the 2025 Summit is All Hands on Deck: Exploring Open Education Through Collaboration and Innovation.

Florida OER Summit

  • Save the date for the Florida OER Summit – May 21-22, 2025.
  • The 2025 Florida OER Summit will be held virtually, May 21-22, 2025. It is a virtual event The theme of this year’s Summit is “Engage and Empower.” Join librarians, educators, instructional designers, students, and OER professionals from across Florida and the U.S. as we explore existing trends, look towards innovative directions, and discover how OER positively impacts students, faculty, and institutions.

Open Education Conference

  • Save the date for the Open Education Conference – October 28-30, 2025.

Previous Conferences

Open Education Conference 2024 | #OpenEd24

  • Save the date for the Open Education Conference: October 8-10, 2024.
  • The 2024 Open Education Conference (OpenEd24) will be held on October 8-10, 2024 as a hybrid event, with in-person attendance hosted in Providence, RI, USA, and virtual attendance welcomed from across the globe. As the conference’s 21st annual gathering, OpenEd24 will continue to deliver an engaging virtual event with the option to attend in-person for the first time since 2019—one of many meanings captured in the theme “It’s About Time.”

Open Texas 2024 | Global Horizons of Open Education: The View from Texas

  • Save the date for Open Texas 2024: September 25-27, 2024. Fully online, free to attend!
  • The Open Texas conference will once again convene librarians, faculty, administrators, and other open education practitioners, researchers, and advocates in Texas and beyond. This year, we are transcending traditional boundaries to foster innovative, inspiring, and transformative ideas that reflect the essence of open education through the lens of Texas. We aim to challenge the limits of the imaginable, integrating educational theory and practice with a focus on global collaboration and sustainable innovation.

Open Nursing Education Summit

  • Save the date for the Open Nursing Education Summit: February 27-28, 2024. Fully online, free to attend!
  • OpenStax and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) are joining forces to host the first-ever Open Nursing Education Summit! Over the course of two days, you’ll hear from both industry experts and nursing education leaders, instructors, and administrators on critical issues in nursing education and how we can address them. Additionally, you’ll learn how to effectively incorporate openly licensed nursing resources – like the THECB’s and OpenStax’s upcoming 8-textbook nursing series – into your course or program.