Events

At this 11th meeting, Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) partner SPARC Europe  looks at national progress in Norway and Spain through two institutional case studies: Aysa Ekanger & Bror-Magnus Sviland Strand | UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, one of Northern Europe’s early adopters Ignasi Labastida i Juan | Universitat de…

The University of Edinburgh Library explores the EU AI Act through its full life cycle, from the lawmaking phase and the copyright implications to its implementation and enforcement, in a free three-part online lecture series this autumn. Session 2, “Copyright and AI: The EU Landscape and What Comes Next,” takes…

KR21 is a conference partner of Open Knowledge: Wikimedia & Research in the CEE Region (9-10 October), the first conference in Central and Eastern Europe to bring together the Wikimedia community with researchers working on Wikimedia projects, open science and the democratisation of knowledge. Organised by Wikimedia Polska, Wikimedia Ukraine…

Quelle place pour les œuvres protégées par le droit d'auteur au sein des collections des bibliothèques numériques ? Rejoignez-nous le 14 octobre, de 16h00 à 17h30, pour un panel organisé par Knowledge Rights 21 France. Les bibliothèques numériques et les grands projets de numérisation se sont multipliés depuis le milieu…

This first meeting will focus on e-Lending systems. To set the stage, Chair Stephen Wyber will give a high-level overview of where e-Lending in Europe stands today. We will then hear from expert speakers who will share distinct perspectives on the legal framework, e-Book platforms, and the practicalities of managing…

On 26 September, Eduardo Santos, KR21 national coordinator for Portugal, brings perspectives from the research community and the libraries that serve them to a debate on access to AI training data at Inferência, the two-day conference on the future of journalism in the age of AI in Lisbon, organised by…

The IFLA Europe Regional Division Committee (ERDC) holds its 2026 mid-term meeting in Greece on 24–25 September. The first day features a KR21 workshop in Athens on the Let Libraries Be Libraries agenda and coalition-building for copyright advocacy. The second day is a symposium on "Advocacy for libraries in Europe:…

Deborah De Angelis, KR21 National Coordinator for Italy, will deliver the third instalment of the Italian webinar series organised by the Rete delle Reti association within the Trans-European Learning Libraries (TELL) project. This session will be moderated by Professor Anna Maria Tammaro. Deborah will outline the global and local threats…

PUBMET 2026, the 13th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science, opens today in Zadar, Croatia (9 to 11 September). KR21 national coordinators Iva Melinščak Zlodi (Croatia) and Maja Bogataj Jančič (Slovenia & Western Balkans) are both on the PUBMET conference programme. 🔗 Conference live streams: https://www.youtube.com/@pubmet/streams…

Across 23 and 24 July, KR21 is bringing three sessions to Paris that examine how copyright shapes the work of digital libraries and open-knowledge practitioners, and what the next wave of EU reform needs to deliver. On 23 July, Camille Françoise and Ophélie Wang, the KR21 national coordinators for France,…

At this 10th meeting, Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) partner SPARC Europe explores how open science and rights retention support academic freedom, drawing on the expertise of: Ana Lazarova | Digital Republic - KR21 national coordinator, Bulgaria Lionel Maurel | CNRS, France Sam Moore | University of Cambridge, UK

Stephen Wyber, KR21 Programme Lead, attends the LIBER 2026 Annual Conference in Trondheim, joining the library and research community for three days to explore this year's theme: "The Power of Libraries in an Uncertain World." 17:00 – 18:00 CEST | Networking Power Session Stephen will share what KR21 is working…

On 10 June 2026, the Central Library of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) in Rome will host a (hybrid) study day to reflect on the profound transformations affecting the European research system and the challenges ahead in light of the forthcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act. The event addresses…

KR21 is a proud partner of the OPERAS 2026 & SCIROS Conference, held at the Staszic Palace in Warsaw (Poland) from 18 to 21 May 2026. The main conference days are 20–21 May 2026. Join us on 21 May for a discussion (Panel V - 11:30-12:30) titled: “The Dawning of…

Eduardo Santos, KR21’s national coordinator for Portugal, talks at WikiCon Portugal 2026 in Lisbon (15-17 May), organised by Wikimedia Portugal, about “Open Access: Secondary Publication Rights & Wikimedia”, exploring the connection between secondary publication rights and the Wikimedia movement.