Each year at the Annual Forum, we select our keynotes to provide valuable insights that help to frame and contextualise the overarching theme chosen for that year, helping to shape and drive the discussions and debates for the whole event. For our 4th Annual Forum, taking place this year in the UAE in partnership with the American University of Sharjah, it is our huge pleasure

We want to thank our first sponsors for this year’s Annual Forum for Open Research. We could not achieve our mission to support the advancement of open science in the Arab world without you! Sponsorship allows us to organise the Annual Forum, bringing together key regional stakeholders from libraries, universities, advocacy groups, and government organisations to share solutions and build collaborations. Sponsorship also allows us

As FORM is flourishing, we’re starting to grow our team of dedicated supporters – and we thought it would be nice to introduce them all to you. You will have met some of us before, at one of our online Community Development Activities or in person at our Annual Forum – but we have some lovely new team members as well… Dr Emily Choynowski –

If you are attending the 4th Annual Forum for Open Research, as a speaker, as a sponsor or as a delegate, share the exciting news with one of our digital announcement cards! Let your network know you will be joining us in the UAE this October, at the American University of Sharjah, and make the most of your conference experience by developing and exploring your

Although we might be running a little bit later than usual, we are now ready to announce our Call for Papers for the 4th Annual Forum for Open Research! This year’s Annual Forum will take place in the UAE, in partnership with the American University of Sharjah, in the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE, from 20th-23rd of October. (Learn more about our Host Partner here) We are

We are thrilled and honoured to officially announce that our Host Partner for the 4th Annual Forum for Open Research will be the American University of Sharjah (AUS), of the UAE. The event will take place from the 20th-23rd of October in Sharjah, at the gorgeous conference facilities at AUS. About our Host Partner American University of Sharjah (AUS) was founded in 1997 by His