2024 Host Partner: Qatar National Library

The 2024 Annual Forum was hosted in Doha, Qatar, with the Qatar National Library as our host partner.

Reflecting our emphasis on accessibility and inclusivity, the Annual Forum was hybrid and offered online access to delegates unable to join us in person (together with a full day of online-only panel sessions). Meanwhile the in-person (and hybrid) portions of the Annual Forum were hosted in the beautiful Qatar National Library, located at the heart of Doha’s flourishing Education City.

Qatar National Library acts as a steward of Qatar’s national heritage by collecting, preserving, and making available the country’s recorded history. The Library provides equal access to all types of information and services and aims to enable the people of Qatar to positively influence society by creating an exceptional learning and discovery environment.

His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Amir of Qatar, officially inaugurated Qatar National Library on 16 April 2018. The Library was granted the status of national library under the Amiri Decree No.11 of 20 March 2018.

The programme comprised of keynote talks, panel sessions on key topics and valuable case studies outlining new developments relating to the development and implementation of Open Science policies and practices in research institutions and research communities across the Arab world. There were also a series of expert-led workshops on core digital solutions relating to Open Science research.