During Open Access Week, Australian universities are offering a wide selection of events, webinars, presentations, panels, and launching new resources. Show your support for open education by attending sessions organised by our Special Interest Group members.
PLEASE NOTE: Some Australian States and Territories are currently using Daylight Savings Time. Check the event time for Australian Western Standard Time (AWST), Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (AEDST) and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) to avoid disappointment.
CORRECTIONS: If any corrections are needed to this page, please contact adrian.stagg@usq.edu.au
Monday October 19
| Time | Event | University/Organisation |
| 11.00 am – 12.00 noon (AWST) 1.00 – 2.00pm (AEST) 2.00-3.00pm (AEDT) | Open access in Arts and Education | Deakin University |
| 8.00-8.30am (AWST) 10.00-10.30am (AEST) 11.00-11.30am (AEDT) | Book Launches: Gems & Nuggets, and Trauma informed positive practices | University of Southern Queensland |
| 8.00-8.30am (AWST) 10.00-10.30am (AEST) 11.00-11.30am (AEDST) | Open access publishing | Victoria University |
| 11.00-12.00 noon (AWST) 1.00-2.00pm (AEST) 2.00-3.00pm (AEDT) | The Benefits of Making Research Open Access | University of Western Australia |
| 9.00-10.00am (AWST) 11am – 12noon (AEST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (ADST) | Preprints: a practical guide (Jessica Polka) | AOASG |
| 10.00-11.00am (AWST) 12noon – 1pm AEST 1.00-2.00pm (ADST) | Open and FAIR Research Practices | AOASG |
| 11.00-12.30pm (AWST) 1.00-2.30pm (AEST) 2.00-2.30pm (AEDST) | Copyright for researchers | Victoria University |
Tuesday October 20
| Time | Event | University/Organisation |
| 11.00am-12.00 noon (AWST) 1.00-2.00pm (AEST) 2.00-3.00pm (ADST) | Open access in Business and Law | Deakin University |
| 8.00-8.30am (AWST) 10.00-10.30am (AEST) 11.00-11.30am (ADST) | Download and Print: 3D Printing and Decentralised Open Manufacturing | University of Southern Queensland |
| 7.00-8.00am (AWST) 9.00-10.00am (AEST) 10.00-11.00m (ADST) | Raising awareness of OER textbooks and open licences | RMIT |
| 8.00-8.30am (AWST) 10.00-10.30am (AEST) 11.00-11.30am (ADST) | Copyright for teaching | Victoria University |
| 9.00-10.00am (AWST) 11am – 12noon (AEST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (ADST) | Communicating a pandemic (Siouxsie Wiles) | AOASG |
| 10.00-11.00am (AWST) 12noon – 1pm (AEST) 1.00-2.00pm (ADST) | Indigenous voices, indigenous research and open access | AOASG |
| 11.30-12.00 noon (AWST) 1.30-2.00pm (AEST) 2.30-3.00pm (ADST) | FAIR principles | Victoria University |
| 1.00-2.00pm (AWST) 3.00-4.00pm (AEST) 4.00-5.00pm (ADST) | ‘Visualise Your Thesis’, open scholarship and knowledge translation | La Trobe University |
Wednesday October 21
| Time | Event | University/Organisation |
| 8.00-8.30am (AWST) 10.00-10.30am (AEST) 11.00-11.30am (ADST) | Strategies for scholarly publishing | Victoria University |
| 9.00-10.00am (AWST) 11.00am – 12noon (AEST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (ADST) | Beyond open access – what should our aims be for full accessibility (Alice Motion) | AOASG |
| 10.00-11.00am (AWST) 12.00-1.00pm (AEST) 1.00-2.00pm (ADST) | Open with care? | University of Southern Queensland |
| 10.00-11.00am (AWST) 12 noon – 1.00pm (AEST) 1.00-2.00pm (ADST) | Copyright and CC licensing for OA | AOASG |
| 12.00 noon (AWST) 2.00pm (AEST) 3.00pm (ADST) | Datasets for Research: Open with purpose | QUT |
| 11.00-12.00 noon (AWST) 1.00-2.00pm (AEST) 2.00-2.30pm (ADST) | Data management essentials | Victoria University |
| 11.00-12.00 noon (AWST) 1.00-2.00pm (AEST) 2.00-3.00pm (ADST) | Open access in Science, Engineering and the Built Environment | Deakin University |
| 12.30-1.30pm (AWST) 2.30-3.30pm (AEST) 3.30-4.30pm (ADST) | Open education publishing roundtable | La Trobe University |
| 11.30-12.30pm (AWST) 1.30-2.30pm (AEST) 3.30-4.30pm (ADST) | Open educational publishing – lessons learnt | RMIT |
| 1.30-2.00pm (AWST) 3.30-4.00pm (AEST) 4.30-5.00pm (ADST) | Open GLAM with Reid Marginalia | La Trobe University |
Thursday October 22
| Time | Event | University/Organisation |
| 8.00-9.00am (AWST) 10.00-11.00am (AEST) 11.00-12.00 noon (ADST) | Gems and Nuggets: The value of open assessment for opening up higher education | University of Southern Queensland |
| 7.30-8.30am (AWST) 9.30-10.30am (AEST) 10.30-11.00am (ADST) | Predatory publishing | Victoria University |
| 9.00-10.00am (AWST) 11am – 12 noon (AEST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (ADST) | Open Access and biodiversity knowledge (Siobhan Leachman) | AOASG |
| 9.00-10.00am (AWST) 11.00am – 12.00noon (AEST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (ADST) | Open Access in the time of COVID-19 Lunch and Learn | Swinburne University |
| 8.00-9.00am (AWST) 10.00-11.00am (AEST) 11.00-12.00 (ADST) | Open Access and Research at RMIT | RMIT |
| 8.30-9.00am (AWST) 10.30-11.00am (AEST) 11.30am -12.00noon (ADST) | A no-cost way to make your publications open access | Victoria University |
| 8.00-8.45am (AWST) 10.00-10.45am (AEST) 11.00-11.45am (ADST) | Creative Commons and open publishing | Deakin University |
| 10.00-11.00am (AWST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (AEST) 1.00-2.00pm (ADST) | Connecting up open data via Wikidata | AOASG |
| 10.00-11.00am (AWST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (AEST) 1.00-2.00pm (ADST) | Book Launch: Open Access in Theory and Practice: The Theory-Practice Relationship and Openness Co-authored by Dr Simon Wakeling, Lecturer, Charles Sturt University | Charles Sturt University |
| 12.00 noon (AWST) 2.00pm (AEST) 3.00pm (ADST) | Hacky Hour | QUT |
| 11.00-12.00 noon (AWST) 1.00-2.00pm (AEST) 2.00-3.00pm (ADST) | Open access in Health | Deakin University |
| 11.00-12.00 noon (AWST) 1.00-2.00pm (AEST) 2.00-3.30pm (ADST) | Finding and citing public domain and OA material | La Trobe University |
| 12.00 noon – 12.30pm (AWST) 2.00-2.30pm (AEST) 3.00-3.30pm (ADST) | Using Elements for free open access in DRO | Deakin University |
| 12.00 noon – 12.30pm (AWST) 2.00-2.30pm (AEST) 3.00-3.30pm (ADST) | Open educational resources | Victoria University |
| 1.00-2.00pm (AWST) 3.00-4.00pm (AEST) 4.00-5.00pm (ADST) | OPAL Launch | La Trobe University |
Friday October 23
| Time | Event | University/Organisation |
| 9.30-10.30am (AWST) 11.30am -12.30pm (AEST) 12.30-1.30pm (ADST) | How to Make Research Open Access | University of Western Australia |
| 8.00-9.00am (AWST) 10.00-11.00am (AEST) 11.00am – 12.00 noon (ADST) | Open to open: panel discussion about the motivations for creating open textbooks | University of Southern Queensland |
| 11.00-11.30am (AEDST) | Five questions answered about Open Educational Resources (For Students!) | Victoria University |
| 9.00-10.00am (AWST) 11.00am – 12.00 noon (AEST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (ADST) | Investing in the Infrastructure for Open (Kaitlin Thaney) | AOASG |
| 10.00-11.00am (AWST) 12.00 noon – 1.00pm (AEST) 1.00-2.00pm (ADST) | Advocacy in the pandemic | AOASG |
