RE: https://suma-ev.social/@osf/116143032854409070
🗣️ Call for Papers is extended for #ossym2026
RE: https://suma-ev.social/@osf/116143032854409070
🗣️ Call for Papers is extended for #ossym2026
The Call for Papers for the 8th International
Open Search Symposium is open! Deadline is March 1, 2026.
This years theme is Boosting Digital Sovereignty.
The conference will be held in Berlin in October, free of charge and is organized by the Open Search Foundation.
There is also a Call for Demos to young researchers and students to showcase their innovative work using the Open Web Index of the OpenWebSearch.eu project.
https://opensearchfoundation.org/events-osf/ossym2026/#CfP2026

7-9 October 2026 • Berlin, Germany & Online • Bringing together the Open Internet Search community in Europe, involving science, computing centres, libraries, politics, legal and ethics experts and society, the Open Search Symposium series provides a forum to discuss and advance the ideas and concepts of Open Internet search in Europe
8th International Open Search Symposium #OSSYM2026
Theme: "Boosting #DigitalSovereignty"
When: 7-9 October 2026 University of Applied Sciences Code Berlin (+online)
1 March 2026: Call for Contributions closes - Abstracts & papers have to be submitted at https://indico.cern.ch/event/1622016
15 June 2026: Registration opens
October 2026: Proceedings online publication
Topics: Open search architectures and platforms / Open Web Index and application domains / Federated and cross-domain search + many more
Please submit your work for the 8th International Open Search Symposium #OSSYM2026 "Boosting Digital Sovereignity" to be held on 5-7 October 2026 in Berlin, Germany

7 - 9 October 2026 Continuing the successful conference series from the past 7 years, the #ossym26 Open Search Symposium brings together the European and international Open Search community for the seventh time. The hybrid conference provides a forum to discuss and further develop the ideas and concepts of open web search and related topics in various formats including scientific talks, panels, workshops, demonstrations, student challenges and informal discussion spaces. Participants include...