OpenSym is the only conference that brings together the different strands of open collaboration research and practice, seeking to create synergies and inspire new collaborations between people from computer science, information science, social science, humanities, and everyone interested in understanding open collaboration and how it is changing our society.

The 14th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2018) is the premier conference on open collaboration research and practice, including open source, open data, open science, open education, wikis and related social media, Wikipedia, and IT-driven open innovation research. OpenSym 2018 will take place in Paris, France on August 22-24, 2018.

Call for papers

In OpenSym2018, you will have the opportunity to share your ideas on topics relevant to the established open collaboration tracks on:

• Open Collaboration Research, esp. Wikis and Social Media
• Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)
• Open Data, Open Access, and Open Science
• Open Education
• IT-Driven Open Innovation
• Open Policy/Open Government
• Wikipedia and Wikimedia Research

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