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• HYBRID CONFERENCE • 22–24 JANUARY 2027 • HYDERABAD, INDIA

Open Knowledge Conference 2027

Theme: “Who Builds the Commons? Capacity, Contribution, and Governance for Open Knowledge Communities”

Please note: Schedule, times, and room allocations are tentative and subject to change prior to the conference. Hybrid virtual participation is supported across sessions.

TRACK LEGEND

Capacity • Contribution • Governance • Cross-cutting

— DAY 1 • FRIDAY 22 JANUARY 2027

Sustaining the people

Capacity and contribution: who stays, who leaves, and how impact is measured.

MORNING PLENARY SESSIONS

9:00–9:30 — Welcome and orientation briefing (Cross-cutting, Main Hall)

9:30–10:30 — Opening keynote: Who builds the commons? (Cross-cutting, Main Hall)

10:30–11:00 — Lightning talks: community snapshots (Cross-cutting, Main Hall)

11:00–11:20 — Tea break

11:20–13:00 • PARALLEL SESSION
11:20–13:00 • PARALLEL SESSION

Contributor retention: patterns and evidence

Designing onboarding and mentoring that lasts

Capacity talk, Main Hall

Capacity workshop, Room B

13:00–14:00 — Lunch break

14:00–15:30 • PARALLEL SESSION
14:00–15:30 • PARALLEL SESSION

Why contributors leave, and what keeps them

Measuring the social impact of open knowledge

Capacity panel, Main Hall

Contribution workshop, Room B

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

15:30–16:00 — Lightning talks: contribution stories (Contribution, Main Hall)

16:00–16:20 — Tea break

16:20–17:50 • PARALLEL SESSION
16:20–17:50 • PARALLEL SESSION

Contributing in under-resourced languages

Edit-a-thons and campaigns that keep editors

Contribution talk, Main Hall

Contribution workshop, Room B

EVENING PROGRAM

17:50–19:00 — Open time and networking

19:00–20:00 — Dinner

20:00–21:30 — Poster session and unconference space (Cross-cutting, poster area/open space)

— Saturday, 23 January 2027

Day 2: Governing technology and platforms

Governance: AI, platform power, and the shift from grassroots to institutions.

Please note: The full conference program is tentative and subject to change.

09:30 – 10:00 • 30 MIN • MAIN HALL

Day 2 briefing

Track: Cross-cutting • Location: Main Hall

10:00 – 11:00 • MAIN HALL
10:00 – 11:00 • ROOM B

Platform governance and community agency

Lightning talks: governance in practice

Format: Governance talk / presentation

Format: Governance lightning talk

11:00 – 11:20

Tea break

11:20 – 13:00 • MAIN HALL
11:20 – 13:00 • ROOM B

AI and community agency: who sets the rules?

Drafting a community-driven AI ethics framework

Format: Governance panel

Format: Governance workshop

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30 • MAIN HALL
14:00 – 15:30 • ROOM B

Proprietary platforms and the knowledge commons

Using AI tools responsibly in editing and translation

Format: Governance talk / presentation

Format: Contribution workshop

15:30 – 16:00 • MAIN HALL

Lightning talks: AI in community workflows

Format: Governance lightning talk

16:00 – 16:20

Tea break

16:20 – 17:50 • MAIN HALL
16:20 – 17:50 • ROOM B

From grassroots to institutions: keeping agency

Funding and organisational capacity for volunteer communities

Format: Cross-cutting panel

Format: Capacity workshop

17:50 – 19:00
19:00 – 20:00

Open time and networking

Dinner

20:00 – 21:30 • POSTER AREA AND OPEN SPACE

Poster session and unconference space

Track: Cross-cutting

• SUNDAY, 24 JANUARY 2027 • TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Day 3: Learning together

Cross-cutting synthesis: research, shared agendas, and commitments to carry forward. Please note: the overall program schedule remains tentative and subject to minor adjustments.

09:30 – 10:00 • MAIN HALL
10:00 – 11:00 • MAIN HALL

Day 3 briefing

“Research synthesis: what the peer-reviewed work says”

30 minutes | Track: Cross-cutting | Location: Main Hall

Format: Cross-cutting talk/presentation | Track: Cross-cutting | Location: Main Hall

☕ 11:00 – 11:20 • Tea break

11:20 – 13:00 • PARALLEL SESSION
11:20 – 13:00 • PARALLEL SESSION

“Connecting practitioners and researchers”

“Building a shared research agenda”

Format: Cross-cutting panel | Track: Cross-cutting | Room: Main Hall

Format: Cross-cutting workshop | Track: Cross-cutting | Room: Room B

🍽️ 13:00 – 14:00 • Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30 • PARALLEL SESSION
14:00 – 15:30 • PARALLEL SESSION

“Lessons on open source and community sustainability”

“Turning impact stories into evidence”

Format: Cross-cutting talk/presentation | Track: Cross-cutting | Room: Main Hall

Format: Contribution workshop | Track: Contribution | Room: Room B

15:30 – 16:00 • MAIN HALL

“Lightning talks: takeaways and next calls”

Format: Cross-cutting lightning talk | Track: Cross-cutting | Room: Main Hall

☕ 16:00 – 16:20 • Tea break

16:20 – 17:30 • MAIN HALL

“Reports from the unconference and next steps”

Format: Cross-cutting talk/presentation | Track: Cross-cutting | Room: Main Hall

✱ 17:30 – 18:30 • MAIN HALL
18:30

Closing note address

Conference closes

Format: Cross-cutting keynote | Track: Cross-cutting | Room: Main Hall

Official adjournment of OKC 2027.