Working towards Open Scholarship in the Age of Intelligent Automation 

Featuring virtual courses taught online

We are pleased to announce the FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) of 2025, which will be held: Monday, July 21st through Friday July 25th Working towards Open Scholarship in the Age of Intelligent Automation is the FSCI 2025 theme. FSCI organizers have sought and found course submissions contributing to and exploring this theme, though all ideas in scholarly communication were welcome for consideration. The theme has also shaped the institute’s plenary events.

So take a look at our FSCI 2025 Courses & Abstracts, select a course or two – and then Register Today!

In a world where AI plays a role in an increasing amount of our workflows, we all work to increasing draw the academic publishing community towards a world of Open Scholarship, in various ways and at differing levels. FSCI is a platform for professionals in the field to educate your colleagues about an aspect of this important work. FSCI courses often focus on one particular aspect of this work and provide practical training, while paying attention to the broader issues at play. Other FSCI courses look more squarely at theoretical problems and explore new solutions. We hope to focus on these components as we present a variety of courses on topics across the scholarly communication ecosphere. Further, please help us get the word out to your colleagues in research and scholarly communication by sharing this information with your network. As always, thanks for your assistance in helping FSCI to develop and grow.

Consider applying for a scholarship for FSCI 2025

FSCI is the production of a wide array of volunteers; all of the instructors and most involved in planning contribute their time and effort and help us keep the tuition fees for FSCI low. However, we know that for some in our community of scholars, even our modest tuition fees are a barrier to participation. To allow full participation by the global FSCI community, we have set aside a minimum of 100 complementary seats for the most qualified scholarship applicants.  The scholarships will be available to all applicants who participate in Scholarly Communication, with preference given to both those who demonstrate active support for Open Scholarship in their communities of practice, and to those interested scholars from the Global South(s). Please fill out this form to apply for a scholarship. Applications will be due by June 20. Decisions will be made by a panel of FSCI volunteers, and applicants will be notified of their application status as soon as the week of June 16. If you intend to apply, please do not register for FSCI until you are notified of the status of your scholarship application. If you are awarded a scholarship, you will receive a discount registration code to apply at checkout.