The popular UKSG Forum will be held in Brighton on Wednesday 3rd December 2025. In addition, we are also pleased to announce that the call for topics is now open for submissions.
We encourage all interested individuals to submit their proposals here. This is an excellent opportunity to share your insights with an engaged and diverse audience. The UKSG Forum provides a friendly and inclusive space where experienced and first-time speakers representing the different segments of the sector are welcome to showcase their area of expertise and/or interests.
Areas of interest
We seek developed proposals from those who wish to deliver or co-deliver for presentations, lightning talks and posters. These proposals ultimately form the core of our programme. Some examples of topics for proposals are, but not limited to:
- Electronic resource life cycle and management
- Collection analysis, assessment, and development in Academic and FE libraries
- Licensing and legal framework of content
- Ethical Issues in Technical Services
- Standards, initiatives, and best practices
- Scholarly communication, including copyright, data management, and assessment.
- Institutional repositories, publishing, digital preservation, open educational resources, and open access
- Building relationships between libraries, vendors, publishers, standards groups, and others in the information community.
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion in relation to libraries and publishers
- Professional development
- Content platforms, Digital Resources and AI
- Financial and environmental sustainability
We particularly welcome first-time presenters and those seeking to build their experience presenting and will provide support and mentorship for those who would find it beneficial. We accept ideas for full-length (20 - 30 minute) presentations, lightning talks (5 - 15 minutes) along with poster sessions.
The event will be free to attend for all those working within a UKSG membership institution – you can check whether your institution is a member here (a small nominal charge will be made for non-members), bookings for delegates will open later in the year. You do not have to be a member to be a speaker (but we would encourage you to join!)
How to submit your ideas
The submission link is here, please complete the short form before the deadline of Friday 20th June after which our programme committee will convene and review all submissions. If you need any assistance with any aspect of your submission, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sponsorship/Exhibiting Opportunities
There will be a limited opportunity for organisations to sponsor the event or a book tabletop booth. Both options provide an excellent platform to showcase your products, services, and initiatives to a highly engaged audience. More details are available here
We look forward to receiving your innovative proposals and anticipate an extraordinary forum filled with enlightening discussions, interesting presentations, and networking opportunities, we would be grateful if you would share this email to your own networks.
Many thanks in advance!
The Forum programme committee
