Knowledge Sharing Advocacy Workshop

Over the past three decades, numerous initiatives have shaped the modern approach to knowledge sharing. Movements such as Open Access, Free Knowledge, Access to Knowledge, Open Education, and Open Data have played key roles in this evolution. As a result, knowledge sharing has become a well-established field, complete with its own institutions, frameworks, and infrastructures. However, it now faces new challenges driven by evolving societal trends and the rapid development of emerging technologies.

Through a series of workshops, the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Open Future, and SPARC Open aim to explore how emerging challenges are affecting knowledge sharing and how advocates can collaborate to identify and strengthen areas of shared interest within their advocacy agendas.

In pursuit of this goal, after several focused sessions on issues such as privacy and surveillance, the role of AI in research and education, and the growing platformization and consolidation of research infrastructure, they are now organizing a workshop for Open Access advocates, copyright reform activists, and other knowledge-sharing experts. This includes participants from related fields such as Open Education and Open Data. The workshop, taking place on September 19–20 in Lisbon, Portugal, focuses on developing a unified advocacy agenda for knowledge sharing. A virtual follow-up workshop will be held to build upon the discussions from Lisbon and define the next steps forward.