ConfOA will take place in Braga, at the University of Minho from 13 to 15 October.

Continuing the success of previous editions and maintaining the partnership since 2010, the event is organized by the Documentation and Library Service of the University of Minho(USDB), the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology(IBICT). The 12th ConfOA will take place in Braga, at the University of Minho, from 13 to 15 October.

ConfOA aims to bring together the Portuguese, Brazilian and other Portuguese-speaking communities that carry out research, development, service management and policy definition activities related to Open Science in all its aspects, namely Open Access to Scientific Information and Research Data. ConfOA assumes itself as the privileged space to promote the sharing, discussion and dissemination of knowledge, practices and research on these themes, in all their dimensions and perspectives.

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