7th Open Search Symposium #ossym25: Call for Papers & Demos

Until 1 March 2025 you can submit scientific papers, practical field reports and demos for the 6th International Open Search Symposium #ossym25. The hybrid conference will be held online and at CSC – IT Center for Science, Helsinki, from 8 –10 October 2025.

Actively participate with scientific contributions, share practical experiences present concepts and positions in the various interactive sessions.

Full papers and abstracts presented at #ossym2025 will be published Open Access in an online proceedings (including DOIs and ISBN) following the event.

The deadline for submissions is 1 March 2025 at midnight CET

Please note, that the submission process is being handled by conference partners CERN, CSC – IT Center for Science and the Open Search Foundation. The electronic submissions underlie CERN‘s data privacy policy and will be handled confidently.

New to #ossym? This is what it is all about:

Continuing the successes over the past 6 years, the Open Search Symposium (#ossym) brings together the Open Internet Search community in Europe for the seventh time this year. From 8 to 10 October the CSC – IT Center for Science in  Helsinki welcomes researchers, data centers, libraries, policy makers, legal & ethical experts as well as the general public to discuss and further develop the ideas and concepts of Open Web Search and related topics.

Conference formats: Scientific talks/keynotes, panels, workshops, demonstrations

8-10 October 2025:
7th International Open Search Symposium
Helsinki and online