Conference Sponsorship Opportunities

PUBMET2025, the 12th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science will be held this year at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology from 11 to 12 September 2025.

It will provide an opportunity to meet in the beautiful capital of Croatia, gain knowledge and exchange ideas on what constitutes quality in open access scholarly communication. 

• What defines quality in research, and how can it be assessed? 
• How can open science contribute to improving the quality of scholarly output? 
• What roles do researchers, universities, libraries, publishers and service providers play in the process? How can we define quality for journals, books and datasets in open access? 
• Is there a way to enhance the research assessment and peer review process? 

You will find answers to those questions and more.

By supporting the conference, you will have the opportunity to present your products and services to a wide audience, from researchers, academic teachers, publishers, editors, librarians, information and communication experts to policymakers. The focus of the conference is scholarly communication (publishing as the most visible channel) and metrics. 

This year’s conference will focus on the following topics:

• open practices for raising the quality of research (transparency in research reporting, pre-registrations, preprints, open data sharing and management, etc.), 
• transparent, ethical and critical evaluation of research output (research quality assessment,
• transparent and rigorous peer review, research integrity issues, etc.),
• best practices in editing and publishing journals, books and datasets in open access,
• quality standards for databases, services and repositories in open access,
• roles of service providers and repositories in supporting open science and research quality,
• quality in defining, implementing and monitoring open science policies, including rights retention and open licenses policies,
• roles of universities and libraries in supporting open science and quality education.

Depending on the sponsorship level, several benefits are offered, including a link to the sponsor’s website on the Summer School and Conference website and advertising during the Conference. Details are given in the following table: