About OpenAP Conference 2026

The Asia-Pacific Conference on Open Education (OpenAP 2026) aims to establish an international academic forum that brings together researchers, educators, experts, library and information professionals, and policymakers to engage in critical discussions on the role of open education in advancing equitable, inclusive, and sustainable higher education.

OpenAP 2026: Programme

The preliminary conference programme has been released, providing an initial overview of keynote sessions, academic presentations, and networking activities. Please note that this is a tentative schedule, and the official programme will be updated and announced in due course by the Organizing Committee.

GO-GN Workshop 2026 in the Netherlands: Strengthening the global open education research network, affirming the USSH imprint.

The GO-GN Workshop 2026, aiming to connect research and promote a global open education ecosystem, will be held over three days, from February 24-26, 2026, at HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands, as part of the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) activities.

GO-GN Asia-Pacific Workshop in Indonesia: Building Connections for Open Practice

Following the GO-GN Asia-Pacific Hub workshop in Vietnam, the Hub convened its second in-person workshop in Indonesia on 30 December 2025 at the Graduate School of Sustainable Development, University of Indonesia (Universitas Indonesia), Salemba Campus, Jakarta. As the workshop took place at the end of the year, it was planned as a smaller gathering with a more relaxed timetable than the Vietnam event. This created room for relationship building, informal exchange, and sustained cross-institutional discussion, rather than a highly structured programme.

GO-GN Asia Pacific 2025 Workshop: An Update on the Open Movement in Vietnam from a Research and Practice Perspective

On December 1, 2025, at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU-USSH), the GO-GN Asia Pacific Conference took place as a special academic space where policymakers, scholars, and educational practitioners analyzed the significant transformations of the Open Education movement in Vietnam in relation to the regional and global context.

GO-GN Asia-Pacific Hub in Vietnam: Connecting Stakeholders for OER Policy Implementation

With support from colleagues at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi (VNU USSH Hanoi), the Asia-Pacific Hub successfully hosted its first in-person event in Hanoi on 1 December 2025, titled “GO-GN Asia-Pacific Workshop: Updates on the Open Movement in Vietnam from Research and Practice Perspectives”.