Welcome to the Researcher to Reader Conference, a collaborative gathering which aims to be the premier forum for discussion of the international scholarly communications ecosystem – bringing knowledge from the Researcher to the Reader.  

The Conference has taken place each February since 2016 at BMA House in central London (except in 2021, during the pandemic, when it was online).

The Conference programme typically includes a variety of session formats, intended to give each topic an appropriate expression and maximise interaction among all participants. These usually include Workshops, Panels, Roundtables, Debates, Interviews, Presentations and Lightning Talks.  Topics recently covered have included: Early Career Researchers, OA Standards, Open Data, Disability Within Publishing, Open Books, Transformative Agreements, Business Models, The Hybrid Workplace, APC-free Open Access, Preprint Peer Review, Mergers, Acquisitions & Consolidation, and Research Data Discoverability.

The Conference runs an open Call for Papers in July and August each year. Conference REGISTRATION is open from October to February.  

We look to meeting you in London for our next Researcher to Reader conference (R2R) and online for a suite of other activities.

(updated: October 2026)