The OES community meets online to exchange ideas and discuss topics related to working with OES.

The online meetings usually take place once a month. You are kindly invited to participate! If you want to join the meeting for the first time, please register via email: info@open-encyclopedia-system.org .

There are several meeting formats. We offer one meeting per format each quarter. Proposals for topics and themes will be collected via OES community mailinglist. Upcoming events and topics will be announced on our website.

Our Meetup formats:

OES Meetup – Onboarding

• First steps with OES, QA
• For OES beginners

OES Meetup – Field reports

• Thematic exchange, insights
• For OES editors and experts (advanced level)

OES Meetup – Community

• Gathering requirements, community organization
• For all target groups

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Upcoming events

Date	Meetup format	Topic
Thursday,  2 July 2026, tba	Field reports	OES DOI Module
August	Summer break
September/October	Community	Pre-planning OES community meeting 6
October	Field reports	tba
November	Onboarding	Basic Introduction to the Open Encyclopedia System (OES)
December	Field reports	tba

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Previous meetings

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04 July 2025 | OES MeetUp #1 | Online | Read more

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20 November 2025 | OES Meetup #2 | Online

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17 December 2025 | OES Meetup #3 | Online

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12 February 2026 | OES Meetup #4 | Online

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12 March 2026 | OES Meetup #5 | Online

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16 April 2026 | OES Meetup #6 | Online

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07 May 2026 | OES Meetup #7 | Online

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11 June 2026 | OES Meetup #8 | Online | Onboarding - OES consultation hours