AISA is a non-profit organization that undertakes to advance open access to knowledge.

The mission of AISA is to:

1. disseminate a culture of Open Science;
2. publish studies on the implementation of Open Science principles
3. provide staff training programs to promote Open Science practices in research performing organizations (universities and research centres) which have embraced the OA principles;
4. engage international cooperation through networking with legal entities involved in the promotion of Open Science;
5. promote participation in international research projects and grant applications linked to the association’s mission;
6. raise awareness among decision makers, and in particular Italian and European legislators, to further the promotion of Open Science in research assessment and intellectual property policies.

On June 18^th 2015, the first Board of Directors was elected during the general assembly chaired by Roberto Caso.

The first Aisa annual conference took place on 22^nd-23^rd October 2015 in Pisa. All the conference slides and videos may be downloaded from the “Archivio Giuliano Marini”.

The third annual conference took place  on 9^th-10^th November 2017 in Milano. The URLs of the conference slides and video may be found here.

The fourth annual conference was held on  8^th-9^th November 2018 in Cagliari. The URLs of the conference slides and video may be found here.

The fifth annual conference was held in Udine on November 7 and 8, 2019. Starting in 2019, AISA awarded prizes for the best undergraduate and Ph.D. theses on open science.

The 6th annual conference, organized by the University of Palermo, was held via teleconference.

The 7th annual conference, organized by the CNR, was held in Rome.

The 8th annual conference, organized by the University of Bari, was held in Bari.

From 2024, a dedicated Zenodo community hosts members’ open science papers and presentations published outside of the annual conferences.

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