October 27, 2025

Guide

Welcome to Reclaim Open 2025! This is your handy guide to taking part:

How to take part 

Reclaim Open is happening online, so no travel required 🙂 . Once you are registered for the event, you will receive joining instructions and details of how to join in. Each session appears on this conference site and you can watch the presentations and share comments right on each session page.

Bookmark this site and think of it as the home of the conference. 

Explore the schedule

We have three days of inspiring sessions, a blog-a-thon and plenty of practical know-how to take away as well as thought-provoking keynote sessions by Dr Bonnie Stewart, a Student Panel with the winners from the first Student Showcase competition and a closing plenary “On Writing” hosted by Jim Groom.

Find out what’s in store on the conference Schedule.

All times are displayed in EST, so we recommend World Time Buddy to help you navigate between time zones.

Social sessions each day

Throughout the conference we have social and community-led sessions. This is our way of creating space to hang out and connect informally. These are usually scheduled in the middle of each conference day and we also have some screen-free time for radio, too.

Get chatting on Discord and connect with other participants

We invite you to use the dedicated conference channel on Discord to chat and connect with other participants. This is the main social space for the event (and remains available throughout the year) .

Please keep these rules in mind when participating in the server:

  1. Please use your real name and profile picture.
  2. Please use the official server language: English
  3. Unless otherwise noted, assume all event times are in EST.

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