BRIC 2026
Join us for the 9th BRIC conference hosted in Edmonton, Canada. The event starts with a one day pre-conference followed by a single track two day main event, bringing together librarians, information professionals, expert searchers, and bibliometricians.
Our in-person event highlights innovative use cases supporting impact analyses, exploring citation patterns and influences, as well as compelling practice on research discovery and expert search.
Important dates:
- Call for proposals: January 2026
- Registration opens: February 2026
- Speaker notifications: tbd
- Pre-conference: June 2, 2026
- Main event: June 3-4th, 2026
Interests
Altmetrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics, research discovery, researcher profiles, scholarly communications, visualizing research trends, impact stories, and more…
Our Perspectives
We are librarians, information specialists, and others supporting research impact & research discovery for our researchers, senior academic staff, facilitators, administrators and funding agencies.
BRIC since 2017
15
Keynote Speakers
On diverse topics & issues advancing bibliometrics and impact analysis.
25
Countries Represented
Mostly a Canadian conference, but we’ve increasingly seen participation rise from the USA as well as Europe, Asia & African nations.
167
Presentations
Our single track event includes long & short talks, some panel discussions, and pre-conference workshops.
752
Attendees
A steady rise in conference attendees since our inaugural event, but still keeping it cozy. Over 750 attendees since 2017.