The fifth PKP international scholarly publishing conference, which takes place August 13-14 2015, will be an opportunity for participants to engage on the important concept of openness in all of its manifestations. Open source, open science, open data, open access, open education, and open learning are not only integral themes in the scholarly communication landscape, but also in education, librarianship, economics, politics, and more. Following on 2014’s Open Access Week theme “Generation Open”, this conference will particularly focus on the next generation of scholars and researchers. This next generation are not only digital natives, but open digital natives; who are influenced by the broad ideas of openness in many ways. As SPARC noted when announcing the OA Week theme, students and early career researchers are the future of the Academy, and the ultimate success of the Open Access movement depends on them.