@Rowena @scottish I used to be involved with the #OpenRepositories conferences, so I maybe biased, but I would like to second the recommendation.
This year's conference is held on location in Chicago, but OR2026 will be an online event. The Call for Proposals is likely to be posted at some point in the fall.
The presentations from the most recent conferences are available at Zenodo:
https://zenodo.org/communities/openrepos/
@coar_repositories has its own events as well: https://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/report-from-the-coar-conference-2025/