Every year, OSI Scholarship Programs organizes a conference to bring together all current OSI/Chevening grantees in Britain. The 2005 mid-year students conference took place at the University of York.
Conference participants had the opportunity to present and discuss academic papers, participate in debate sessions, learn about professional development opportunities, and expand their networks of personal and professional contacts with colleagues from throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, as well as from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mongolia, Pakistan, and Turkey.