Résumé : Report of the 8th Scholarly Communication Seminar of UNICA, the Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe, which took place at the Université de Lausanne, in Switzerland on 1-2 December 2016. The seminar addressed the changing tendencies in the scholarly communication landscape. The underlying principles of open access and open science are largely being supported in the worldwide research community, and open access policies are being developed by institutions, research funders and publishers alike. The question is no more IF or WHEN open access will be adopted, but rather HOW open access is being implemented.