The 11th Knowledge Research Education Conference – KRECon 2023: The Future of Research(er) Assessment organised by the National Library of Technology was held on 9–10 November 2023 in Prague under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and Government Council for Research, Development and Innovation of the Czech Republic. The Conference brought together international experts in research assessment, along with representatives of the national actors in the Higher Education and R&D&I sector as well as early‑career researchers to discuss the future of research and researchers’ assessment in the Czech Republic and Europe. Reforming research assessment is one of the priorities of the European Research Area and the newly formed international Coalition for advancing research assessment (CoARA).