Karrierewege in der Wissenschaft und Research Assessment
2024-04-11 10:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | TUtheSky, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien, Gebäude BA, 11. OG, Vienna, 1060, Austria
Entlang welcher Karrierepfade können sich Wissenschafter:innen zukünftig entwickeln? Wie können Durchlässigkeit zwischen den Sektoren und internationale Mobilität unterstützt werden? Wie bewerten Universitäten Qualität in Berufungsverfahren? Diese Themen diskutieren wir mit nationalen und internationalen Expert:innen und Akteur:innen im Bereich Wissenschaftskarrieren sowie Forschenden. Im Fokus stehen die Präsentation und Diskussion der nationalen Empfehlungen der Arbeitsgruppe der österreichischen Hochschulkonferenz zu Karrierewegen in der Wissenschaft und Research Assessment, die mit Expert:innen aus dem Hochschulbereich erarbeitet wurden.

„Digital Data Curators“ in Museen und Sammlungen
2024-04-17 11:00 - 16:00 | Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria
Das Naturhistorische Museum Wien lädt in Kooperation mit dem Museumsbund Österreich zu einem Workshop zum Thema Digital Data Curatorship in Museen und Sammlungen.
Die digitale Transformation erfordert andere Arbeitsweisen und bringt neue Stellenprofile mit sich. Wie könnte die Stelle eines Digital Data Curator für den Museums- und Sammlungsbereich aussehen?
Wir möchten gerne in einem Workshop dieses Jobprofil diskutieren und definieren.
Für wen? – Museumsmitarbeiter:innen, die Kulturerbe digitalisieren, (an-)sammeln und diese (kuratiert) veröffentlichen sowie alle an Digitalisierung Interessierte aus Sammlungen und Museen

1st Symposium of Research Infrastructures
2024-05-07 | Madrid, Madrid, Spain
The Symposium will be the occasion to highlight Horizon Europe’s support for Open Science, broader access to RIs and contribution of RIs to green and digital transistion, showcase relevant funded projects, educate National Contact Points and encourage global Research Infrastructures dialogue.
The event will be hosted by the Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII).
You can use the QR code in the Save the Date or this link to register. Registration to the symposia will be open until the 26th of April 2024.
For practical information about the location, metro and hotel Click Here.
Here is the Agenda.

SYMPOSIUM „CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES“
2024-05-14 09:00 - 16:00 | TUtheSky, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien, Gebäude BA, 11. OG, Vienna, 1060, Austria
Der Cluster Forschungsdaten spielt eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Koordinierung der Aktivitäten zu Forschungsinformationssystemen, Forschungsdatenmanagement und digitalen Technologien/Infrastrukturen. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf der Identifizierung von Synergien und Potenzialen für eine ressourcenoptimierte Zusammenarbeit zwischen den verschiedenen österreichischen Forschungseinrichtungen.
Die Vertreterinnen und Vertreter des Clusters Forschungsdaten laden zum Symposium „Cross-cutting Research Support Services“ ein. Informieren Sie sich über aktuelle Projekte, lernen Sie europäische Umsetzungen kennen und diskutieren Sie die Herausforderungen der Zukunft.

Emerging trends for international collaboration in the CRIS domain
2024-05-15 - 2024-05-17 | Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, 4.OG., Wien, 1040, Austria
CRIS 2024 is organised by euroCRIS in cooperation with the RIS Synergy Project and with friendly support of TU Wien and the University of Vienna.
CRIS 2024 is the sixteenth edition in a biennial series of conferences devoted to improving the availability of and access to research information systems across Europe. The target audience includes managers of research-performing and/or funding institutions, evaluators, librarians, ICT experts, as well as policy makers. euroCRIS is a non-profit professional association of CRIS experts and custodian of the Common European Research Information Format (CERIF).

Stronger Together | EURASHE 33RD Annual Conference
2024-05-22 - 2024-05-23 | St. Pölten, Austria
FOSTERING TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION IN APPLIED UNIVERSITIES
With a focus on collobration and cooperation the EURASHE 33rd conference will bring together a number of different stakeholders from the Higher Education community to discuss and draft a shared path on relevant topics for the present and the future of education.
See the full programme and book your spot!

Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference 2024
2024-05-23 - 2024-05-24 | Arts Millennium Building, Galway, H91 TK33, Ireland
RESSH 2024 – Open Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Evaluation, Infrastructure and Practices
The RESSH 2024 Conference, titled “Open Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Evaluation, Infrastructure, and Practices,” aims to explore the intersection of open research and evaluation criteria within the social sciences and humanities.
It discusses the promotion of an open research culture and its societal impacts, with a focus on ethics, diversity, and the societal relevance of research.
For more details, including registration, visit the conference website.

Natural Scientific Language Processing and Research Knowledge Graphs
2024-05-26 - 2024-05-30 | Crete, Greece
The Extended Semantic Web Conference is a major venue for discussing the latest scientific results and technology innovations around semantic technologies. Building on its past success, ESWC is seeking to broaden its focus to span other relevant related research areas in which Web semantics plays an important role.
The goal of the Semantic Web is to create a Web of knowledge and services in which the semantics of content is made explicit and content is linked to both other content and services allowing novel applications to combine content from heterogeneous sites in unforeseen ways and support enhanced matching between users needs and content. This network of knowledge-based functionality will weave together a large network of human knowledge, and make this knowledge machine-processable to support intelligent behaviour by machines. Creating such an interlinked Web of knowledge which spans unstructured text, structured data as well as multimedia content and services requires the collaboration of many disciplines, including but not limited to: Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Databases and Information Systems, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Multimedia, Distributed Systems, Social Networks, Web Engineering, and Web Science. These complementarities are reflected in the outline of the technical program of the ESWC 2024. ESWC 2024 will present the latest results in research, technologies and applications in its field. Besides the technical program organized over numerous tracks, the conference will feature a workshop and tutorial program, system descriptions and demos, a posters exhibition and a doctoral symposium.
All information on the ESWC conference series and past conferences can be found at www.eswc-conferences.org.

EOSC-A General Assembly #8
2024-05-27 - 2024-05-28 | Irish College Leuven, Janseniusstraat 1 Leuven, 3000 Belgium, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
The EOSC Association’s 8th General Assembly will be a lunch-to-lunch, in-person meeting to be held 27-28 May 2024.

IMDIS 2024
2024-05-27 - 2024-05-29 | Bergen, Bergen, Norway
The IMDIS series of conferences provides an overview of current information systems addressing the needs of a wide range of users in ocean science. This year’s edition is structured around four main sessions: data services and tools in ocean science; technical developments for marine information and data management; marine environmental infrastructures for observation data; and data products, information, and knowledge.
The Conference will present different systems for on-line access to data, meta-data and products, communication standards and adapted technology to ensure platforms interoperability. Sessions will focus on infrastructures, technologies and services for different users: environmental authorities, research, schools, universities, etc.

Infectious Diseases Toolkit (IDTk) Contentathon 2024
2024-05-27 - 2024-05-30 | Tallinn, Estonia
BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID) project collects comprehensive open data on SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious diseases across scientific, medical, public health and policy domains.
Into the Infectious Disease Toolkit (IDTk), we gather knowledge we wish we had when the pandemic hit us in the spring of 2020.
At the contentathon participants will contribute to writing guidelines for data handling, analysis and visualisations in the context of infectious diseases. We gather knowledge into the following subsections of IDTkit – attributing credit, data analysis, data communication, data description, data sources, ethical legal and social issues, provenance, and quality control. Additionally, applied examples are part of the showcases and country-specific examples form national resources.
Goal:

Provide content to the pages that are still missing information.
Write up more use cases; finish up the pages as much as possible.
Prepare the paper about IDTkit.

Practicalities: Participants need to cover their own travel expenses, but local costs will be covered by the organisers (hotel room and food, except for one dinner in town).

CRAFT-OA Summer School 2024
2024-05-27 - 2024-06-01 | Telc, Czech Republic
CRAFT-OA 2024 Summer School for Journal Editors
Designed for editors proficient in Open Journal Systems (OJS), this program offers basic as well as advanced training to refine editorial skills and elevate the standards of Diamond Open Access publishing. Participants will delve into diverse aspects of OJS, gain insights into alternative journal management systems, and engage in meaningful discussions regarding the broader landscape of Diamond OA publishing.
Connect with peers, share expertise, and explore collaborative opportunities to advance the field of scholarly communication.
This summer school is organised as part of the CRAFT-OA project. CRAFT-OA is an EU-funded project that aims to make state-of-the-art Open Access publishing available to everyone. Running from January 2023 to December 2025 the project helps editors and publishers by improving the technical and organisational infrastructure of Diamond Open Access.

European Maritime Day
2024-05-30 09:00 - 2024-05-31 17:00 | Svendborg, Denmark
Established in 2008, European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual EU meeting point on maritime affairs and sustainable blue growth, and the place where ‘Ocean Leaders Meet’ as the slogan goes. It is also a public event reaching out to young people and citizens across Europe through local events.
EMD has not only enabled many project partnerships and co-operations among stakeholders, but it has also contributed to getting the need for sustainable management of ocean resources higher on the EU’s agenda.
Stakeholders generally find the European Maritime Day a great opportunity to touch base with strategic partners, make new contacts and network, get visibility for their projects, ideas, activities and achievements, gain new insights into the evolving EU policy and funding landscape and provide input into European Maritime Policy formulation.
European Maritime Day takes place every year at the end of May. The conference takes place in a different EU country each year, see the current list until 2029 below. The cities are selected following a call for interest launched by the Council of Ministers every five years. The latest call took place in 2022.
The call for expressions of interest for exhibitors will be launched early 2024.
Blue-Cloud 2026 at the European Maritime Day
Blue-Cloud 2026 will take part to the event with a workshop on Observations to knowledge: Unlocking Ocean Insights. The workshop aims to explore the intricate connection between AI technologies, data governance, and policymaking within marine ecosystems, and how collaborative efforts among initiatives like Blue-Cloud, iMagine, SeaDataNet, and EuroGOOS address them. In addition, the audience can discover how they cooperate effectively to avoid duplication in efforts and enhance data quality. These discussions harness the collective expertise of the initiatives, reinforcing their position as leaders in advancing operational oceanography for comprehensive marine knowledge.
The initiatives involved, fully or partially funded by the EC, gather data from European research infrastructures that cover diverse European countries and sea-basins. Moreover, the initiatives foster a shared commitment to advancing technology, sustainability, and economic resilience in the maritime domain, contributing to the overarching goals of the EU in this sector.

8th World Conference on Research Integrity
2024-06-02 - 2024-06-05 | Athens, Athens, Greece
Join this established conference on research integrity in Athens. One output of this biannual conference will be the Athens Statement following the same practice that has been applied in the previous conferences. The activities within the Focus Track on catalysing the translation of research into trustworthy policy and innovation will be used to enrich the Athens Statement.
Participate and network with a host of experts in the field of ethics and research integrity. The discussions are diverse and look at ethnic, gender, geographical, disciplinary and career stage diversity. Particular focus is given to early career professionals with the opportunity to participate in the doctoral forum, , workshops, and meet-the-expert sessions for them during the conference.
If you haven’t booked your place yet, you can still do so here.
Have a further look into the full programme!

Open Repositories Conference 2024
2024-06-03 - 2024-06-06 | Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
OR2024 is an excellent place for companies and organisations that deal with digital asset management, digital storage, research information systems, scholarly publications, open access and open data to be seen and interact with participants. The event gives access to a large audience of potential customers and partners as well as insights into what is hot in the area from a user perspective.
The event is expecting approximately 450-500 attendees from all over the world. These will include directors of digital initiatives, technical staff and developers, librarians, and repository managers as well as applied researchers in digital libraries and similar fields.
Please visit the Call for Proposals page to learn more about the sub-themes and submission categories of the conference, including a full list of submission templates and key dates for submission deadlines and approvals. Submission categories include posters, workshops, lightning talks, roundtable discussions, papers, and panels. The deadline for submissions is the 15th December 2023.
FAIR-IMPACT at the event
DANS, coordinator of FAIR-IMPACT project, will present a poster, focused on how to expose repository information to foster connections and trust.

88th ESFRI Forum Meeting
2024-06-05 - 2024-06-06 | Royal Library of Belgium, Mont des Arts 28, Bruxelles, 1000, Belgium
The 88th ESFRI Forum Meeting will take place on 5-6 June 2024, in Brussels, Belgium.
The event is kindly hosted by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

EUNIS Congress 2024
2024-06-05 - 2024-06-07 | Athens, Athens, Greece
The EUNIS Congress 2024, taking place in the vibrant city of Athens, Greece, from June 5th to 7th. This premier event offers a dynamic platform for researchers, developers, and practitioners to showcase their latest findings and innovations in information technology and systems for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).
At EUNIS 2024, participants will engage in rich exchanges of perspectives and experiences, delving into the intricate landscape of digital transformation within European Universities. With a focus on strategically evaluating challenges and seizing opportunities amidst evolving demographics, mobility trends, energy dynamics, and digital sovereignty concerns, the congress promises to be a pivotal gathering for HEIs.
The program encompasses a diverse range of activities, including oral and poster presentations, panel discussions, tutorials, hands-on sessions, and exhibitions. Additionally, attendees can look forward to an exciting social program that immerses them in the cultural splendor of Athens and its surroundings.
FAIRCORE4EOSC at EUNIS 2024
FAIRECORE4EOSC has submitted a paper on the Metadata Schema and Crosswalk Registry (MSCR). Developed within the framework of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), MSCR offers tangible solutions to the pervasive issue of information heterogeneity across semantic, structural, and syntactic domains.
Designed to bridge the gap between disparate datasets and standards, MSCR serves as a vital tool for harmonising data exchange within the EOSC ecosystem. By providing a centralised repository for metadata schemas and crosswalks, it empowers researchers and institutions to seamlessly navigate and integrate diverse data sources, fostering collaboration and innovation on a global scale.

TNC24
2024-06-10 - 2024-06-14 | Rennes, France
The largest and most prestigious research and education networking conference, TNC attracts a truly diverse audience of over 800 participants from more than 70 countries, representing national and regional research and education networks, schools and universities, technology providers, and many of the world’s most exciting scientific projects. By bringing together decision-makers, networking and security specialists, identity and access management experts, researchers, academics and students, TNC offers a unique collaborative experience.

The Emerging NREN Programme aims to integrate individuals from emerging NRENs from around the globe into the TNC community and create further synergies and connections at different organisational levels between European and international NRENs. Its purpose is to bring to TNC NREN staff members who would not be able to participate otherwise, focusing particularly on engineering and technical personnel. For further information, please contact Leila Dekkar at GÉANT.

The Future Talent Programme’s Lightning Talk Challenge offers students and young professionals the opportunity to present their project or idea to TNC’s international audience. Nominated by GÉANT project partners, participants receive training to help them master presentation skills and prepare to deliver an impactful presentation. For further information, please contact Lisa Melrose at GÉANT.

PID festival
2024-06-11 - 2024-06-13 | Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Embark on a three-day journey of enlightenment at this international summit, where captivating talks, engaging activities, and insightful workshops converge to explore the transformative power of persistent identifiers in shaping world-class research infrastructure. This event is organised by the National Library of Technology (NTK) and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), esteemed collaborators within the FAIRCORE4EOSC initiative.
The overarching objective of PIDfest is to unite global pioneers in the field of persistent identifiers, fostering collaborative solutions to tangible infrastructure challenges that stand in the way of expediting research and innovation. An event of this magnitude promises dynamic discussions, centred on practical strategies for overcoming real-world hurdles in the delivery of research infrastructure.
e-mail: contact@pidfest.org

EuroScience Open Forum 2024
2024-06-12 - 2024-06-15 | Katowice, Poland
The EuroScience Open Forum is a biennial meeting designed to offer the scientific community a platform for interdisciplinary and intersectional debate about scientific culture, scientific research, and innovation. It is created for the society’s benefit and carried out with the society’s participation.
The main goal of the ESOF2024 conference is to explore the connections between science and society, the conditions for conducting research, and their impact on society. We aim to stimulate debate on social changes related to science and analyze the social, cultural, and economic consequences of scientific breakthroughs at regional, national, European, and global levels. In the face of global challenges and to enhance international scientific cooperation, scientists want to discuss science as a factor of change in our lives and how the very life changes science.
The programme includes lectures, seminars, a debate, workshops, poster presentations and exhibitions, interactive sessions, and a wide array of public engagement forms. The theme for the ESOF2024 is: Life changes science. Katowice will host Europe’s and the world’s leading personalities in the world of science, academic researchers, representatives of public and non-public institutions supporting science, business people, representatives of media, and those interested in the role of science in the contemporary world.

Workshop on high-throughput sequencing data analysis with Galaxy
2024-06-17 - 2024-06-21 | Schänzlestrasse 1, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
Target Audience: Scientist with no or little Galaxy experience who want to analyse sequencing data.
Learning Objectives:

To get introduced to Galaxy as data analysis platform and the GTN training material
To learn how to use use tools and databases in Galaxy
To be able to run different tools and workflows

Training material: For the hands-on course, we will use the training material from the Galaxy Training Network

2024 Coordination meeting of EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe
2024-06-20 - 2024-06-21 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The 2024 edition of the “Coordination meeting of EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe” will take place on 20-21 June in Brussels.
As in previous editions, the meeting will bring together representatives of project consortia, the European Commission, the Research Executive Agency and the EOSC Association.
The main objectives of the meeting have been identified by the EC as follows:

To deepen the collaboration between the consortia involved in EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe, the EOSC Association and the EC in the context of implementing the EOSC European Partnership and its Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA).
To provide an update of the contributions made by projects consortia, the EOSC-A and the EC towards achieving the strategic and operational objectives of the SRIA.
To discuss the challenges and next steps for the implementation of EOSC as fully operational, federated infrastructure that enables the sharing of FAIR data and services across borders and disciplines.

For reference, you can find here the report for the 2023 coordination meeting.

2024 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2024)
2024-06-24 - 2024-06-29 | Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
The Galaxy Community Conference (GCC) is an annual conference focused on the use and development of the Galaxy platform for data-intensive biomedical research. The conference brings together scientists, software developers, and trainers of Galaxy from a variety of disciplines to share their experiences, knowledge, and skills.
The conference included talks, posters, and workshops on a wide range of topics related to Galaxy, including genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and more. The GCC provides an opportunity for attendees to learn about the latest developments in the Galaxy platform and to connect with other members of the Galaxy community.
GCC2024 will have over 50 talks and about 40 posters presenting methods, tools, pipelines, and software improvements for the Galaxy framework.
Check out the schedule page for more details. The abstract book with all the details is coming soon!
And don’t forget the amazing lineup of keynote talks.
If you haven’t registered yet, registration is (still) open.

Handle with CARE? Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen für ethischen und sensiblen Umgang mit Forschungsdaten
2024-07-03 14:00 - 18:00 | Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie,, Universitätsstraße 7, 4. Stock, Wien, 1010
Die Ansprüche an Forschungen und an Forschungsdaten werden immer größer. Der Aufwand auch. Gerade in der Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, bei der nicht nur bei, sondern auch gemeinsam mit beforschten Menschen Daten entstehen. Das bringt große Verantwortung mit sich. Besonders beim Umgang mit sensiblen Daten, Daten aus Gewalt-, Kolonial-, rassistischen Kontexten. Die CARE-Prinzipien (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) für indigene Daten werden immer öfter als Lösungsansatz für alle diese ethischen Fragen herangezogen. Sie sind von indigenen Aktivist*innen nur für indigene Daten gedacht und entwickelt worden. Können diese Prinzipien auf andere, nicht-indigene Daten angewendet werden? Wenn ja, wie? Wie können wir in unserem Fach ethisch, respektvoll, möglichst kollaborativ und gemeinwohlorientiert forschen und Daten sammeln und archivieren? Gibt es andere Ansätze? Und wie umgehen mit unseren vorhandenen Daten? Ob und wie können diese Daten dekolonialisiert und weitergenutzt werden? Wem gehören die Daten? In Vorträgen von Christian Huber und Ingolf Ortner zum Thema „Beware! Take CARE! Überlegungen zum praktischen Umgang mit sensiblen Daten im Forschungsdatenmanagement“ und von Veronika Kocher über „IMAGE+ und die Frage der praktischen Anwendung von CARE Principles im Umgang mit Bildmaterial in Repositorien“ werden diese Fragen beleuchtet und danach diskutiert. Im Anschluss soll mit praktischen Beispielen aus dem ethnographischen Datenarchiv, der Ethnographischen Sammlung des Instituts für KSA oder auch von Teilnehmenden diskutiert werden, welche Möglichkeiten es gibt, gut und ethisch vertretbar mit Forschungsdaten umzugehen.
Vortrag: Christian Huber und Ingolf Ortner – Beware! Take CARE! Überlegungen zum praktischen Umgang mit sensiblen Daten im Forschungsdatenmanagement
Vortrag: Veronika Kocher – IMAGE+ und die Frage der praktischen Anwendung von CARE Principles im Umgang mit Bildmaterial in Repositorien
Anmeldung: bis 25.06.2024 unter eda.ksa@univie.ac.at
Datum: 03.07.2024, 14–18
Ort: HS A, Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, NIG, 4. Stock, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien

Abstracts:
Christian Huber und Ingolf Ortner – Beware, take CARE! Überlegungen zum Umgang mit sensiblen Daten im Forschungsdatenmanagement
Die CARE-Prinzipien werfen in ihrer praktischen Anwendung mitunter mehr Fragen auf, als diese beantworten können. Forschungsdaten, gerade solche die ethische Fragestellungen implizieren, können auf allen Ebenen, bis hin zu den Metadaten, in ihrem gesamten Datenzyklus hochsensibel sein. Deshalb wurden 2019 die CARE-Prinzipien (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics) als ein Komplementär zu den 2016 postulierten FAIR-Prinzipien (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable) formuliert. Die FAIR-Prinzipien erkennen im Gegensatz zum reinen Open Data Konzept auch Restriktionen des Datenzuganges an, fokussieren aber auf Merkmale, die den Datenaustausch erleichtern und sind eher als Grundsätze eines guten Forschungsdatenmanagements zu sehen, welche aber ethische Aspekte und historische Kontexte in der Datenproduktion und in der Nachnutzung von Daten weitestgehend unberücksichtigt lassen. Gerade aber in der ethnographischen Forschung müssen die Beforschten, die Forschenden und die aus dem Forschungsprozess hervorgebrachten Daten bzw. Metadaten, von der Entstehung bis zur Nachnutzung, als sich gegenseitig bedingende äquivalente Aktanten angesehen werden. Was bedeutet dies nun für den praktischen Umgang mit sensiblen Forschungsdaten? Im Vortrag werden unter anderem 10 Punkte präsentiert, welche aus qualitativen Interviews mit ExpertInnen erhoben wurden, die ein Desiderat darstellen und zu einer weiteren Beschäftigung bzw. zur praktischen Umsetzung der CARE-Prinzipien im Umgang mit qualitativen sensiblen Forschungsdaten führen sollen. Die 10 Punkte, die zum weiteren Diskurs anregen sollen, umreißen Themenfelder wie sensible Forschungsdaten vs. Open Data, aktuell gehaltene Metadaten als Schlüsselelement, das Spannungsfeld Beforschte – Forschende (Datenschutz als Hürde, Wer spricht?, Macht und Teilhabe u.v.m.), institutionelle Langzeitarchivierung, der Faktor Zeit und seine Risiken, finanzielle Ressourcen (prekäre Forschungs- und Arbeitsbedingungen), die Schwierigkeiten einer praxisnahen Umsetzung der CARE-Prinzipien sowie eine frühzeitige Sensibilisierung durch Schulungen und Einbindung in die universitäre Lehre.
Veronika Kocher – IMAGE+ und die Frage der praktischen Anwendung von CARE Principles im Umgang mit Bildmaterial in Repositorien
In den letzten Jahren ist eine Debatte immer stärker in der Öffentlichkeit ausgetragen worden: Wie mit rassistischen oder diskriminierenden Inhalten verantwortlich umgehen? Sei es der Sturz öffentlicher Statuen von Menschenhändlern, der Umgang mit bekannten Kinderbüchern, die neu aufgelegt werden und eine Revision erfahren oder Kunstwerke, deren rassistische Titel in digitalen Datenbanken überarbeitet werden und mithilfe einer Sternchen-Barriere gekennzeichnet sind – ein Wandel im Umgang mit diesen Inhalten ist festzustellen. Das Sammeln, Bewahren und Erforschen von Ressourcen ist darauf ausgelegt, diese zu erhalten und entsprechend der Textautonomie so abzubilden, wie sie sich präsentieren – als Abbild einer Gesellschaft. Oftmals finden auf diesem Weg aber gerade die exklusiven und diskriminierenden Seiten einer Gesellschaft Eingang in die historisch gewachsene Welt von Bibliotheken, Archiven, Sammlungen und Datenbanken und können hier ohne weiteren Kommentar verwendet werden. Auch in Bibliotheken, Archiven und Museen muss daher die Frage gestellt werden, welche Methoden Anwendung finden sollen, sodass rassistische und diskriminierende Inhalte nicht weiter reproduziert werden. Inwieweit und in welcher Form können archivarische Strukturen diverser und aktueller gestaltet, und wie auch andere gesellschaftliche Perspektiven abgebildet werden? Gleichzeitig scheint damit aber ein Konflikt mit dem bewährten Selbstverständnis dieser Einrichtungen unausweichlich.

FOAM 2024: FAIR principles for Ontologies and Metadata in Knowledge Management
2024-07-15 | Enschede, Netherlands
FOAM is a new workshop merging the Workshop on Ontologies for FAIR and FAIR Ontologies (Onto4FAIR), the Conceptual Modeling, Ontologies and Metadata Management for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) Data (CMOMM4FAIR) and the FAIR Ontology Harmonization and TRUST Data Interoperability Workshop (FOHTI).The main objectives of this workshop are:

to bring together new methods for enabling FAIR research outputs (data, software, workflows, ontologies, mappings, etc.) through ontologies and vocabularies
discuss techniques, metrics and guidelines to improve the FAIRness of ontologies and vocabularies
to share experiences, identify new challenges and opportunities applying FAIR for different communities

FOAM will be an in-person event.

Topics of interest
Making the resources produced by researchers fully reusable and understandable requires complex efforts. To address these issues, the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) principles have been developed to provide guidance on making resources more reusable and interoperable. These principles have gained increasing attention in a number of different domains and applications. On the one hand, a key aspect is the ability to describe resources correctly and semantically, in particular using ontologies. On the other hand, ontologies themselves have to comply with the FAIR principles.
The workshop aims to bring together leaders from academia, industry and user institutions to discuss the adoption of the FAIR principles and share real-world requirements, challenges and experiences in their respective domains. In addition, we aim to explore how the FAIR principles are supported by the use of ontologies that are ideally FAIR themselves, and to discuss the challenges and perspectives in adopting the FAIR principles.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

ontologies, schemas and vocabularies for FAIR data and metadata;
domain and cross-domain ontologies for FAIR research outputs (data, software, mappings, workflows, ontologies, ML models, etc.);
techniques, methods and tools to increase the FAIRness of vocabularies and ontologies;
FAIR ontology harmonisation, mapping, alignment, merging and modularisation;
best practices on modeling FAIR research outputs;
semantic descriptions of FAIR digital objects;
challenges in FAIR research output management and modeling;
novel applications of the FAIR principles, FAIRification process and use cases;
metrics for FAIRness assessment;
provenance in FAIR environments;
FAIR principles and open science;
FAIR principles and linked open data;
Application of the FAIR principles in scientific communities (life science, digital humanities, health, smart cities, etc.)

Submissions
Submissions can be made in the following categories:

Full papers (10 – 12 pages, including references)
Short papers (6 – 9 pages, including references)
Posters (up to 5 pages, including references)

Submissions should be original work and follow the CEUR one-column template (Overleaf template, CEUR author kit). However, FOAM 2024 explicitly welcomes alternative and enhanced submission formats, such as HTML submissions. Authors who are preparing such a submission should contact the workshop organizers in advance to make sure we can accommodate for them in the submission and review process.
Submissions should be managed through Easychair. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop (in person).
FOAM embraces the adoption of FAIR best practices. If your paper proposes a dataset, has associated source code or proposes a new ontology or demo, please make sure these resources conform with the FAIR Best practices from FOIS.

EASST-4S 2024 Conference
2024-07-16 - 2024-07-19 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
As governments and funding agencies increasingly demand alignment with Sustainable Development Goals, STS scholars grapple with the tension between societal expectations and the transformative potential of their research. Rather than offering predetermined solutions, scholars are encouraged to reframe problem spaces through empirical analyses and innovative practices. Key questions will be addressed, such as how to frame transformations within STS frameworks, avoid co-optation and technosolutionism, and foster collaboration between STS and other disciplines.
This conference embraces diverse topics within STS, including speculative ethics, governance of science and technology, decolonial scholarship, and innovation studies. Join us for stimulating conversations and explore new avenues for mobilizing STS sensibilities in addressing global challenges.

Workshop on high-throughput sequencing data analysis with Galaxy
2024-07-22 - 2024-07-26 | Werthmannstrasse 4, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
Target Audience: Scientist with no or little Galaxy experience who want to analyse sequencing data.
Learning Objectives:

To get introduced to Galaxy as data analysis platform and the GTN training material
To learn how to use use tools and databases in Galaxy
To be able to run different tools and workflows

Training material: For the hands-on course, we will use the training material from the Galaxy Training Network.

NORDUnet Conference 2024 – NDN2024
2024-09-10 - 2024-09-12 | Bergen, Bergen, Norway
This 32nd edition will take place on 10th-12th September, 2024 in Bergen, Norway where Norwegian NREN Sikt together with NORDUnet will welcome everybody with a vested interest in the research and education community.
In line with the long-established way of shaping the conference there will be plenary sessions with compelling keynote speakers, parallel sessions that cover some of the most recent and relevant topics, ample room for hallway conversations, not forgetting the social networking events such as the opening reception and the dinner.
Participation continues to be both relevant to NREN and Campus staff, including researchers and scientists from all areas.
We will meet up at the Radisson Blu Hotel where the programme will unfold.

From open data to knowledge: enhancing European resilience to health crises
2024-09-11 10:00 - 17:00 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The BY-COVID project is hosting a high-level event entitled “From open data to knowledge: enhancing European resilience to health crises” to highlight and discuss the value of open data and showcasing the impact of the project on science and society.
The event will feature panel discussions with experts from various sectors, including policy-makers from the European and international scene, industry and academia, who will share their insights and experiences when building innovative products, structuring alliances and sustaining long-term initiatives.
The event will also showcase a series of success stories from the BY-COVID project, demonstrating how integrating data from a range of domains can support research, public health and policy.
The interactive format of the event will allow all the participants to share experiences and discuss ways to empower pathogens and infectious disease research and sustain a good basis for future health crises.

Open Science Stories
2024-09-16 - 2024-09-22
Amplifying the work of the scientific community made possible through our open science tools.
Now in its fifth year, Open Science Week will take place Sept. 16-22, 2024. Leaders, producers, educators and users of open science are encouraged to engage with this campaign. A celebration of open science in all its forms – Open Science Week calls attention to scientists and organizations who share their tools, resources and data openly to accelerate research and discovery. This annual celebration, founded and coordinated by the Allen Institute, takes place during the third week of September.
