ISC General Assembly
2025-01-29 - 2025-01-30 | Muscat
The ISC General Assembly is the premier occasion for ISC Members and Affiliated Bodies, Fellows and partners from all domains of science and regions of the world to meet for cross-disciplinary, strategic discussions on challenges and priorities for international cooperation in science. The ISC General Assembly meets in ordinary session every four years.
The Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue, which takes place on 27–28 January, is the segment of the ISC General Assembly focusing on science and is open to a wider public.
The 2025 ISC General Assembly will be hosted by our Member, the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Oman, on 26–30 January 2025. It is the first in-person General Assembly of the ISC since the creation of the organization in July 2018.

Skills4EOSC Workshop: Science4Policy - Bridging the gap between research and decision-making
2025-01-30 - 2025-01-31 | CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, Roma, 00185, Italy
What

Communicating science effectively is becoming increasingly crucial in empowering society to take evidence-informed decisions to address its challenges, especially in the context of evidence-informed policymaking (often referred to as “science4policy”).
The SKILLS4EOSC two-day interactive workshop aims to enhance researchers’ communication skills and facilitate dialogue with policymakers by upskilling communication competencies through theoretical learning and practical application.

Who

Are you a scientist, communicator or policy enthusiast and want to bridge the gap between research and decision-making? Join this interactive workshop to improve your skills in science communication in the context of policy making!
The ideal participants are researchers – in any field – wishing to improve their ability to interact with policy makers. They can be already involved in science4policy activities or simply motivated to start a journey into this new realm. In the registration form they should provide their motivation and experience in the field.

19th International Digital Curation Conference
2025-02-17 - 2025-02-19 | The Hague
The 19th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC25) will take place in The Hague, the Netherlands between 17-19 February 2025.
About the International Digital Curation Conference
The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) is an established annual event with a unique place in the digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data and providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded data practitioners to discuss policy and practice.
Workshop submissions are now open
As part of our IDCC25 programme, we invite submissions for in-person and online workshops. Workshops are events taking place before the main IDCC conference, on Monday 17 February 2025.
In the past the workshops have focused on practical, hands-on work, often being used for training. If you have an established tool or working practice that yields results in the world of research data management, you are also welcome to submit an application and show everyone how it works!
This year we are offering organisers the opportunity to host a workshop in person or online. Learn more about Workshop formats and the submission process via the Workshop page.
Calls for papers, lightning talks and posters have all been extended!
Submissions for papers and lightning talks have been extended to 11 August 2024. Poster submissions are now open until 15 September 2024.

FAIRfest: Celebrating advancements of FAIR solutions in EOSC
2025-02-20 - 2025-02-21 | Madurodam, Madurodam, The Hague, Netherlands
FAIR-IMPACT and FAIRCORE4EOSC partners are glad to invite the broad European research community to FAIRfest, a festival celebrating advancements of FAIR solutions in the European Open Science research landscape.
FAIR in Europe and Worldwide
The Festival will take place on the 20th and 21st of February 2025 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
The event is tied up with the 19th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC25), and will be an opportunity for the European community to meet with the IDCC international audience to learn and debate aound the latest achievements around:

F for Findability: Persistent Identifiers & Knowledge Graphs
A for Accessibility: Semantic Artefacts
I for Interoperability: from the technical to legal interoperability
R for Reusability: Certification, metrics & guidelines for FAIR data and software

A true Festival, with Marketplace
Adopters and implementers of FAIR enabling solutions, tools, methodologies and practices will do a showcase in a marketplace-like settled area. You will have the chance to go around stands, coffee tables and poster areas, stop at those that grab your attention and ask all your questions to those who already “did it”. You’ll get demonstrations of the FAIRCORE4EOSC components, you’ll listen to stories of implementation of the FAIR techniques in real research scenarios from the teams who received support from the FAIR-IMPACT support programme, and you’ll meet FAIR Champions, FAIR ambassadors, interoperability experts and practitioners.
Standing Keynotes, real-life adopters: the agenda
Four plenary sessions will be mixed up with parallel, technical sessions. Standing keynotes will kick-start provocative discussion items, and case studies and use cases will be described during two parallel sessions in the afternoon of day 1. The wide-ranging agenda is conceived to leave you time to think, discuss, and enjoy food, coffee, tea and company.
Never visited Madurodam? Then come!
The FAIRFest is taking place in Madurodam (www.madurodam.nl), a beautiful miniature park in the Scheveningen district of The Hague. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments. Join us for a unique opportunity to also have a special dinner in the charming atmosphere of the park!
Register now

Target audience: Researchers and data practitioners, data stewards, data service providers and repository managers, research performing organisation staff, open science national level initiatives, and representatives of projects, initiatives, and actors in both EOSC and FAIR ecosystems.
Venue: Madurodam, George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ The Hague, The Netherlands

Open Data Expo 2025
2025-03-05 09:00 - 13:00 (Europe/Paris) | FH Technikum Wien
Anlässlich des internationalen Open Data Days 2025 laden die FH Technikum Wien und die Wirtschaftsagentur Wien zur 4. Open Data Expo am 5. März 2025 ein. Auch in diesem Jahr lautet das Motto “Daten erleben und begreifen”. Dabei werden zahlreiche Anwendungen und Projekte präsentiert, die auf öffentlich zugänglichen Daten basieren. Teilnehmer*innen der Open Data Expo haben die Möglichkeit, in 3 Gruppen zu je 20 Personen die Zentrale des Wiener Luftmessnetzes zu besuchen. Zusätzlich werden Workshops angeboten.

Programm

09:00 bis 09:20 Uhr: Eröffnung
09:20 bis 13:00 Uhr: freie Besichtigung der Stände und Projekte der Open Data Expo
09:30 Uhr: Netzwerktreffen “DataConnect Community AT” / “DataBusiness Community AT”, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, Stadt Wien, Gaia-X Hub Austria, Data Intelligence Offensive, Know-Center, Hörsaal HS_F0.02
11:00 Uhr: Workshop “Datenanalyse und Visualisierung”, FH Technikum Wien, Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, EDV-Saal EDV_F2.02
ab 11:00 Uhr: Besuche der Zentrale des Wiener Luftmessnetzes:

11:00 Uhr: Gruppe 1
11:45 Uhr: Gruppe 2
12:30 Uhr: Gruppe 3

Datenlehrpfad 2025
2025-03-06 13:00 - 16:30 | Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Am 6. März richtet die Stadt Wien den Open Data-Lehrpfad aus.
Diese Initiative zielt darauf ab, „Veränderungen in der Stadt mit Hilfe von Daten“ aufzuzeigen.
Der Treffpunkt ist um 13:00 Uhr am Stephansplatz, beim Südturm des Stephansdoms.
Der Lehrpfad endet auch 2025 mit einem Besuch im Parlament, wo Expert*innen der Parlamentsdirektion und der Universität Wien Einblicke in das erweiterte Open Data-Angebot des Parlaments geben.
Den Abschluss der Veranstaltung bildet eine Führung durch das historische Gebäude mit besonderem Fokus auf die Parlamentsdaten.
Hinweis: Für den Zutritt ins Parlament ist eine extra Registrierung erforderlich.
Auf diesem Lehrpfades werden folgende Stationen besucht:

Bundesdenkmalamt
Wien Digital
Wiener Wasser
Urban Innovation Vienna
Stadtvermessung Wien
Wiener Linien
Parlament Österreich

Wann findet diese Veranstaltung statt?6. März 2025
Beginn: 13:00
Ende: 16:30
Zum Kalender hinzufügen

Building the EOSC Federation: Kick-off workshop for the build-up phase of the EOSC Federation
2025-03-17 - 2025-03-18 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The EOSC EU Node will take part in the upcoming Kick-off Workshop for the build-up phase of the EOSC Federation, organised by the EOSC Tripartite Governance under the auspices of DG RTD, on 17-18 March 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. This event will bring together representatives from 12 invited organisations and one consortium, the European Commission with the EOSC EU Node contractors, and the EOSC Association to shape the early phase of the EOSC Federation build-up.
As the first reference node in the unfolding EOSC Federation, the EOSC EU Node implements core federating capabilities and provides horizontal infrastructure and application services to support cross-node scientific workflows. The workshop will create a unique opportunity to present the EOSC EU Node’s technical architecture and solutions to the other node candidates and actively contribute to discussions on the key aspects of the early federation building exercise, ensuring alignment with the common interests of all involved organisations and other stakeholders of the EOSC ecosystem.
The workshop agenda will focus on:

Planning the main activities of the build-up phase based on draft project proposals of the node candidates.
Defining the organisational modalities for effective collaboration.

EOSC EU Node representatives will contribute to discussions across
multiple highly relevant topics:

Identity and resource management
How can we ensure seamless authentication and authorisation (AAI) across the EOSC Federation? What role do PIDs, metadata standards, and resource discovery play in enabling interoperability?
Federated workflows, application orchestration, and monitoring
How can we enable cross-node scientific workflows? What tools and standards should be in place for workflow management, orchestration, and Virtual Research Environments (VREs)?
Security, privacy, and policy frameworks
What security policies and IT certifications should the EOSC Federation adopt? How do we ensure GDPR compliance and define clear Rules of Participation (RoP) for nodes and services?
Scientific services, FAIR research objects, and use cases
How do we ensure EOSC services and research objects (data, software, workflows) are FAIR? What are the best practices for data curation, provenance tracking, and real-world use cases?
Skills, training, and engagement strategies for the EOSC Federation
What training and capacity-building efforts are needed to support researchers and service providers? How do we engage new communities and structure EOSC onboarding processes effectively?

2. Österreichischen Bibliothekskongress
2025-03-25 - 2025-03-28 | Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Unter dem Motto „Demokratisch – Divers – Nachhaltig“ öffnen wir die Türen zu einem bedeutenden Forum, das den aktuellen Wandel unserer Welt reflektiert.
Aktuelle politische und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen verlangen eine umsichtige Auseinandersetzung in der Arbeitswelt, der Lehre und Ausbildung wie auch im privaten Umfeld.
Wissenschaftliche und öffentliche Bibliotheken spielen hierbei eine zentrale Rolle. Sie sind nicht nur Knowledge Hubs, sondern auch aktive Akteure unserer Gesellschaft. Mit ihrem technischen Know-how, ihrer administrativen Expertise und ihrem breiten Informationsangebot tragen sie dazu bei, Lösungsansätze zu entwickeln und neue Dienstleistungen zu etablieren. Darüber hinaus fördern sie Kooperationen und bieten somit einen wichtigen Mehrwert für die Gesellschaft.
Der Bibliothekskongress dient als bedeutende Plattform für Austausch, Information, Diskussion und Vernetzung. Er zeigt die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den renommierten nationalen Bibliotheksverbänden – der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare (VÖB) und dem Büchereiverband Österreichs (BVÖ) – in einem inspirierenden Rahmen auf.
Es erwarten Sie zahlreiche Vorträge von Expert*innen und ein spannendes Rahmenprogramm!
Wir freuen uns auf wegweisende Diskussionen und Impulse beim 2. Österreichischen Bibliothekskongress in Wien!

2025 EUA Annual Conference
2025-04-10 - 2025-04-11 | Latvia
While sustainability is about building a better future, resilience is about overcoming internal and external challenges. Crucially, both elements are needed for universities to succeed in today’s world.
The 2025 EUA Annual Conference, hosted by the University of Latvia in Riga from 10-11 April, will strive to define what sustainability and resilience, as multi-faceted concepts, mean for universities. By ‘Connecting the dots on sustainability and resilience’, this event will explore how universities can contribute to a more sustainable future, both on and off campus, while strengthening institutional and societal resilience. So, how can university leadership and communities best pursue sustainability and resilience as key objectives of institutional missions, strategies and activities?
To reflect on this, the 2025 Annual Conference will explore what sustainability means from the point of view of funding, digitalisation, academic careers and university leadership. Sessions will also shine a spotlight on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showcasing how they can be put into action by universities. At the same time, participants will reflect on how institutions can become resilient without turning inwards on themselves, in sessions dedicated to knowledge security and inclusion.

Open Science – Chance oder Herausforderung?
2025-04-14 08:45 - 17:20 | Unicorn, Schubertstraße 6a, Graz, 8010, Austria
Die Idee von „Offener Wissenschaft“ (Open Science) ist bereits seit Langem in vielen Disziplinen und Forschungseinrichtungen etabliert und verspricht unter anderem eine bessere Überprüfbarkeit von Forschungsergebnissen und damit mehr Vertrauen in die Wissenschaft; schnelleren Erkenntnisgewinn durch mehr Austausch, Kooperation und Nachnutzung; mehr Fairness in Bezug auf den Zugang zu Tools und Infrastruktur. Sie birgt aber auch Herausforderungen: Diese können technischer und organisatorischer Natur sein (Entwicklung, Finanzierung und Governance von Plattformen, Software o.Ä.) oder in verschiedenen Auffassungen einer bestmöglichen Nutzung und Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse liegen. Zudem beinflussen ethische und rechtliche Grundsätze (Umgang mit Versuchstieren oder Proband:innen, Anonymisierung von Forschungsdaten, Verwertung von Forschungsergebnissen etc.) den Umgang mit Open Science.
Im Rahmen dieser Tagung werden Personen aus unterschiedlichen Arbeitsbereichen an der Universität Graz zu diesen Aspekten Stellung nehmen und aus ihrer eigenen Perspektive dazu berichten.
Programm

Ready to normalise openness?
2025-04-24
Wir sind es gewohnt, Open Education von bestehenden Frameworks und (Infra-)Strukturen her zu denken – und Openness “aufzupfropfen”.
Warum nicht die Richtung umdrehen und Umgebungen und Praktiken grundlegend offen erdenken?
Was, wenn offene Lehre die Norm wäre und nicht die Ausnahme?
Dann sei dabei beim Barcamp #3!
Am 24. April 2025 findet das dritte OER-OER-Infrastruktur-Barcamp #oertopia an der Universität Innsbruck statt.
Weitere Infos
* Website: https://oerbase.github.io/Barcamp3/
* Anmeldung unter oer@uibk.ac.at<mailto:oer@uibk.ac.at>
* Nachlese vergangene Barcamps: https://oerbase.github.io/Barcamp2/barcamp-1/ und https://oerbase.github.io/Barcamp2/barcamp-2/
Beim dritten OER-Infrastruktur-Barcamp #oertopia laden wir Dich dazu ein, radikal neu zu denken und bestehende Paradigmen in Frage zu stellen!
Von Widersprüchen, Ambivalenzen oder Vorläufigkeiten lassen wir uns dabei nicht aufhalten.
Diskussionsthemen

Wie verändert die zunehmende Fähigkeit von KI, Inhalte zu generieren, unser Verständnis von Urheberschaft und Originalität?
Welche alternativen Modelle gibt es, um Wissen und Kreativität zu teilen und zu schützen?
Welche Widersprüche existieren innerhalb der Open-Bewegung und wie können wir diese konstruktiv angehen?
Open Educational Practices (OEP) als Standard
Welche neuen Technologien oder alte Ideen können die Verbreitung und Nutzung von OER verbessern?
Community-Building in der OER-Welt – zeigemäß?
Nachhaltige Finanzierung von OER-Projekten
OER und (hochschul-)politische Maßnahmen und Strategien
OER und Inklusion
Creators Corner: Welche Best Practices und Tools gibt es, um hochwertige OER-Inhalte effizient zu erstellen und zu verwalten?
Gamification und OER
Interaktive und multimediale OER: Welche Möglichkeiten bieten interaktive und multimediale Inhalte für die OER-Landschaft?
OER-Qualitätssicherung – technologisch und organisatorisch
Kooperation zwischen OER-Repositorien: Wie können OER-Repositorien weltweit besser zusammenarbeiten, um Ressourcen zu teilen und zu verbreiten?
KI als adminsitrative oder technische Unterstützung bei der Verwaltung oder Bereitstellung von OER
…

Diese Themen sind nur der Anfang. Wir ermutigen euch, im Sinne eines Barcamps als Teilgeber:innen eure eigenen Ideen und Fragen mitzubringen, um neue Sichtweisen zu generieren

Kulturpool Stakeholder Forum 2025
2025-05-05 - 2025-05-06 | Linz
Das diesjährige Stakeholder Forum ist zu Gast im Ars Electronica Center Linz und beleuchtet das digitalisierte Kulturerbe im Zusammenspiel von (Nach)Nutzung, Infrastruktur und Innovation. Die zweitägige Veranstaltung richtet sich an Fachleute aus dem GLAM-Bereich sowie Interessierte aus Wissenschaft, Kunst, Kultur, Politik und Kreativwirtschaft.
Wie sieht die Zukunft des digitalisierten Kulturerbes aus? Welche Infrastrukturen fördern Innovationen? Welche Möglichkeiten zur (Nach)Nutzung gibt es? Und welche Herausforderungen gilt es anzugehen?
Ganz nach dem Motto „Innovation braucht Infrastruktur, Infrastruktur braucht Innovation“ lädt das Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport (BMWKMS) gemeinsam mit dem Kulturpool, der Österreichischen Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG) und dem Ars Electronica Center zu einem vielfältigen Programm mit viel Raum zum Diskutieren und Austauschen.

HMC Conference 2025
2025-05-12 - 2025-05-14 | Cologne
The Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) promotes the qualitative enrichment of research data by means of metadata – and implements this approach across the whole organization.
HMC develops and implements novel concepts and technologies for a sustainable handling of research data through high-quality metadata. Its main goal is to make the depth and breadth of research data produced by Helmholtz Centres findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) for the whole science community. Read more

Let’s Talk about Science Reform! A Workshop on Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Investigating the Open Science Movement
2025-05-12 09:00 - 18:00 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Over the last decade the science system has been going through some fundamental changes and even something of a structural reformation. Spearheaded primarily by groups of biomedical scientists, psychologists and economists, a reform movement pushing for more openness and verifiability in science has been underway: the Open Science Movement. This movement first started to gain momentum when claims about a credibility crisis were made. Failures of large-scale replication attempts, seeking to test key studies in some (sub-)disciplines, worsened initial fears and were quickly treated as proof that fundamental problems did in fact exist and a crisis was indeed unfolding. As a result, the narrative of a broken science or science in crisis was quickly adopted and promoted across the boundaries of these disciplines. Trans-disciplinary communities began to form, pushing for systematic interventions to improve the science system overall and to remedy perceived issues of wide-spread irreproducibility as well as a general opacity in science.
While Open Science reforms have garnered quite a bit of positive attention from researchers, the media, funders, and policymakers alike, they have also received some fundamental criticism over the years. Critics have, for instance, pointed to a rather narrow understanding of what constitutes ‘good’ science and how this produces new mechanisms of exclusion rather than inclusion. Similarly, critics have questioned if the implementations of Open Science measures have in fact benefitted all stakeholders of the global science system as promised. In addition to issues with the assumed universal virtue of Open Science, critical voices have pointed towards an often abrasive discourse culture associated with the Open Science movement (see “brOpen Science” and “the tone debate”). Hence, Open Science principles, their implementations, and those communities promoting them, have themselves become the objects of critical scientific inquiry in recent years.
To explore these critical debates around Open Science and science reform, we are bringing together leading scholars who contributed to these debates as part of a one-day in-person workshop in Berlin. Each of our invited speakers will briefly present their own research on the varying aspects of the Open Science reform movement and elaborate on how they theoretically and/or methodologically address the issues they sought to investigate.
To start off the workshop, Sheena F. Bartscherer will present her ongoing investigations into the value systems and narratives underlying the Open Science movement. In her talk, she will explore the self-perception and public communication of reformers’ activism, highlighting international replication initiatives and their surrounding community.
Sven Ulpts will proceed with a talk on agreements and discrepancies between researchers’ perspectives and the ideals promoted by Open Science reformers on issues like the practice and role of preregistration, replication as well as reproducibility. Hence, in his talk he will explore how current notions of Open Science reform relate to the actual realities and aims of researchers, who are supposed to live by the standards proposed or even demanded by reformers.
This will be followed by Fernanda Beigel who will highlight the social and technical conditions underlying the advancements, controversies and resistances to Open Science reform in the social sciences and humanities. In particular, she will compare the ideals of Openness as propagated by current reform movements with implemented forms of Openness in Latin America and the historical conditions as well as developments that such local (indigenous) forms of Openness are contingent on.
Stefanie Haustein will explore the publishing side of Open Science in her talk, discussing her research on the financial dimensions underlying the actual implementation of Open Science. In particular, she will speak on open access models and how large academic publishers are able to make an even larger profit with new formats such as APCs.
Afterwards, Bart Penders will talk about how current science reform relates to the War on Science. Based on theories of politics of quantification, he will explore how the Open Science reform movement elevates specific epistemologies to be the guiding principle for all of science and how the roles of statistics, fraud, reliability and retractions are used and sometimes even weaponized.
Lastly, David Peterson will conclude the round of talks by presenting his work on theoretically approaching Metascience as a social movement, reflecting on how this conceptualization of the Metascience community behind the Open Science reform has been taken up by other researchers since, to characterize and investigate Open Science reform.
We will wrap up the workshop with an open panel discussion involving all six speakers, encouraging the audience to participate in a communal discussion and reflection of the day’s proceedings. We intend to find topics as well as perspectives that we – as researchers interested in researching science reform – still need to address.
The aim of this event is to provide a forum for the critical reflection of theoretical and methodological approaches to investigate modern science reform and Open Science more specifically. We invite scholars interested in the social and epistemic dimensions of Open Science as well as those curious about studying science reform more broadly, to attend this workshop. Everyone, whether critical or enthusiastic about Open Science, is invited and welcome to join!
For registration please send an email directly to Sven Ulpts via: su@ps.au.dk
Deadline for registrations is Sunday, April 20th 2025

Europe Biobank Week 2025
2025-05-13 - 2025-05-16 | Bologna
The most important event of the year in the global biobanking community!
Join us at Bologna Congressi, Italy from 13-16 May 2025 at #EBW25 for the biggest biobanking networking opportunity, to meet industry representatives at the exhibition, discuss the newest findings and hot topics with experts from healthcare, academia, and industry, and attend high-quality scientific programmes.
The congress will highlight state-of-the-art biobanking innovations and research. This action-packed congress will feature keynote presentations, panels and workshops organised by ESBB and BBMRI-ERIC.
Details on sponsorship and registration will follow shortly on the EBW website.

EOSC-A’s 10th General Assembly
2025-05-27 - 2025-05-28 | Antwerp
The 10th General Assembly meeting of the EOSC Association will be held as an in-person, lunch-to-lunch event on 27-28 May 2025 in Antwerp. Details regarding registration, event venue, accommodation options, and recommendations for things to do in Antwerp are provided below.
GA#10 will take place alongside the closing event for the EOSC Focus project and the kick-off of its successor, EOSC GRAVITY. Members planning to attend the handover from EOSC Focus to EOSC GRAVITY on 26 May 2025 need to complete a separate registration form.

Registration
Registration for GA#10 is now open! To participate in this important event, where members will elect the next President of the EOSC Association, please complete the registration form by 5 May 2025 (23:59 CEST).

Venue
EOSC Association’s 10th General Assembly will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Antwerp City Centre.
The hotel is ideally located in front of the magnificent Antwerp Central Station, just steps away from the city’s trendy and historic center. The venue is easily accessible by train and car, with a direct train from Brussels Airport (Zaventem) to Antwerp Central Station in just 30 minutes. There is also a direct Eurostar connection to Antwerp.

Address: Koningin Astridplein 7, 2018 Antwerp
Telephone: +32 (0) 3 203 12 34
E-mail: info.astrid.antwerp@radissonblu.com
Parking: Private underground parking with direct hotel access (€21.00/24h)

Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata
2025-05-28 - 2025-05-29 | Bologna
We invite to the Workshop Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata (WOOC) researchers, scholarly publishers, funders, policy makers, institutions, and open citations advocates, interested in the widespread adoption of practises for creation, sharing, reuse and improvement of open scholarly metadata.
This year edition of the workshop will gravitate around the following theme:
“Open Access of Research Information”
In particular, the first day will be dedicated to the Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information, to encourage discussion between the signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration and other interested bodies and collaboratively orient the common roadmap, thus allowing the articulation of the outcomes that have recently been discussed during the Paris Conference on Open Research Information.
The second day will be dedicated to invited contributions, presentations and a poster session selected among the participants in the call for contributions on the workshop theme.
The participation to both the days of WOOC 2025 is open to everyone, and in particular OpenCitations and the WOOC organizing committee aim to welcome the signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration, and anyone interested in Open Research Information in an interactive event that aspires to encourage the incubation of ideas to strategically orienting the development of practices in open research information.
The Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata 2025 will be organized in the spaces of the University of Bologna, one of the signatories of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information and CoARA, of which it is also leader of the CoARA National Chapter.

We dare to open science
2025-06-03 08:45 - 17:00 | TU Wien Bibliothek, Vortragsraum
TU Wien Bibliothek invites you to the first Open Science Day at TU Wien — an event by and for researchers. Organized by TU Wien Bibliothek with the support of the Vice Rector for Digitalisation and Infrastructure, this event is your platform to share, learn, and connect – whether you publish open access, manage research data, work with open source code, or engage in citizen science.
When and where?
Date: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
Time: 08:45 – 17:00
Location: TU Wien Bibliothek, 5th floor, lecture room
Language: German, English
Why attend?

Learn how Open Science is taking shape at TU Wien
Discover good-practice examples from colleagues
Explore services and tools to support your research
Talk openly about challenges and needs
Connect with peers in an informal setting

Register now
Questions? Contact us at sekretariat@tuwien.ac.at
We look forward to seeing you there!
Programme
08:45–09:00 | Welcome Coffee
09:00–09:15 | Opening by Library Director Beate Guba and Overview by Moderator Philipp Steger
09:15–10:30 | Session I: Participatory Research – Good Practices & Challenges

“Citizen science and urban transformation” – Christian Peer (future.lab Research Center)
“Citizen Science data supported forest monitoring: Potential, Challenges, and Limitations” – Markus Hollaus (Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation)
“Soil Walks: How Numbers and Data can raise Awareness for Soil Protection” – Elias Grinzinger, Barbara Steinbrunner (Institute of Spatial Planning)

10:30–11:00 | Discussion
11:00–12:30 | Session II: Research Practices From Open Access to AI

“Community led publishing: Opportunities, challenges and pitfalls using the example of Quantum” – Marcus Huber (Faculty of Physics)
“Automated Reasoning” – Laura Kovacs (Faculty of Informatics)
“Open Science in Industry Collaborations: Challenges in Recommender Systems and Behavioral Data Analysis” – Julia Neidhardt (Faculty of Informatics)

12:30–13:00 | Discussion
13:00–14:00 | Lunch & Networking
14:00–14:20 | Pitch Session: Services for Open Science @ TU Wien

Citizen Science, Open Access Publishing, Journal Hosting, Recognising Predatory Publishing, PID-Services, Davis as an Open Infrastructure, Text- and Data Mining, TU Wien Academic Press, TU Wien Research Data Repository

14:30–15:30 | Session III: The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)

Short introduction to the EOSC – Beate Guba (Library)
“Data Quality Framework for EOSC” – Chris Schubert (Library)
“Different shades of FAIR” – Tomasz Miksa (Center for Research Data Management)

15:30 | Closing Remarks
Afterwards | Informal networking with refreshments

Forschungsdaten finden und nachnutzen
2025-06-03 15:30 - 17:00 | Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 3a, Graz, 8010, Austria
Die Wiederverwendung von Daten ist eine entscheidende Fähigkeit für moderne Forscher, die erhebliche Vorteile in Bezug auf Effizienz, Kosteneffektivität und wissenschaftlichen Fortschritt bieten kann. Dieser Workshop will den Teilnehmenden praktische Techniken zum Auffinden und verantwortungsvollen Wiederverwenden von universitären Forschungsdaten vermitteln.
Er behandelt die Navigation durch führende Datenrepositorien, das Verständnis der FAIR-Datenprinzipien und die Berücksichtigung ethischer und lizenzrechtlicher Aspekte. Die Teilnehmenden diskutieren umsetzbare Strategien zur Nutzung bestehender Datensätze, die potenziell Zeit und Ressourcen sparen und gleichzeitig neue Wege für innovative Forschung eröffnen.
Durch die Förderung einer effektiven Datenwiederverwendung unterstützt das Nachnutzen von Forschungsdaten die Open-Science-Initiativen der Europäischen Union, fördert die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit und steht im Einklang mit den Zielen von Horizon Europe für einen stärker integrierten Europäischen Forschungsraum.

Wann: Dienstag 03.06.2025, 15:30 – 17:00
Wo: SR 62.31 (0062030188)
Sprache: DE

International conference of Core Technologies for Life Science (CTLS)
2025-06-10 - 2025-06-12 | Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
We’re excited to invite you to join us at the CTLS 2025 Congress happening in the beautiful city of Brno! This gathering is going to be an excellent opportunity, bringing together core facility administrators, managers, researchers, and professionals to talk, collaborate, and dive into why core facilities are key to shaping the scientific world.
Registration open: September 2024
Early registration deadline: February 2025
Abstract submission deadline: March 2025

Building Capacity for Open Science
2025-06-11 | Paris, Paris, France
The Skills4EOSC project’s final conference, ‘Building Capacity for Open Science’, will take place on June 11, 2025. The event is co-organized with the French Ministry of Research and other national partners and will be held at the Condorcet Campus in Paris. The conference will highlight the achievements of Skills4EOSC, which aims to empower researchers and professionals with the skills needed to advance the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

The conference will feature discussions on key topics, including the strategic vision for Open Science skills and the role of Competence Centres in supporting research and training. Sessions are also dedicated to exploring the impact of data stewardship and collaborative networks in driving Open Science forward and innovative approaches to upskilling professionals, decision-makers, and academia.

FAIR-EASE FINAL EVENT
2025-06-12 | Paris, Paris, France
Join us in Paris on June 12th for the final event of the FAIR-EASE project, a key gathering of Earth science researchers, policymakers, data scientists, and EOSC stakeholders. This full-day event marks the culmination of three years of work toward building an Open Science EOSC Node that empowers Earth System Science through interoperable, FAIR-aligned digital services.
The morning will feature two dynamic roundtable sessions. The first will present the main results of the FAIR-EASE project, highlighting key outcomes and achievements across disciplines and domains. The second roundtable will look ahead to the future of Earth Science communities within the EOSC Federation, focusing on sustainability, integration with research infrastructures, and the continued development of FAIR-oriented services. Both sessions will bring together voices from the scientific community, EOSC representatives, and major data providers including Copernicus, ESA, and ECMWF.
In the afternoon, we’ll dive deeper into the interdisciplinary and technical challenges that FAIR-EASE has addressed. Through live demonstrations, we’ll explore the innovative solutions developed for data discovery, access, and analysis. A poster session will showcase the full breadth of project results and use cases, providing a space for open exchange and feedback.
This event is a moment to reflect, share lessons learned, and look ahead to how FAIR-EASE’s work can continue to shape a more connected and collaborative scientific future.
We invite you to express your interest and pre-register below.

2025 Coordination meeting of EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe
2025-06-26 - 2025-06-27 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
On 26-27 June 2025, the European Commission, represented by DG for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), DG for Communications Networks Content and Technology (DG CNECT), and the European Research Executive Agency (REA), will host the 2025 Coordination meeting of EOSC-related projects funded under Horizon Europe.

Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact
2025-07-07 - 2025-07-08 | Paris, Paris, France
We are pleased to invite you to save the date for the upcoming conference “Open Science: Monitoring Progress, Assessing Impact,” taking place on 7 and 8 July 2025 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris and online.
Co-organized by UNESCO, OpenAIRE, PathOS, EOSC Track, and OSMI, this two-day event will bring together global experts, policymakers, and practitioners to explore how we monitor progress in open science and assess its diverse impacts, from research and innovation to societal benefits.
Sessions will include evidence-based insights from major initiatives, hands-on workshops, and discussions on future directions aligned with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
Registration will open soon, and more details will follow.

Research Service Days
2025-08-20 - 2025-08-22 | Tampere University
The annual Research Service Days is a professional event for research administration and management experts at universities and research institutes. This year the event is organised by Tampere University and TAMK.
Don’t miss GraspOS partners’ presentations on 21 August:

From 13:15-14:30: Open Science as Part of Researcher Evaluation, Maria Pietilä, Anni Tarkiainen, Heikki Laitinen & Katri Rintamäki, University of Eastern Finland.
At 14:30: A Hybrid Indicator for Assessing a University’s Societal Engagement (Poster), Anni Tarkiainen, Heikki Laitinen & Katri Rintamäki, University of Eastern Finland

CORDI 2025
2025-08-26 - 2025-08-28 | Aachen
The second edition of the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI) will take place from August 26 to 28, 2025 at RWTH Aachen University . A broad program is planned in the CARL lecture hall center with keynotes, lectures, poster sessions and a market of opportunities. A call for papers and a call for posters will be published at www.nfdi.de/cordi-2025/ .
CoRDI stands for more comprehensive knowledge through better use of research data and the resulting social added value.
Mark the last week of August 2025 in your calendar now. The organisers look forward to welcoming national and international players from all research fields as well as from the infrastructure sector to CoRDI 2025 in Aachen.

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29th Annual International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators
2025-09-03 - 2025-09-05 | Bristol
The 29th Annual STI-ENID Conference, themed “Reconciliation of Research and Measurement,” explores how to bridge divides in methodology, epistemology, and indicator debates while addressing equity and diversity in research culture. Hosted by the University of Bristol, renowned for its commitment to reconciliation and inclusion, the conference fosters critical dialogue on harmonizing diverse perspectives and practices to advance equitable, impactful research.
The 2025 conference will explore themes around reconciling our own research and perspectives with new developments in the field such as: how CoARA is interpreted and implemented; how we can work with a new generation of meta-researchers; and, towards that end, how we can embrace a wider interdisciplinary and methodological tool sets in our a stronger STI-ENID community.
Together, we’ll chart pathways toward more united research systems and a stronger STI-ENID community.

Open Science Festival at the University of Vienna
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-09 | Universität Wien
Join us for two days of inspiration, innovation, and connection at the historic Campus of the University of Vienna! The Open Science Festival brings together researchers, students, and research support staff to:

Explore the future of Open Science through keynotes and panel discussions
Build skills in interactive workshops
Discover ongoing work through poster sessions and lightning talks
Make connections and become part of a vibrant academic community through networking opportunities

Whether you’re a student, researcher, or research support specialist – there’s something for everyone.
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details! Registration info is coming soon!
We can’t wait to welcome you to Vienna and see you there!

Swiss Open Academic Data
2025-09-10 | Zurich
SOAD has the ambition to build a community for Swiss researchers and practitioners around open academic data. We’re looking to connect users of all experience levels, organize annual gatherings, and explore ways to share best practices across platforms like OpenAIRE, OpenAlex, and ORCID. Whether you’re experienced or just curious, you can expect engaging discussions, hands-on workshops, and collaborative opportunities to deepen your understanding and learn how to make the most of these open data sources. Together, we aim to tackle common challenges, share insights, and create a supportive network to make open academic data more accessible and impactful across Swiss institutions.
The call for contributions is now open!

OSCA Perspectives - From Institutional Commitment towards National and European Infrastructures
2025-09-11 - 2025-09-12 | Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria
The OSCA (Open Scientific Collections Austria) consortium is an association of natural science museums and university collections with the aim of building up skills and capacities for the digitization of natural science collections in Austria. The consortium will meet from September 11th to 12th, 2025, at the Natural History Museum in Vienna to discuss perspectives related to the digital transformation of natural science collections. In 2025, Austria will also become part of the European Research Infrastructure DiSSCo (Distributed System of Scientific Collections) as an early adopter, with the goal of establishing a federated European Infrastructure as a powerful tool for data-intensive research based on real world collection objects.
On the first day the talks will focus on the processes involved from institutional commitment towards national and European infrastructures. Various infrastructures will be presented and talks will outline the overall visions, emphasizing the richness and contextualization within the landscape of Research Infrastructures.
On the second day, a hands-on workshop and interactive training will give the opportunity to work on data transfer from institutions to the OSCA Cache, the national data aggregation node for DiSSCo.

The conference is free of charge. We kindly ask participants to organize their own travel to Vienna and accommodation in Vienna.
If you are interested in participating, please register by August 25, 2025 via osca@nhm.at
