Workshop: Making the Competence Centres Network sustainable and enhanced
2024-10-21 09:00 - 12:30 (Europe/Paris) | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The Skills4EOSC project has organised a collaborative workshop bringing together Competence Centres from our European network, project partners, and guests from other related projects, all focused on Open Science competence development.
This interactive session will focus on three key areas:

Ensuring the sustainability of our Competence Centre network
Exploring how the network can better support individual Competence Centres
Enhancing the overall experience and effectiveness of our collaboration

Participants can share insights, challenges, and innovative ideas through facilitated discussions and breakout groups. We aim to generate concrete proposals that will shape the future of Open Science training and support across Europe.

Participation

This workshop is a closed event, reserved for:

Representatives from Skills4EOSC Competence Centres
Skills4EOSC project partners
Invited professionals involved in Open Science training and support
Guests from other related projects

If you have received an invitation please proceed with the registration process.
For any questions, or if believe you qualify to attend, please contact coordinator@skills4eosc.eu .

Draft Agenda
October 21, 2024, from 9:00 to 12:30 CEST

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome and introduction to the Workshop

9:15- 9:45

Skills4EOSC offerings for Competence Centres and presentation of the Competence Centre Network

9:45 – 10:30

Breakout Session 1: Network aspects (two tables for each topic)

Topic 1: Sustainability and Governance of the Network
Topic 2: How the Network Can Support Competence Centres
Topic 3: EOSC Node & Competence Centre

Participants will be divided into tables of around 10 people to discuss these topics in depth.

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:30

Breakout Session 2: Competence Centre aspects (two tables for each topic)

Topic 4: Services Offered by Competence Centres
Topic 5: Integrating the Data Stewardship Curriculum into Competence Centre Services
Topic 6: Sustainability and Governance of Competence Centres

Again, participants will be divided into tables of around 10 people to ensure focused discussions.

11:30 – 12:30

Final Session: Wrap-up and closing remarks
This session will briefly overview the discussions from both breakout sessions, highlighting key points and action items.

This event will take place in the same location as the EOSC Symposium, which will begin at 13:00 on October 21.

National Open Science Festival 2024 at Maastricht University
2024-10-22 | Maastricht, Netherlands
Maastricht University (UM) will be the venue for the National Open Science Festival on 22 October 2024 at the School of Business and Economics (SBE). Since the founding of Open Science NL, it has taken over the organisation of the festival and made an annual budget available for it. However, the National Open Science Festival is truly a festival for and by the community. The organising committee of the 2024 edition comprises staff from UM, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), National Coordination Point Research Data Management (LCRDM) and Open Science NL. Additionally, a programme committee reflecting the broad Open Science community is currently being formed. Read more about this event on the website of Open Science NL.
Registration
The opening of registration will be announced via the Open Science NL website and newsletter, as well as via DANS, LCRDM, UM and OSCNL. Furthermore, the National Open Science Festival will once again feature its own website, offering people the opportunity to sign up as presenters for programme components or register as visitors.
The importance of Open Science at UM
The aim of Open Science is to strengthen collaboration, both among individual researchers and between other parties and scientists. Open Science makes research more transparent, controllable, faster, more efficient, reproducible and more sustainable. The idea is that civil society organisations, patient organisations, companies and other organisations can all benefit from easy access to scientific research. The National Open Science Festival embodies this vision and invites researchers and support staff with an interest in Open Science to attend, learn from each other and exchange ideas.
Visit the UM website on Open Science to learn how to incorporate it into your research.

EOSCxNFDI
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-24 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
The EOSC Symposium will take place in Berlin from October 21-23, 2024. NFDI is the mandated organisation for Germany in the EOSC Association and is a partner at the EOSC Symposium.
NFDI would like to use this opportunity for exchange in Germany and is therefore organising a side event together with EOSC on October 23-24, 2024.
The objective of the side event is to demonstrate the intertwined developments and communities of NFDI and EOSC. It is intended to provide a framework for participants from EOSC and NFDI to address and discuss common topics and facilitate mutual understanding. Presentations, panel discussions and sufficient time for exchange are planned. Additionally, an interactive format will be provided with the planned world café.
We are pleased to be able to allocate some additional places due to changes in room capacities. We therefore cordially invite you to register for the event:

EOSCxNFDI
NFDI side event to the EOSC Symposium
H4 Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 32, 10178 Berlin

23 October (from 4 p.m.) to 24 October 2024 (approx. 3:30 p.m.)

Registration
If you are able to attend the event, please register by 25 September at https://eveeno.com/eoscxnfdi. We will keep you up to date via the portal in future and provide you with further information on the agenda and travelling to the event.

Please note: Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. If the available places are full, there will be a waiting list.

Taking part in the event is completely free of charge. Unfortunately, we cannot cover the costs of accommodation and travel.

Registration for the EOSC Symposium and EOSCxNFDI takes place separately. The EOSC Symposium is now fully booked on site, but the online participation is still possible.

Evening Programme
An evening event is also planned for 23 October. This will take place from 6.30 pm at the Landesvertretung Schleswig-Holstein (Schleswig-Holstein State Representation), In den Ministergärten 8, 10117 Berlin.

FAIR-DI European Conference on Data Intelligence 2024
2024-10-27 - 2024-10-30 | Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Building on the success of previous editions, we are pleased to announce the upcoming FAIR-DI European Conference on Data Intelligence 2024. Following the remarkable achievements and insightful discussions at the 2020 and 2022 Conferences on a FAIR Data Infrastructure for Materials Genomics, we are excited to continue the discussion and further collaboration and innovation in this growing field with the theme of Data Intelligence.

FAIR-DI European Conference on Data Intelligence 2024
2024-10-27 08:00 - 2024-10-30 17:00 | Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Building on the success of previous editions, we are pleased to announce the upcoming FAIR-DI European Conference on Data Intelligence 2024. Following the remarkable achievements and insightful discussions at the 2020 and 2022 Conferences on a FAIR Data Infrastructure for Materials Genomics, we are excited to continue the discussion and further collaboration and innovation in this growing field with the theme of Data Intelligence.

Post-deadline Abstract Submission:
In response to the overwhelming interest in our conference and the rapid advancements in the field of data intelligence, we are excited to announce that we are now accepting post-deadline submissions for abstracts. We have reserved 4 post-deadline talk slots and multiple poster presentation opportunities during the conference program.
We invite you to submit your abstracts by September 8, 2024.

POST-DEADLINE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION>

Conference topics:

The “NFDI Cosmos”
Data management, stewardship & databases (FAIR research, repositories, ontologies, error quantification, etc.)
Machine learning (ML) applications using existing data repositories
New strategies for materials synthesis based on ML-approaches
Developing strategies for scale-bridging workflows in computational materials science
Digital twins
High-throughput simulation
Automation (autonomous experimentation)

IBERGRID 2024
2024-10-28 - 2024-10-30 | Porto
Better Software for better Science
The 13th Iberian Grid Conference will take place in Porto, Portugal, from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th of October.
Important Dates

5th July – 30th September – Call for abstracts (submission in this Indico)
3th July – 4th October – Registration (at this indico)
28th – 30th October – Conference

DeiC Conference 2024
2024-10-29 - 2024-10-30 | Copenhagen
The conference is the annual event for everyone interested in e-infrastructure in Danish research. Here you can gain new knowledge and professional input in areas such as Data Management, HPC, Security, Network & Services, and Quantum Computing. The DeiC Conference is also the place to nurture and develop your professional network.
By registering before August 30, you can get your ticket at the early bird price. Read more and register here.
Collaboration at the Center
The theme of this year’s conference is “Collaboration on digital research infrastructure for a better tomorrow,” and for the first time, the conference program will be organized around cross-disciplinary topics rather than specific fields. Program committee member Hannah Mihai explains:
“This year, we have worked to reflect the significant overlap between our fields in the structure of our conference program. None of our fields stand entirely alone, and we need each other’s expertise. A good example is DeiC’s involvement in various projects concerning measurements on fiber cables, where the cables are owned by the Research Network, data is processed in HPC computing centers under strict security requirements as they can potentially be sensitive, and the data is stored in accordance with good and FAIR Data Management principles.” Hannah Mihai, Data Management Consultant, DeiC.
The program committee is currently working hard to put together this year’s exciting program, and they look forward to presenting the first names in the upcoming DeiC newsletter.
New Social Activities
The opportunity to meet with old and new acquaintances is a central part of the conference for the participants. To support this even more, the program committee is planning a series of social activities this year, where participants can interact in informal settings. Keep an eye on DeiC’s upcoming newsletters and our website for more details.

Skills4EOSC Workshop: Science4Policy - Bridging the gap between research and decision-making
2024-11-04 - 2024-11-05 | Rome
November 4-5, 2024. Rome, CNR (National Research Council), Piazzale Aldo Moro 1
The ability to communicate science effectively is becoming increasingly crucial in empowering society, especially in the context of evidence-informed policymaking.
To address this need, SKILLS4EOSC is organising a two-day interactive workshop to enhance researchers’ communication skills and facilitate dialogue with policymakers.
This workshop offers a unique opportunity for researchers to upskill their communication competencies through a combination of theoretical learning and practical application.
The program is structured as follows:
Day 1 (November 4):

Session 1: Exploring effective science communication paths, led by Joana Lobo Antunes

Session 2: Focus on the “science4policy” framework, conducted by Alessandro Allegra

Day 2 (November 5):

Interactive session: Simulations of political debates and role-playing exercises, facilitated by Petra Buljevic and Marko Košiček

Registration will open in September, with limited spots available.
Don’t miss this chance to enhance your science communication skills and contribute to bridging the gap between research and decision-making.
Mark your calendars and be ready to secure your place when registration opens!

Marine User Days Conference
2024-11-05 09:00 - 2024-11-06 17:00 | Lisbon
The EUMETSAT Marine User Days will bring together existing and prospective users from across the diverse marine user community. Focusing on the data provided by the European organisations involved in the Copernicus programme and their role in oceanography and marine applications, the event will act as a showcase for use cases. It is also a networking opportunity for users across the value chain, and will feature a workshop to engage with user needs and feedback.
Emphasis will be placed on data from across the value chain including satellite data, derived products, climate data records and their applications. Copernicus contributing mission data from EUMETSAT’s meteorological missions and data from the satellite application facility specialising in ocean and sea ice will broaden the scope.
The Marine User Days will be open to participation from across the community including those involved at the policy and governance level, academia and research and commercial entities. Attendees will benefit from the opportunity to present their use cases to the wider community of users and potential customers, but also to the European Commission and Copernicus entrusted entity representatives. They will have to opportunity to discuss their use cases and needs with the latter.

Blue-Cloud | General Assembly & Technical and Scientific Committee
2024-11-05 09:00 - 2024-11-08 13:00 | Lisbon
The Blue-Cloud 2026 team is gathering for its 4th General Assembly (GA) meeting and Technical and Scientific Committee (TSC) meeting, which takes place at the Instituto Hidrográfico in Lisbon, Portugal, from 5 to 8 November 2024. This meeting offers the consortium a valuable opportunity to reflect on the progress made over the first two years of the project and to plan the upcoming activities necessary for the successful implementation of Blue-Cloud.
As part of the event, the Blue-Cloud team also hosts the 1st Federation Workshop. The workshop aims to evaluate Blue-Cloud’s federated services in relation to the needs and challenges of other marine and climate research infrastructures. It will encourage discussions on the practical impact of open science federation.
The agenda is still under development, but the main activities for each day are as follows:

5 November 2024: General Assembly and internal meetings with Blue-Cloud partners
6 November 2024: Federation Workshop
7-8 November 2024: Technical and Scientific Committee meeting

Please note that registration for the General Assembly and Technical and Scientific Committee meetings is closed and is limited to Blue-Cloud 2026 members. If you are a member and have not yet registered, please do so using this link.

Blue-Cloud first federation workshop
2024-11-06 08:00 - 18:00 | Lisbon
Workshop Overview
The Blue-Cloud Horizon Europe project is introducing a federated model where Blue research infrastructures (RIs) and other data and service infrastructures and technological providers make their services available to the community via agreed, FAIR formats and technology that the Open Science Community in Europe (under the umbrella of EOSC) recommends or accepts.
The Blue-Cloud collaborative environment allows researchers to retrieve marine data, exploit them in the VRE, access distributed cloud resources, exploit analytical services and interdisciplinary Virtual Labs. Blue-Cloud is offering e-infrastructure services (computing, storage, analytics, SSO, AAI, generic service), a data discovery service (10M+ datasets and products from European marine infrastructures such as EMODnet, SeaDataNet, Copernicus, Ecotaxa and others), and research-intensive virtual labs, embedded in a Virtual Research Environment open to any users with federated identity to the marine research community in Europe (and beyond).
In this workshop, we aim at assessing Blue-Cloud federated services towards the needs and challenges of other research infrastructures active in marine and climate research, ultimately stimulating a debate around the impact of open science federation in practice.
Who is this workshop for
The Blue-Cloud first federation workshop is by invitation. Invited participants are the Blue Data Infrastructures contributing to the Blue-Cloud service offer, and managers, decision makers, service and data providers at other Research Infrastructures (RIs), projects and initiatives working on marine, environmental and climate related topics.
Register now
Workshop Draft Agenda
Session 1 Blue-Cloud federated service offer
6 November 2024, 09:00 – 13:00 CET

Time
Session title

09:00 – 09.15
Welcome & Introduction

09:15 . 09:30
RIs & projects tour de table

09.30 – 10:30

Blue-Cloud core federated services

09:30 – 09.45
Blue Cloud VRE
and its comprehensive suite of services and tools, including cloud storage, computing resources, collaborative workspaces, R-Studio, JupyterHub, JupyterLab, Galaxy, a Software Importer, an Analytics Engine, to empower researchers to create and manage Virtual Labs

09:45 – 10:00
Blue Cloud Collaborative Data Analytics as a Service
Streamlined platforms for executing complex data analysis tasks and workflows.

10:00 – 10:15
Blue Cloud Community-Driven Catalogue
A dynamic data repository that facilitate the publication and discovery of valuable marine research resources, aligning with FAIR principles

10:15 – 10:30
Open discussion

10:30 – 11:15

Blue-Cloud Data Discovery services

10:30 – 10:45
DD&AS (metadata federation approach)
A gateway to a vast repository of marine data,providing seamless discovery and retrieval of datasets and products from diverse Blue Data Infrastructures.

10:45 – 11:00
Beacon technology

11:00 – 11:15
Open discussion

11:15 – 11:45
Coffee break

11:45 – 12:30

Overview of Blue-Cloud Federated thematic services

11:45 – 12:30
Presentations from some of the operational services available in the Blue-Cloud federated environment

12:30 – 13:00
Q&A and moderated debate around reusability of those services

Session 2 Assessing federation at thematic level
6 November 2024, 14:30 – 17:00 CET

Time
Session title

14:30 – 15:30

Invited presentations of federated services

15:30 – 16:00

Open discussion on common challenges and sharing of services

16:00 – 17:00

Towards an EOSC Federation: discussion about EOSC EU Node federation

Empowering Europe’s Green Deal: Open Science Skills and Taxonomy for sustainable innovation
2024-11-06 09:00 - 14:00 | Vienna House / Brussels; Avenue de Tervueren 58; B-1040
For policy-makers, this event offers a unique opportunity to understand how Open Science skills can enhance evidence-based decision-making across various domains. The focus on taxonomy provides a tangible example of how these skills can be applied to support key policy areas such as biodiversity conservation and the implementation of the EU Green Deal. The event also aims to gather other major categories of stakeholders including organisations in the area of Citizen Science, education and training, private sector and research. The event will open pathways to understand how the fundamental sciences centred around taxonomic research and the overarching principle of open science can largely contribute to societal advances.

European Tripartite Event
2024-11-07 09:30 - 12:30 | Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
The fifth European Tripartite Event will take place on Wednesday, 07 November 2024 09:30-12:30 CEST in Budapest, Hungary.
The participation is on invitation only.

RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting
2024-11-12 - 2024-11-14 | San José, Costa Rica
The Research Data Alliance is delighted to announce the 23rd Plenary Meeting taking place in the capital of Costa Rica – San José on 12-14 November 2024. The 23rd Plenary edition will be held in a hybrid format with in-person and online audience.

San José sits in the middle of the country in the Central Valley, and it is surrounded by untouched cloud forests. San Jose is considered as a traditional Central American city and a cosmopolitan urban city. It is home to solid history and culture, outstanding architecture, and friendly locals.

Hosted by Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE) in collaboration with Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC), Universidad Nacional (UNA), Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Universidad Técnica Nacional (UTN), a three-day hybrid conference will bring together leaders from around the world to tackle some of the biggest data challenges and questions we face today, to share new ideas and explore best practices in using data.

(Spanish translation) Research Data Alliance se complace en anunciar la 23rd Plenary Meeting que se llevará a cabo en la capital de Costa Rica, San José, del 12 al 14 de noviembre de 2024. La 23rd Plenary Meeting se desarrollará en un formato híbrido con audiencia presencial y en línea.

San José se encuentra en el centro del país, en el Valle Central, y está rodeado de bosques nubosos vírgenes. Es considerada una ciudad tradicional centroamericana y urbana cosmopolita. Es hogar de una sólida historia y cultura, una arquitectura excepcional y gente amable.

Organizado por el Consejo Nacional de Rectores (CONARE) en colaboración con la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR), el Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC), la Universidad Nacional (UNA), la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), y la Universidad Técnica Nacional (UTN), una conferencia híbrida de tres días reunirá a líderes de todo el mundo para abordar algunos de los mayores desafíos y preguntas sobre datos que enfrentamos hoy, compartir nuevas ideas y explorar las mejores prácticas en el uso de datos.

PHAIDRAcon
2024-11-14 09:00 | Universität Wien
Almost a whole year has passed since our last PHAIDRAcon. Our team is already busy planning this year’s meet-up and we are really looking forward to catching up with our PHAIDRA partners and familiar faces over exciting presentations, coffee and cake.
This year’s theme, “Building and Preserving the Value of Digital Assets”, promises insightful sessions on collections and cultural assets, open source, open education, and PHAIDRA use cases. Attendees will also have the opportunity to engage in discussions with actual PHAIDRA users.
As always, delicious refreshments will be provided.
For a detailed program, head over to our agenda!

GÉANT General Assembly 34
2024-11-20 - 2024-11-21
This event is under planning. Further information will follow soon.

MTSR Conference 2024
2024-11-20 - 2024-11-22 | Athens, Athens, Greece
Cultural Heritage collections are essential knowledge infrastructures that provide a solid representation of the historical background of human communities. These knowledge infrastructures are constructed from and integrate cultural information derived from diverse memory institutions, mainly libraries, archives and museums. Each individual community has spent a lot of effort in order to develop, support and promote its own systems, tools and metadata for the management of cultural information, mainly related to its particular resources and use.
In this framework, the management of the cultural information has to deal with challenges related to (i) metadata modeling, specification, standardization, extraction, (semantic) enrichment, mapping, integration, effective use, and evaluation, (ii) knowledge representation as conceptualization to provide the context for unambiguously interpreting metadata, and (iii) information integration from different contexts for the provision of integrated access, reuse and advanced services to users.
At the same time, there are also inter-domain efforts targeted to semantically align data (research data, educational data, public sector information etc.) to cultural information. New challenges are also emerged from the need to incorporate cultural information into the new publication paradigms, where a variety of resources (data, metadata, processes, results, etc.) are linked and integrated, providing better shareability and reusability. Currently, Linked (Open) Data, as part of the Semantic Web Technology, is having a major role in modernizing cultural heritage collections. Providing to users the possibility to re-use and integrate data into their own systems is currently more than a need, given that transparency and access to information is a prerequisite. A critical factor to the effectiveness of many aspects of all the above efforts is the quality of metadata, as interpreted by its context and use and evaluated by the proper measures and methods. Many institutions and aggregate infrastructures are dealing with the poor quality of metadata that inevitably results in poor integration, search and reuse, while their enrichment, in terms of contextualization, co-referencing, alignment, etc., is really challenging.
The aim of this Special Track is to maintain a dialogue where researchers and practitioners working on all the aspects of the cultural information will come together and exchange ideas about open issues at all stages of the cultural heritage information life cycle. The track also welcomes works related to semantics and applications for new approaches to cultural information publication and sharing, as well as to interlinking to other datasets published in the Semantic Web universe.

11th GDI Forum
2024-11-21 - 2024-11-22 | Viseu
The 11th Research Data Management Forum will take place on the 21st and 22nd of November, at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu.
IMPORTANT DATES

Proposal submission period : April 15th to September 11th
Notification to proponents (flash talks and posters): September 23
Participant registration : June 3rd to November 15th
Holding of the 11th GDI Forum : 21st and 22nd November

The 11th GDI Forum takes place in person at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu. As in previous years, we will have a program that will last two days. It is planned to hold technical workshops, flash talk sessions and posters for demonstration and presentations of projects and good practices, a coffee with Data and even discussion panels.
The GDI Forum’s annual event aims to bring together and energize the community of professionals and researchers involved in activities to support research data management with the aim of developing technical skills, capitalizing on knowledge and practices and promoting knowledge about national initiatives.
It is a training and debate space for sharing ideas, emerging initiatives, projects and good practices to support research data management that seeks to bring together managers of digital repositories and data centers, information technicians, libraries, archives and data curation, IT specialists, researchers, data scientists and science managers at research institutions and science funding bodies.

Digitale Bibliothek: Zurück (und) in die Zukunft
2024-11-28 - 2024-11-29 | Meerscheinschlössl, Universität Graz
Die Tagungsreihe Digitale Bibliothek lädt vom 28.-29. November 2024 zum Jubiläum an die Universität Graz, Österreich!
Die 10. Digitale Bibliothek trägt den Titel “Zurück (und) in die Zukunft”
Technische und gesellschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen für Kultur- und Wissenschaftseinrichtungen
Was bleibt, was kommt, was geht?
Die Tagung bietet ein bewährtes Forum zur Diskussion der spezifischen Herausforderungen, denen sich die Kultur- und Wissenschaftseinrichtungen bei der Gestaltung moderner Online-Wissensspeicher, der Forschung und dem Wissenstransfer stellen müssen.
Anlässlich des Jubiläums wollen wir zurück und in die Zukunft blicken:

Welche Themen begleiten uns weiterhin, welche Fragestellungen sind gelöst, vor welchen neuen Herausforderungen stehen wir jetzt und in der nächsten Zeit?
Können uns die Entwicklungen der letzten Jahre Wegweiser für zukünftige Konzepte und Vorgehensweisen sein?

Und wir werden in Vorträgen, Postern und Workshops außerdem folgende Themen erörtert:

Technologie: Bewährtes und Aktuelles (zB: KI, Maschinelles Lernen, …)
Netzwerke: Kooperationen, Partnerschaften, Zusammenarbeit heute&morgen…
Nachhaltigkeit: Wie sichern wir Wissen? Überprüfbarkeit von Wissen? Neue Wege der Wissensvermittlung?

EUDAT Conference 2024
2024-12-03 - 2024-12-05 | Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
The end of 2024 brings us the next edition of the EUDAT Conference from amidst the historical surroundings of Athens to the jovial seasonal Christmas markets in Karlsruhe.
From 3-5 December 2024, the EUDAT Conference will be held at the ZKM Karlsruhe (Center for Art and Media). The EUDAT Conference is EUDAT’s flagship event which provides a forum for the latest developments in research data management and enabling tools and solutions.
As part of its regular programme, the first day will be dedicated to sessions that showcase RDM solutions that address the research data lifecycle. A poster parade and exhibition will bring you face-to-face with some of the innovators in the field and allow networking opportunities. As a new aspect of this year’s conference, there will be a call for demonstrations where a select few will be able to demonstrate their solutions to the conference audience.
The second and third day of the conference will then be dedicated towards providing a holistic view of the fast-changing landscape. Topics such as EOSC, the Data Spaces, the connection with HPC and handling sensitive data will be tackled in dedicated sessions that provide a view of developments on a European level. At the same time a session will also be dedicated to looking at individual national experiences and best practices providing various perspectives from the EUDAT members. This EUDAT Conference also aims to showcase more outside perspectives with calls for sessions.
Why participate?
Don’t miss out on the research data management conference in Europe.

Join as an attendee and get acquainted with the latest advances in research data management in Europe and beyond.
Share and discuss your innovation or developments with delegates from different research fields that use alternative solutions.
Exchange best practices and experiences.
Get visibility and participate as an exhibitor, or present your demos and posters or in sessions!

Who should attend

German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) representatives and initiatives, to showcase developments and establish or strengthen links with the EUDAT and wider community.
Researchers and citizen scientists, repository and community managers to discover services for research data management, storage, preservation and sharing.
Actors in the EOSC community, ESFRI, science clusters, and research infrastructures to get the latest on the state of the art and use cases of some of the core services for supporting European research
Projects, research institutions and national and European initiatives to gain visibility and network with stakeholders to further their activities
Service providers to learn what EUDAT can offer from them
Current and prospective EUDAT users and user communities to learn about new major functionalities

Registrations to launch on or before July 2024.
Open Call for Sessions, Workshops and Presentations
As part of the aim of the EUDAT Conference this year to be more inclusive, provide a space for the community to introduce new ideas, as well as establish closer links with new communities, an Open Call for Sessions, Workshops, and Presentations is being launched. Proposals on the following topics are being accepted:

EOSC advancements for the research data lifecycle
Data spaces, FAIR and RDM
Cross-border or cross-domain data management
International RDM
Policy and Ethics in Data Management (AI and ML)
Data Orchestration
Research Software – making it FAIR
HPC and data management
Existing RDM solutions
Enabling open science nationally
User requirements
Crazy ideas: Dream RDM solutions
Establishing or strengthening collaborations across the ecosystem
Sensitive Data: Access conditions, access management, and processing

Criteria for selection

Relevance of the proposal to the EUDAT Conference programme topics.
For sessions, confirmation that at least 80% of the planned speakers will be present on-site.
For presentations, ability to deliver the presentation on-site.

How to apply:
Send your application by 31 August 2024 using the form on our website which you can access below.
Apply now
Timeline:

06 Jun.: Launch of the call.
31 Aug.: Proposal submission deadline.
09 Sep.: Acceptance/rejection communication.
16 Sep.: Start of session organisation with the programme committee

Open Call for Posters and Demos
EUDAT is providing the opportunity for you to display a poster or present a demo at the EUDAT Conference. During the EUDAT Conference Exhibition, there will be space for a limited number of posters. Posters can be submitted through this Open Call, and will be evaluated by the EUDAT team.
We are looking for poster and demo proposals which show at least one of the following:
-Research Data Management solutions
-RDM solutions use cases and best practices
– The use of EUDAT services in community data workflow
-Integration of EUDAT services with other services
Timeline:
–06 Jun: Launch of the call.
–31 Aug: Proposal submission deadline.
–09 Sep: Acceptance/rejection communication.
–15 Nov: Final design/demo file sent for approval.
Format:
Poster: Ao portrait format
Demos: Video format, max 5 minutes
How to apply:

send your application by 31 August 2024 using the form on the website which you can access below.
Apply now

2024 International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI)
2024-12-03 08:00 - 2024-12-05 17:00 | Brisbane, Australia
Join policymakers, research institution leaders, facility operator, users and researchers at the 2024 International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2024) in Brisbane to discuss pressing topics of interest, trends and challenges facing research infrastructures around the world.
The 2024 International Conference on Research Infrastructures (ICRI 2024) will be hosted in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia.
Hosted biennially, the ICRI is the major professional forum for the global research infrastructure community. ICRI 2024 will bring together policymakers, research institution leaders, facility operator, users and researchers, to discuss pressing topics of interest, trends and challenges facing research infrastructures around the world.
ICRI 2024 will be delivered by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

EOSC Cafe
2024-12-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Teinfaltstraße 8, A-1010 Vienna, Teinfaltstraße 8, Vienna, 1010
We are very happy to invite you all to our next EOSC Café on Tuesday, 3rd of December (10:00 – 12:00).
This time we will hold the meeting in physical format only; We would be happy to meet and exchange news and ideas with many of you in person this time.
The Agenda for the Meeting will follow soon; The venue will be in Teinfaltstraße 8, A-1010 Vienna (Room E01)

INFRA-Stammtisch
2024-12-03 12:15 - 14:00 | Restaurant Giorgina, Bankgasse 2, Vienna, 1010
In ungezwungener Atmosphäre möchten wir Ihnen die Möglichkeit bieten, sich bei einem gemeinsamen Mittagessen und Getränken zu vernetzen und mit anderen Akteur:innen aus dem Bereich der Forschungsinfrastrukturen auszutauschen. Nach einer kurzen Begrüßung und einem Überblick über aktuelle Entwicklungen werden wir bewusst auf eine fixe Agenda verzichten, um Raum für spontane Themen und offene Diskussionen zu schaffen.
Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, eigene Inputs und Fragen einzubringen, Diskussionsthemen vorzuschlagen und Herausforderungen sowie Erfahrungen bei der Implementierung von Forschungsinfrastrukturprojekten zu teilen.
Natürlich stehen auch wir, die Nationalen Kontaktstellen – Manfred Halver und Nina Thomann – für Gespräche und fachlichen Austausch zur Verfügung.
Anmeldung: Bitte senden Sie Ihre Anmeldung ehest per E-Mail an: nina.thomann@ffg.at.
Wir freuen uns darauf, beim gemeinsamen Mittagessen interessante Gespräche zu führen und den Austausch mit Ihnen zu vertiefen!

REvaluation Conference 2024
2024-12-04 - 2024-12-06 | Vienna, Vienna, Austria
At the REvaluation Conference 2024 we will explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the rapidly changing landscape of research and innovation policy and its implications for assessment and evaluation. Traditionally set in the city of Vienna, Austria, from December 4-6, 2024, this conference promises to be a gathering of thought leaders, academics, and practitioners who are charting the course through these dynamic times.
Have a look at our programme overview or dive into the programme details.

Driving EU Prosperity: The Future of Knowledge Valorisation
2024-12-10 09:00 - 18:00 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
EU’s knowledge valorisation policy aims to accelerate the uptake of R&I results to realise the full potential of R&I investments for a prosperous Europe. It is key for Europe’s economic resilience, innovation capacity, strategic autonomy and societal welfare.
With the Political Guidelines of the new Commission placing R&I at the heart of the economy, and also the publication of the Letta and Draghi reports, this effort has received new strong impetus.
Registration is now open for the annual EU flagship knowledge valorisation event, which will take place on 10 December 2024 in Brussels and online!

Register here

Description

The event will feature international perspectives and host a variety of sessions covering business-academia collaboration, socially responsible licensing, standards for innovation, citizen science, insights from the EUIPO and the EPO on the role of academia and SMEs, prize ceremonies and much more. A panel will discuss the future of knowledge valorisation.
You will be able to ask questions to the speakers, network extensively and visit interactive stands of valorisation support services.
The event is open to attendance in person or online through live broadcasting, free of charge.
Should you require any further information, please contact the organisation team at: RTD-VALORISATION-POLICIES-IPR@ec.europa.eu
The event’s context is the intensive work stemming from several, recently unveiled EU policy initiatives (Council Recommendation on Guiding principles and Codes of practice on the management of intellectual assets, standardisation, citizen engagement and industry-academia co-creation as well as Council conclusions on strengthening knowledge valorisation) supporting a thriving valorisation ecosystem and the wrapping up of a two-year long EU-wide awareness raising campaign.
We will take stock of this intensive dialogue with national stakeholders and discuss where the new measures took us and what is the way forward together.

4th EOSC Support Office Austria General Assembly
2024-12-17 12:00 - 17:00 | Aula am Campus at the University of Vienna, Aula am Campus Hof 1.11, Wien, 1090
We are pleased to announce that the fourth General Assembly of the EOSC Support Office Austria will take place on December 17, 2024, at the Aula am Campus, University of Vienna. This event brings together members of the EOSC SOA community to review achievements over the past year, elect new representatives to governing bodies, and discuss the strategic direction for the future.
It will be a key moment for advancing shared goals within the EOSC SOA community and fostering stronger collaboration across diverse areas, including Open Science, data stewardship, and research infrastructure. The General Assembly will provide an opportunity to report on developments and to strengthen the community’s impact in supporting Austria’s engagement within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
Agenda:
12:45-13:15 – Registration and Arrival
13:15 Short Greeting with Icebreaker via Slido (5 mins)
13:20 Welcome – (5 mins) – Andreas Brandtner, Director of the University of Vienna Library
13:25 Opening – (15 mins) – Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi and Barbara Sánchez Solís, First and Second Chairs of General Assembly
13:40 EOSC SOA Steering Committee – (10 mins) -Beate Guba
13:50 The Year in Review (Summary of EOSC SOA Secretariat and Management Board activities) – (10 mins) – Matthias Schwarz, Management Board
14:00 Welcome to New Partners – (10 mins) – Matthias Schwarz
14:10 ACONET Association – (10 mins) – Petra Karlhuber
14:20 Official Business & Voting – (40 mins) – Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi
15:00 Coffee and Snack Break – (30 mins)
15:30 Keynote Speakers: Jiri Marek, Sarah Davies, Sara Garavelli – (3x 10 min input – 30 mins)
16:00 Panel Discussion and Q&A with Keynote Speakers – (40 mins) – Meghan Bohardt, EOSC SOA Secretariat
16:40 Short feedback survey via Slido (5 mins)
16:45 Closing Remarks + Recognition of Guests of Honor – (20 mins) – Stefan Hanslik, Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Education
Break
18:00 Meet at Christmas Market on the University of Vienna Campus (optional)

Registration:
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Cluster Forschungsdaten Expo 2025
2025-01-16 | Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, 4.OG., Wien, 1040, Austria
Der Cluster Forschungsdaten lädt herzlich zur Expo am Donnerstag, dem 16. Jänner 2025 an die TU Wien. Der thematische Schwerpunkt wird auf Forschungsinformationssysteme, Forschungsdatenmanagement und forschungsunterstützende Infrastrukturen gelegt.
Die Veranstaltung soll auf nationaler Ebene Infrastrukturen, Services, Projekten und Anwendungsfällen eine Bühne bieten, stellt eine Kooperationsplattform dar und dient als Netzwerkveranstaltung.
Das Programm beinhaltet eine Bandbreite an Vorträgen, Produktdemonstrationen, Posterpräsentationen und Workshops, um die unterschiedlichen und breitgefächerten Infrastrukturen, Tools und Services aus Österreich vorzustellen. Die Veranstaltung schließt mit einer interdisziplinär besetzten Podiumsdiskussion und einem Vernetzungsprogramm am Abend. Am Folgetag besteht die Möglichkeit für Arbeitsgruppentreffen.
Zielpublikum sind operative und strategische Akteure, sowie Forschende im weiteren Umfeld von Forschungsdatenmanagement, forschungsunterstützenden Services, Open Science und EOSC-Aktivitäten.

EOSC Winter School 2025
2025-01-20 - 2025-01-24 | Spain
The EOSC Winter School is an initiative by EOSC-A, with the support of the EOSC Focus project, taken up in response to collaboration needs among Horizon Europe EOSC-related projects.
The EOSC Winter School was conceptualised following a suggestion at the European Commission’s June 2023 coordination meeting, which identified a significant collaboration gap in the Horizon Europe EOSC-related projects.
A roundup of the Winter School 2024, photos, and the official report can be found here.

Data Research Austria Roadshow
2025-01-28 13:00 - 16:00 | Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien
As in previous years, the ÖAW accompanies the tender with a roadshow for all interested people from research institutions in Vienna (cooperation partners: BMBWF, Statistik Austria, WWTF). The event will take place on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, from 13:00-16:00 at WU Wien. Further details, the program, and the registration form can be found in the “Roadshow 2025” section of the Data:Research:Austria page.

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.
