Die EOSC ist Online! Was heißt das und wie geht es weiter?
2024-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris) | Online
Seit den drei EOSC Coffee Lectures im ersten Quartal 2024 hat sich die EOSC in großen Schritten weiterentwickelt. Besonders erwähnenswert ist, dass während des EOSC Symposiums in Berlin die Produktivversion des EOSC EU Node der EOSC Community vorgestellt wird. Damit sind Basisfunktionalitäten der EOSC nutzbar, was die Voraussetzung dafür ist, dass sich weitere nationale, regionale oder thematische Infrastrukturen andocken können. Das Ziel einer produktiv nutzbaren EOSC Federation rückt damit in greifbare Nähe.
Daher lädt die ZBW – Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft Sie am
Dienstag, den 12.11.2024, 16-17 Uhr
zur vierten EOSC Coffee Lecture ein. Diese Coffee Lecture stellt insbesondere den EOSC EU Node sowie die nächsten Schritte zur Auswahl von Infrastrukturen, Diensten und Daten vor, die in einem ersten Schritt an den EOSC EU Node angebunden werden.
Durch das einstündige, deutschsprachige Webinar (30 min Vortrag, 30 min Fragen/Diskussion) führt Sie Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann, Direktor der ZBW und Mitglied im Board of Directors der EOSC Association sowie involviert in mehrere Konsortien der NFDI und Mitglied im NFDI-Senat.
Die EOSC Coffee Lectures richten sich an alle, die sich in ihrer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit mit Forschungsdaten beschäftigen oder an der Umsetzung und dem Betrieb von Forschungsdateninfrastrukturen beteiligt sind.
Infos und Anmeldung: https://www.zbw.eu/de/eosc-coffee-lectures

World Science Day 2024 Webinar
2024-11-12 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Celebrated each year on 10 November, this year’s World Science Day for Peace and Development theme at UNESCO Headquarters is ‘Why Science Matters – Engaging Minds and Empowering Futures’.
On this occasion, UNESCO is organising a webinar with experts in the field on 12 November to highlight the significant role of science in society and in our daily lives.
Click here to sign up for the webinar.
Context
In August 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed the period 2024-2033 as the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development. This marks an important step in global efforts to harness scientific knowledge for a sustainable future. Led by UNESCO, this Decade aims to mobilize a wide range of scientific disciplines, including basic and applied sciences, social and human sciences, as well as interdisciplinary and emerging fields, to contribute to transformative change in societies, economies, and the environment. By promoting scientific literacy and encouraging collaboration among governments, UN agencies, the private sector and civil society, the Decade seeks to enhance science’s role in pursuing sustainable development goals and working towards a safer, more prosperous future for all.
Youth at the forefront
This year’s World Science Day for Peace and Development will be held under the aegis of the Decade. It will present an opportunity to engage a wide-range audience, with a focus on young people (including through the UNESCO Youth Forum and Science Youth Network) and non-scientific participants in discovering and exploring the role of science in our rapidly-changing digitalized world. Young people will have the opportunity to ask questions to distinguished scientists about the ways in which science affects our daily lives and contributes to finding solutions to the most pressing challenges that the world is facing from local to global levels.

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.

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.

Fair Open Access Funds - What libraries can do to promote Diamond Open Access
2024-11-06 13:00 - 14:15 | Online
The BMBF-funded project open-access.network invites you to an information event as part of the information series “Shaping the Open Access transformation sustainably. Diamond OA as an alternative”:
Fair Open Access Funds – What libraries can do to promote Diamond Open Access
Wednesday, 6 November 2024 | 1pm – 2:15 pm (CET) | online | The event is held in English.
As both subscription and publication costs for scientific journals and monographs continue to rise, there is much discussion about Diamond Open Access as an alternative funding option. But how can academic libraries support Diamond Open Access? One approach is to create seperate publication funds for Fair Open Acccess. In Fair Open Access, the focus is primarily on supporting publishing infrastructures and academic initiatives in order to strenghten scholar-led publishing. The Fair Open Access Alliance (FOAA) has outlined five key principles that journals must adhere to in order to qualify as Fair Open Access. These include: 1) being led by the academic community, 2) ensuring that authors retain the copyright to their work, 3) providing immediate and unrestricted Open Access to all content, 4) separating submission and publication from mandatory fees, and 5) maintaining low, transparent, and proportionate costs for any necessary fees. To support Fair Open Access initiatives, some university libraries allocate dedicated financial resources through Fair Open Access funds:
Demmy Verbeke will introduce the KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access, which is dedicated to promoting a cost-effective and sustainable implementation of Open Science. The fund supports the development of new publishing models, as well as Open Science initiatives and infrastructures, with the goal of steering away from expensive, for-profit business models and empowering scholars to regain control of the publishing process.
Michaela Voigt will talk about the Technische Universität (TU) Berlin and its University Library which will launch a Fair Open Access Fund in 2024. to further expand the existing support for Open Access. The focus of Fair OA funding is on publication or infrastructure projects that strengthen sustainable and open publication structures, promote diversity instead of monopolism and see cooperation as a driving force for innovation.
At the event, we want to present these best practices and discuss the following topics:

What considerations preceded the establishment of a Fair OA Fund at KU Leuven and TU Berlin and what criteria do they use as a guide?
How do Fair Open Access Funds work?
What experience has been gained?
How can the approach be transferred to other institutions?

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Karin Stork (karin.stork@uni-konstanz.de) or Martina Benz (martina.benz@uni-konstanz.de).

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

Consultation on the EOSC Federation Handbook
2024-10-31 23:59 | Online
We are pleased to share with you the draft of the first three chapters of the EOSC Federation Handbook.
The writing of the text has been coordinated by the EOSC Association and supported by the EOSC Focus project, following the task assigned by the Tripartite Group (a sub-group of the EOSC Partnership’s Tripartite Governance) to draft “a single reference document describing the EOSC Federation, its operational structure and responsibilities, its legal and governance framework, and its technical operations”.
The first version of the EOSC Federation Handbook covers the build-up phase of the Federation in 2025 and 2026. The first three chapters describe the purpose, initial governance and organisational structure of the Federation.
Also in preparation, but not yet completed, are chapters 4, 5 and 6, to be developed and released for consultation in the coming months. These chapters will address operational aspects, services and policies of the EOSC Federation, and the chapter outlines are included in the present consultation.
Once completed, the first iteration of the Handbook will serve as a guide for the initial implementation of EOSC Nodes and the Federation as a whole.
The deadline to provide feedback on the first three chapters of the EOSC Federation Handbook is 31 October 2024 (23:59 CET).

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.

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

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)

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.

Call for candidates for four EOSC-A Director positions
2024-10-25 23:59 | Online
The call for candidates for four EOSC-A Board of Director positions has been launched for the 2024 elections, which will take place during the 9th General Assembly of the EOSC Association. GA#9 is an online meeting to be held 22 November 2024. The terms of three EOSC-A Directors are concluding (with one of these eligible to stand for re-election), and a fourth vacancy has arisen prematurely due to the December 2023 passing of Director Sarah Jones. Sarah’s position will initially be filled on a one-year interim basis.
Members interested in potentially serving on the Board for either four years (one + three) or six years (three + three) are encouraged to apply for both the three-year and one-year term options. Currently there is a need for Directors with specific skills, including political insight, policy expertise, and relevant technological know-how, which would best serve to continue the ongoing work of the Board. The full requirements and a description of the role of EOSC-A Directors can be found here. You can download the call text at this link.

3rd International Conference on Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine
2024-10-24 - 2024-10-25 | Online
The 3rd International Conference on Open Science and Innovation in Ukraine will feature a comprehensive program including keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and presentations by renowned researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers. The conference sections have been meticulously designed in alignment with the National Action Plan for Open Science, covering topics such as the development of national open research infrastructure, reforming practices of scientific research evaluation, ensuring open access to research results, open research data and reproducibility of scientific research, citizen science, and innovation in Ukraine.

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.

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.

Workshop: Making the Competence Centres Network sustainable and enhanced
2024-10-21 09:00 - 12:30 | 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.

3rd Annual Forum 2024
2024-10-21 - 2024-10-23 | Qatar
Bringing together leading international experts and key regional stakeholders, the Annual Forum for Open Research in MENA supports the Arab world’s transition towards more accessible, sustainable and inclusive research and education models.

The 2024 Annual Forum will offer a series of carefully tailored presentations and panels addressing key themes and topics related to the advancement of Open Science policies and practices in research institutions and research communities throughout the Arab world. Qatar National Library are the Host Partner for this event, the continued support and funding from the Knowledge E Foundation.
This year’s conference theme is: Transforming Knowledge Into Action. Librarians, researchers, policy makers, higher-education institutions are invited to join and work together towards a more open Arab world.

EOSC Symposium 2024
2024-10-21 - 2024-10-23 | H4 Hotel Alexanderplatz, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 32, Berlin, Germany
We are happy to announce that the EOSC Symposium 2024 will be held 21-23 October 2024, in Berlin. The EOSC Symposium 2024 will be a critical event on the path to EOSC post-2027, and will build on the success and momentum established by the 2023 event, while also expanding the potential for on-site participation.
EOSC Symposium 2024 will take place under the patronage of the German Minister for Education and Research Bettina Stark-Watzinger. The event is being organised in coordination with the EOSC-A German Mandated Organisation, NFDI, and the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (ZBW), an EOSC-A Member.
In order to capitalise on the synergies between the EOSC and NFDI communities, NFDI will hold a meeting with representatives of its 26 consortia back-to-back to the EOSC Symposium in order to trigger collaboration between the target groups.

Open Access Week 2024
2024-10-21 - 2024-10-27
Open Access Week is an invaluable chance to connect the global momentum toward the open sharing of knowledge with the advancement of policy changes and the importance of social issues affecting people around the world. The event is celebrated by individuals, institutions, and organizations around the world, and its organization is led by a global advisory committee, which selects each year’s theme.
The theme of International Open Access Week for 2024 will continue with last year’s focus on “Community over Commercialization.” This theme contributed to a growing recognition of the need to prioritize approaches to open scholarship that serve the best interests of the public and the academic community. Taking the unprecedented step to build on this theme for a second year highlights the importance of this conversation and presents the opportunity to turn more of these deliberations into collective action.

OpenAIRE Graph Hands-On-Training
2024-10-18 13:00 - 17:00 | Online
You are cordially invited to our first OpenAIRE Graph training workshop this October. This first session will be dedicated to helping you learn or refine your skills on how to analyse the OpenAIRE Graph‘s data on the Google Cloud with Big Query. Designed for those interested in biblio- and scientometrics, this is a hands-on workshop where you’ll be given the space to practice both simple and advanced queries with guidance from our trainers. Learn more here.
Mark your calendars for Friday, October 18 13:00-17:00 CEST. You can register here.
And don’t forget to register for our next OpenAIRE Graph Community Call, where we’ll welcome special guest speaker Paloma Marín-Arraiza, PhD, Associate Director of Engagement at ORCID. In this Call, she will dive into the OpenAIRE Graph – ORCID collaboration and the tools you can use to increase discoverability and enhance metadata. Learn more and register here.

FAIR principles and practices for the Dutch Research Data Management Community
2024-10-17 13:00 - 17:00 | Online
The FAIR National Roadshow series is visiting The Netherlands on the 17h of October 2024!
The aim of this event is to present the outcomes and ongoing work of the FAIR-IMPACT project to the research community in the Netherlands, and build relevant connections.
Do you want to know where to start with FAIRification of sensitive data or how to assess the FAIRness of software? Learn about the FAIR principles and how to put them into practice during the interesting program, which includes interactive workshops, at the Dutch FAIR-IMPACT National Roadshow. Also, find out who will win the RDNL Dutch Data Prize, awarded to an individual or a team that makes research data FAIR.
This event will be in-person. The plenary sessions will be broadcasted and can be followed online. The workshop can’t be followed online.
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Target audience: (LC)RDM community at large, data support staff, researchers and policy makers at universities,universities of applied sciences and research institutes to join this event.
Location: This event will be in-person. The plenary sessions can be followed online by broadcast.
Language: English
Date: 17 October 2024, 13:00 – 16:45 CEST
Local facilitator(s): Research Data Netherlands (RDNL), a national coalition of data service providers and expertise networks whose mission is to promote implementation and long-term sustainability of FAIR research data in the Netherlands, and is existing of DANS, SURF (both FI-partners), Health-RI and 4TU.ResearchData.
Agenda
Moderator: Annette Langedijk, Research Partner Lead at SURF – collaborative organisation for IT in Dutch education and research.

Time (CEST)
Title
Presenters

13.00 – 13:10
Welcome & context of the event in the framework of the FAIR-IMPACT project
Ingrid Dillo, Senior Advisor at Data Archiving and Networked Service (DANS) and FAIR-IMPACT Coordinator

13:10 – 13:45
Keynote: She moved through the FAIR.
Jenny O’Neill, Research Engagement Officer at HEAnet

13:45 – 14:00
Break

14:00 – 14:45
1.1 Data Champions networks
1.2 CAT & RaID, how do these services help the research community?
1.3 Measuring the FAIRness of research software
1.1 Jenny O’Neill, on behalf of Sonraí, Bianca Gualandi, University of Bologna and Esther Plomp, TU Delft
1.2 Wim Hugo, DANS and Giacomo Cannizzaro, SURF
1.3 Elena Breitmoser, EPCC and Neil P. Chue Hong, EPCC

14:45 – 15:00
Break

15:00 – 15:45
2.1 Where do I start with the FAIRification of Sensitive Data
2.2 Ontology repositories and Semantic Artefact Catalogues in EOSC: the prism of FAIR-IMPACT
2.3 EOSC IF Compliance Assessment
2.1 Nina Grau, INREA and Deborah Trope, DANS
2.2 Dr. Clement Jonquet, INREA

2.3 Esteban Gonzalez Guardia

15:45 – 16:00
Break

16:00 – 16:45
RDNL Dutch Data Prize award show. Who will be the winners of the next Dutch Data Prize award?

16:45
Wrap-up and closure with drinks
Annette Langedijk, Research Partner Lead at SURF

Forschungsdaten-Richtlinien in wissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften
2024-10-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
Wissenschaftliche Zeitschriftenverlage haben in den vergangenen Jahren begonnen, Richtlinien für den Umgang mit den einer Publikation zugrundeliegenden Forschungsdaten zu verfassen. Derartige Datenrichtlinien und Empfehlungen zum Umgang mit Forschungsdaten haben für Forschende zunehmend an Relevanz gewonnen, da sie im Rahmen des Forschungs- bzw. Publikationsprozesses berücksichtigt werden müssen. Um Forschende im Hinblick auf die Umsetzung der in den Datenrichtlinien formulierten Anforderungen beraten zu können, haben wir mehr als 80 internationale wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschriften ausgewertet. Diese Zeitschriften stellen die Top-Publikationsorgane der an der WU vertretenen sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschungsschwerpunkte dar und werden zu Prämierungszwecken herangezogen. Die aus der Analyse gewonnen Erkenntnisse können dazu genutzt werden, Forschende im Rahmen unserer FDM-Beratungen bei Publikationsvorhaben zu unterstützen.
Zeit und Ort: 17. Oktober 2024, 10:00 – 11:00 Uhr, online via Webex
Zielgruppe:
Forschende in den Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Personal aus der Forschungsunterstützung
Sprache: Deutsch
Vortragender:
Thomas Seyffertitz, WU Wien
Registrierung:
Um an dem Webinar teilzunehmen, registrieren Sie sich hier.
Materialien:
Die Materialien zu diesem Webinar werden nachher hier zur Verfügung gestellt.

Open Innovation in Life Sciences 2024
2024-10-17 | Zurich
The Open Innovation in Life Sciences conference is a premier life science conference motivated and organized by early career researchers. The program consists of keynote lectures, science pitches, poster sessions, and panel discussions that aim to:

Foster interactions among early career researchers in all life science fields as well as explore career development in the context of open science.
Enhance interactions between academia, industry, and society by bringing together all relevant stakeholder groups to discuss topics pertaining to open science and innovation.

This year’s overarching scientific theme of the OILS24 conference is Aging in the Digital Age, where the participants will explore the growing role of Artificial Intelligence in driving Open Innovation to support Aging.
Register: https://oils24.b2match.io/

OpenAIRE Graph Community Call
2024-10-16 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Got questions or suggestions for the OpenAIRE Graph? Join the OpenAIRE Graph Community Call! A series where we dive into the makings and workings of one of the world’s largest Scholarly Knowledge Graphs and give you the floor for questions, feedback, & suggestions. Open to all!
In September’s edition, we invite you to participate in an insightful session exploring the collaboration between ORCID and OpenAIRE.
Discover how this partnership enhances the transparency of the OpenAIRE Graph and benefits researchers like you.
About our guest speaker: Paloma Marín-Arraiza holds a degree in Physics and a master’s in scientific information and communication, both from the University of Granada (Spain). She obtained her PhD in Information Science at São Paulo State University (Brazil), with a thesis focused on data modelling for enhanced publications. Before joining ORCID, she worked in research libraries in Germany and Austria, dealing with non-textual research outputs and persistent identifiers, respectively. Since March 2020, she has been part of the ORCID team, where she is currently the Associate Director of Engagement.
Why Should You Attend?

Understand why ORCID is considered the most important Persistent Identifier for researchers
Gain insights into the usage of ORCID in OpenAIRE
Learn about ORCID’s Search & Links wizards and best practices for integrations in Discovery Systems

What Will You Gain?

In-depth knowledge about leveraging ORCID in your research workflows
Practical tips for enhancing your research visibility and impact
Insights into ORCID’s applications for research data management plan platforms.

How Can You Contribute?

Participate in Q&A session to shape future developments
Suggest areas where ORCID integration could further benefit your work
Connect with peers and experts in the field

This session is designed for all members of the research community, from early-career researchers to seasoned professionals.
We look forward to your active participation!
Register here

CLARIN Annual Conference 2024
2024-10-15 16:00 - 2024-10-17 15:00 | Barcelona, Spain
The CLARIN Annual Conference is the main annual event for those working on the construction and operation of CLARIN across Europe, as well as for representatives of the communities of use in the humanities and social sciences.

The CLARIN Conference 2024 will be a hybrid event. Virtual attendance is open to the wider public. The conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain. The event is organised and hosted by CLARIN ERIC, in collaboration with CLARIAH-ES.

CLARIN2024 is organised for the wider humanities and social sciences communities in order to exchange ideas and experiences within the CLARIN infrastructure. This includes the design, construction and operation of the CLARIN infrastructure, the data, tools and services that it contains or for which there is a need, its actual use by researchers and teachers, its relation to other infrastructures and projects, and the CLARIN Knowledge Infrastructure.

We are pleased to welcome authors of accepted papers, members of national consortia and representatives of CLARIN centres, representatives from partner organisations, and many others who are interested in becoming part of the CLARIN

Second All Hands Meeting in The Hague | 15-17 October 2024
2024-10-15 - 2024-10-17 | The Hague
The second FAIR-IMPACT All Hands Meeting will occur middle of October in The Hague.

The FAIR-IMPACT consortium will gather in person in The Hague from October 15th to 17th to assess progress and finalise the project work plan.
This All Hands meeting presents a valuable opportunity for collaboration, emphasising milestones and achievements.
The agenda includes plenary sessions on October 15th to outline the project’s trajectory, followed by task sessions for in-depth discussions and focused meetings on specific topics.
Moreover, this event will enable reunions with the FAIR-IMPACT EOSC Champions and coordination with our sister project, FAIRCORE4EOSC
