Data Visualization with R and Jupyter
2024-11-19 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Paris) | Online
As part of Infra4NextGen, AUSSDA – The Austrian Social Science Data Archive is hosting a webinar on Data Vizualisation in R and Jupyter for social science researchers, MA and PhD students.
In the first part of the webinar, participants will learn the basics of visualizations, understand the criteria for good science graphics, get to know the process of visualizing data, and learn more about the role of colours and fonts.
The second part of the webinar will introduce them to ggplot2 and its functions to create state-of-the-art plots following the principles from part one of the webinar.
After completing this webinar, participants will be able to use ggplot2 to visually communicate their research results.
They will understand the basic purpose of data visualizations and increase their visual literacy.
Attendees will be able to perceive, interpret and comprehend all sorts of different visualizations and create these visualizations for their own research.
After completing this webinar, participants will be able to:

Use ggplot2 to visually communicate their research results
Know the basic purpose of data visualizations and increase their visual literacy
Perceive, interpret and comprehend all sorts of different visualizations and
Create these visualizations for their own research.

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.

Series of webinars: The Data Act in contracts
2024-11-20 - 2024-12-05 | Online
Help us develop model contractual terms for data sharing and standard contractual clauses for switching between data processing services (cloud computing contracts) by sharing your opinion.

Before the Data Act starts applying from 12 September 2025, the Commission will recommend model contractual terms for data access and use and standard contractual clauses for cloud computing. The Commission has set up an Expert Group to develop these models, which will form the basis for the Commission Recommendation in 2025. These models intend to help especially small and medium-size companies and other organisations which may lack resources to draft and negotiate fair contractual clauses for data sharing or for cloud computing.
In November and December 2024, the Commission will be hosting a series of 6 webinars with businesses, policymakers, lawyers, and experts to discuss the development of both the draft Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for cloud computing contracts and the draft Model Contractual Terms (MCTs) for data sharing.
The webinars are open to Member State authorities, companies, lawyers, professors, and organisations. You can register via the links below to take part in the discussions and help shape the contracts. Note that registrations will only be accepted if a professional email address is provided.
Following registration, participants will receive a Webex link and relevant documentation to support the discussion (including draft model terms and clauses) a few days before the event.
Webinars
20 November – Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
This webinar will cover SCCs implementing the provisions of the Data Act: Switching and Exit, Termination, Security and business continuity. Registration fom
21 November – Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

This webinar will cover SCCs on Liability, Non-amendment, Non-dispersion. Registration form
27 November – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)
The topics covered in this webinar includes the contract between data holders and data users, as well as the data use by the data holder, arrangements for access to data by the user, and transfer of the connected product to successors. Registration form
28 November – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)
The topics covered in this webinar includes the contract between data holders and data recipients but also the link with the user’s request, the contract between the data recipient and the user, as well as the ways in which data can be accessed by the data recipient. Registration form
4 December – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)
This webinar will cover the reasonable compensation for making data available agreed between data holders and data recipients under the Data Act, as well as a possible compensation for the user in exchange of access and use of the data by the data holder in certain circumstances (for example when the user agrees not to share the data with other entities). Registration form
5 December – Model Contractual Terms (MCTs)
This webinar covers voluntary data sharing and is relevant for bilateral or multilateral data sharing agreements but also for the use of MCTs in data spaces. Registration form

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.

EOSC-A 9th General Assembly
2024-11-22 | Online
The 9th EOSC Association General Assembly will take place online on Friday, 22 November 2024. The virtual meeting gives you the opportunity to conveniently join us from your preferred location, to vote on decision items, and to contribute to critical discussions that impact the direction of EOSC-A.
Notably, we anticipate that four Board of Directors positions will be filled at GA#9 via direct election by the EOSC-A membership. This represents a significant turnover of the EOSC-A leadership at a critical time in EOSC’s development, and we encourage all qualified Members to strongly consider enrolling as candidates. A formal Call for Candidates, detailing the roles and responsibilities, requirements and process will be issued on 03 September.
Please mark your calendars for GA#9, and stay tuned for more details. In the meantime, you are welcome to revisit the wrap-up article of our last GA meeting held at the end of May in Leuven, Belgium.

RDA TIGER Cross-Fertilisation Webinar Series – Semantic Interoperability
2024-11-27 09:30 - 10:30 | Online
RDA TIGER is pleased to announce an upcoming series of webinars on cross-fertilisation and knowledge-sharing between RDA Working Groups across different domains. Each of the three webinars will be thematically focused, allowing WGs to share their work with peers and identify shared challenges and opportunities for further collaboration.

We’re inviting anyone with an interest in the specific activities of RDA Working Groups, in the topics and themes to be discussed, or in the planned outcomes of these Working Groups to join us for this series, where there will be an opportunity to ask about any aspects of the WGs’ activities.

REGISTER

Webinar #1 – Semantic Interoperability

The first of the series will take place on Wednesday 27th November at 09:30 UTC and will focus on the theme of ‘Semantic Interoperability’. Presenting at the webinar will be the co-chairs of the FAIR Mappings WG, the Alignment of Multilingual Vocabularies in the Social Sciences and Humanities WG, and the InteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminology (I-ADOPT) WG.

The FAIR Mappings WG, which is in the final stages of RDA Council endorsement, will present its preliminary work so far, focusing on the various communities and the RDA WGs which have generated mappings, with the aim to converge toward common guidelines to make different types of mappings FAIR, and a common machine-readable/actionable set of representations of the mappings beyond the capabilities of the current existing specifications.
The Alignment of Multilingual Vocabularies in the Social Sciences and Humanities WG, which has been endorsed by RDA Council and has recently started its regular meeting schedule, will present on how it intends to address challenges concerning the interoperability multilingual nature of SSH controlled vocabularies by providing collectively approved recommendations for creating, extending, updating, and aligning multilingual vocabularies in the SSH.
The I-ADOPT WG is currently working to to embed the I-ADOPT framework in existing standards to demonstrate its capability in promoting interoperability, also seeking examples of the I-ADOPT framework in different scientific areas. The WG is planning a close collaboration with the FAIR Mappings WG in its planned activities, demonstrating the potential impact that collaboration within RDA can have.

Future instalments of the series will take place in December 2024 on the topics of (Meta)Data Standards and FAIR/CARE/TRUST Principles Adoption. Keep an eye on the RDA events page and our social media channels for updates on these.

Webinar FAIR Data Principles 3 | Applying FAIR Principles through the (ocean) data management value chain
2024-11-27 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
This webinar is the third in a series of three Blue-Cloud 2026 Training Academy webinars on FAIR* Data Principles.
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Following on from our Blue-Cloud 2026 FAIR Data Principles 1 (Sep 2023) and 2 (Apr 2024) webinars, the upcoming third webinar is dedicated to exploring the practical application of FAIR Principles throughout the entire data value chain. This comprehensive focus will encompass every stage, from the collection of data and transmission (e.g sensors) through its processing, curation, and application in various products and services. The session will feature real-world use case experiences, showcasing how these principles are effectively implemented across different stages to enhance data utility and integrity.
The webinar aims to broaden the understanding of FAIR Principles beyond their traditional association with research and academic environments. It will highlight their relevance and growing significance in industry and other sectors, demonstrating how adopting these principles can drive innovation, efficiency and collaboration across different domains. Participants will gain insights into how best practices can be leveraged to optimize data management processes and facilitate interoperability between systems.
By presenting a range of sector-specific examples and use cases, the webinar will illustrate the tangible benefits of implementing FAIR Principles in real-word scenarios. This includes not only improving the accessibility of data but also ensuring its long-term usability, interoperability and compatibility with various technologies and standards. It offers perspectives on how to effectively integrate FAIR Principles into data management strategies to maximize the value and potential of data in various contexts.
Who should attend
Open science projects in Europe and beyond, Research teams in Research Infrastructures, Ocean Data community, Industry sector, amongst others.
Agenda (available soon)
Wednesday 27 November 2024; 15.00 CET
Chair: Sara Pittonet Gaiarin, Trust-IT Services and Blue-Cloud Coordinator

*About FAIR
The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship were first published in Scientific Data, 3:160018 [Wilkinson et al (2016)]. The principles apply to both data and metadata and are: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable. They put specific emphasis on enhancing the ability of machines to automatically find and use the data, in addition to supporting its reuse by individuals. In pursuit of FAIR, there is a need for increased efforts in optimisation, standardisation, best practices and harmonisation across methodologies for ocean data management, applications and digital assets

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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?

Open Science and Reproducible Research in RStudio and Jupyter Notebook​
2024-11-28 - 2024-11-29 | Online
In the first part of this two-day workshop, participants will learn the basics of open science and reproducible research.
They will learn the difference between replicability and computational reproducibility, know what FAIR data is, and be aware of how to handle personal and sensitive data.
In the second part, participants will learn the basic reproducible research workflow for the three main stages of research (i.e. data acquisition, data processing, and data analysis) by using tools such as RStudio, Jupyter Notebooks, and the version control system GIT.
Participants will find out how to organize a research project using RStudio and Jupyter Notebooks, how to use Quarto and Markdown for documenting the research steps, how to organize files and folders, and how to use the version control system GIT for collaboration.

Democratizing science: implementation pathways of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science in the Arab region
2024-11-28 09:30 - 2024-11-29 18:00 | Online
The UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office in Rabat is organizing a regional symposium entitled “Democratizing science: implementation pathways of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science in the Arab region”.

The event is organized in partnership with the World Federation of Scientific Workers, ALECSO as well as UNESCO field offices in the Arab region, on November 28 and 29, 2024 at Mohammed V University in Rabat. The symposium will bring together decision-makers, scientists and researchers.
For more information, the concept note of the symposium is made available to you in attachment in the three languages Arabic, French, and English.

If interested, you are invited to register either for an online or in presence participation on the following link:https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9c33d1ba-7f34-437b-8c1a-4f4570fa39de@1d4fae52-39b3-4bfa-b0b3-022956b11194

RDA TIGER Cascading Grants
2024-11-30 23:59 | Online
1. Call description and supported activities

This open call seeks applications from individuals and legal entities that are eligible for Horizon Europe funding who wish to receive financial support to enhance the activities or the adoption of the results of the RDA Working Groups (WGs). This call invites the following types of applications:

RDA WGs for projects that support the WG plan of action (at any stage of the WG lifecycle), adoption or testing of the WG outputs. The grant funds can be used to cover the personnel and travel costs of the Group’s existing members, stipends or salaries of new team members, conference and open access fees and fees of external experts (e.g., to solve specific legal, IPR or standardisation-related questions). See the section “Eligibility Criteria” for more details.
Organisations that wish to adopt an RDA output. Specifically, the grant funds can be used to support the adoption, testing, harmonisation, and/or implementation of RDA Recommendations or Outputs2.
Technical Implementation, prototyping and proof-of-concept using RDA recommendations to achieve interoperability of open science solutions, especially in the EOSC context.
RDA WGs launching a formal standardisation process to have the WG recommendations adopted or used as input by an established technical standards organisation.

Applications are received up until 30 November 2024 (AoE)3. The selected projects are expected to be launched in early 2025 and need to be concluded by the end of October 2025.

2. How is this call different from the Open Call for RDA TIGER services?

The RDA TIGER support services (Facilitation, Communications, Landscape Analysis, Output Support) are provided by consortium members, where the supported WGs receive services provided by the RDA TIGER project staff or experts engaged by the project partners. The Open Call for these types of support services is continuous and is facilitated by a separate process with four selection rounds per year.

This open call for cascading grants is intended to give the recipients more flexibility and a wider range of options in supporting the work of the WG, including facilitating the adoption of WG outputs. Depending on the stage of your WG, you can consider applying for various activities through the open call as described in section 1.

Important things to note:

Project(s) funded by this Open Call will need to be completed by the end of October 2025.
The standardisation-related grants are expected to present a roadmap that shows how the standardisation process can be completed after the completion of the activities funded by the grant.

3. About RDA TIGER

RDA TIGER is a project funded by the European Commission (GA 101094406). It supports RDA Working Groups that concretely align, harmonise, and standardise Open Science developments and technologies globally. The services it provides will facilitate and support coherent and consistent working group definitions and increase the impact of the key European initiatives on the global level. More information can be found at https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-tiger/.

The project will directly contribute to the European Open Science Cloud Partnership by supporting (via the Working Groups) the international engagement and alignment of policies, technologies, methodologies, practices and other outputs of EOSC-related and other European Open Science developments.

4. Application process

One person should be selected as the grant holder and representative, also in case of a consortium consisting of more than one legal entity applying for funding. To apply, please take the following steps:

Download and fill in the Application Form (docx format), save the completed form a a PDF with the proposal name in the name of the time.
Register your proposal information using the online form.
Upload the completed application to B2DROP using the link provided to you after you complete the proposal information entry.

Call for inputs: Global Consultation on the Draft Principles of Open Science Monitoring
2024-11-30 23:59 | Online
As part of the ongoing efforts to advance open science monitoring in alignment with the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, UNESCO is calling for inputs and comments from all the regions and interested stakeholders on the Draft Principles for Open Science Monitoring.
Deadline for inputs: 30 November 2024
By adopting the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, countries made a collective commitment to transparency, collaboration and inclusivity in the advancement of open science globally.
They also committed to regularly monitor and evaluate the impacts of open science policies, mechanisms, initiatives and incentives using a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches and to develop strategies to monitor the effectiveness and long-term efficiency of open science which include a multistakeholder participatory approach.
As demonstrated in the UNESCO Open Science Outlook (see “Monitoring openness and opening monitoring” below), open science is not an end in itself, but a means towards fairer, more equitable, diverse and inclusive research systems globally. It is therefore important to understand and monitor the degree of openness of not only scientific articles or data but also across all the pillars of open science and across all the stages of the scientific cycle. A combination of open qualitative and quantitative assessments, as well as innovations in the understanding of and response to change, will be needed for a monitoring system for open science that itself adheres to the values and principles of open science.

OSC Incubator Program Winter/Spring Edition 2025
2024-12-01 23:59 | Online
In this online incubator program, offered twice per year, we will assist up to 10 participants from around the globe in setting-up their local Open Science Community.
The incubator program is a 16-week online program, based on the OSC Starter Kit, and consists of six modules:
1. Community Identity
2. Community Engagement
3. Communication Strategy
4. Stakeholder Engagement
5. Governance and Sustainability
6. Open!
We are able to offer the OSC Incubator Program and free of charge, thanks to support from the EU funded projects AURORA RI and Skills4EOSC. The program is suited both for researchers and research support staff – both are well suited to set-up an OSC. The estimated workload, including meetings, assignments and reading materials, is about 100 hours in total. Please find below the dates of the upcoming Incubator Program. All online sessions are from 15.00 – 17.00 CEST (meet-ups) or 15.00 – 16.00 CEST (check-ins).
Registration for the Winter/Spring Edition 2025 of the OSC Incubator Program open is now open until the 1st of December. You can click the button above to apply. As the number of participants that we can accommodate is limited, we’ll evaluate all applications and select participants, based on motivation and geographical spread. We’ll let you know whether your are selected before Dec 20th.

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

Transform your ideas into graphs! Visualization of research data
2024-12-03 - 2024-12-05 | Online
The hackathon ‘Transform your ideas into graphs! Visualization of research data’ is a three-day online event hosted by the Infra4NextGen project.
Individuals or teams will produce visualizations of data for a chance to win a share of €4,000.
Participants will showcase results using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), CROss-National Online Survey (CRONOS) Panel, European Values Study (EVS) or Generations and Gender Programme (GGP).
Hackathon entrants can use any software or tools to create visualizations.
Why participate?

Create the best visualizations to win a share of €4,000.
Develop and apply your data visualization skills.
In-depth and hands-on opportunity to improve your skills in visualizing your research outcomes.
Networking: Connect with fellow researchers and professionals in your community.
All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

When?
The Hackathon will take place from 9am-3pm (CET) on 3-5 December 2024.
Where?
Online. More information will be sent to registrants.
For who?

Social science researchers
PhD students in the social sciences
Researchers interested in survey data

Please note that the Hackathon is not for learning, but for applying data visualization skills. For training on data visualization, we recommend attending one of the following events:

Webinar: Data Visualization with R and Jupyter (19 November 2024)
Workshop: Open Science and Reproducible Research in RStudio and Jupyter Notebook​ (27-28 November 2024)

How?
Register as a team or individually. If you sign up individually but want to work in a group, we will help you form a team during the event, depending on your research interests.
Registration closes on 30 November 2024.

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.

Save the date for the 1st Open Science Monitoring Initiative public meeting
2024-12-04 14:30 - 16:00 | Online
We are pleased to invite you to the first Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI) public meeting on Wednesday, 4 December 2024 between 2.30 pm and 4 pm CET. This meeting is open to everyone and will be recorded.
The OSMI Coordination Committee will outline the issues and the reasons behind establishing the Initiative, and OSMI’s goals in brief. We will then update the community on the status of the consultation of the Principles of Open Science Monitoring. We will end by introducing you to the first working groups and will encourage you to join them. Recruiting OSMI members is now our top priority.
Please register here to attend the OSMI December Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcumopzIpGdFGsd1VfQdESHIch-1BrgGN
Registration for the first working groups will remain open until Wednesday, 15 January 2025.
We are looking forward to this first important milestone. Please feel free to share this invitation within your communities.

3rd Open Call for Financial Support
2024-12-04 23:59 | Online
The final open call for financial (Route 2) support is open for applications from 9th October to 4th December 2024. Applicants can apply to join the following support actions.

#1: Managing data types, schemas and vocabularies and crosswalks for FAIR researcher related metadata
The support action will introduce successful applicants to three tools developed by the FAIRCORE4EOSC (FC4E) project. These include the Data Type Registry (DTR), vocabulary service, and Metadata Schema and Crosswalk Registry (MSCR).
In this support action the participants will use one or more of the FC4E tools to enhance the machine-actionability of their existing schema and crosswalk specifications. This could mean for example the registration of schema from public APIs to the MSCR and creation of mappings from those service specific data models to common formats such as Datacite and DCAT or creating a metadata schema using enriched schema elements registered in the DTR.
Successful applicants will receive 5000 € to support their participation.
Learn more and apply

#2: Creating EOSC compliant interoperability policies based on EOSC Interoperability Framework (IF)
One of the main concerns when we deploy a service, especially those related to data, is how this service can work with others. This is relevant for services to be integrated in the EOSC ecosystem. The creation of the EOSC IF is an effort to analyse the gaps and problems addressed in this context. Also, it provides recommendations to improve this integration. One of the main challenges is to translate these recommendations into specific actions. This question is addressed in the work being done by FAIR IMPACT in the context of the production of interoperability guidelines.
In this support action, successful applicants will analyse the interoperability status of their services using tools such as the Compliance Assessment Tool (CAT). After this analysis, we will identify actions that they can carry out to improve the interoperability of their services based on the guidelines provided.
Successful applicants will receive 5000 € to support their participation.
Learn more and apply

#3: Testing the trustworthy and FAIR-enabling repositories prototype
FAIR-enabling and trustworthy data repositories play a central role in making and keeping data FAIR over time. While there is ongoing debate on what constitutes trustworthiness, there is broad agreement that transparency and evidence is essential to enable end users to make informed decisions about the repository services they use. In this support action successful applicants will have the opportunity to test a prototype developed by FAIR-IMPACT to expose relevant metadata at the organisational and object level.
Successful applicants will receive 5000 € to support their participation.
Learn more and apply

#4: Implementation of a shared API for semantic catalogues
A lot of valuable information in the form of ontologies, vocabularies, etc. are publicly available and are contained in numerous catalogues. Our aim is to facilitate increasing the FAIRness (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability) of these catalogues via the use of a common data model to describe the holdings of the catalogues as well as the adoption of a common Application Programming Interface (API) to query the catalogues.
We invite Semantic Artefact Catalogue (SAC) providers to apply to join this support action to implement an API based on the Metadata for Ontology Description and Publication (MOD) ontology to promote interoperability and enhance access to SACs. This API enables a uniform interface to semantic artefacts (SA), enabling seamless querying by stakeholders, regardless of domain. This open call is an opportunity for SACs to participate in a community-driven effort to improve the FAIRness of their resources through the adoption of this API.
Successful applicants will receive 8000 € to support their participation.
Learn more and apply

Open call details

Support actions announced via website
30 September 2024

Webinar to showcase the support actions on offer and
Watch the recording
09 October 2024 14-15 CEST

Grant platform open for applications
11 October 2024

Informal virtual clinic for potential applicants to ask questions about the support actions and application process
Attend the Webinar
13 November 2024, 14-15 CET

Deadline for applications to join support actions
4 December 2024

Evaluation and selection of applicants
end of December 2024

Applicants informed of decision
8 January 2025

Expected start date for support actions
mid to late January 2025 (see each support action for specific dates)

Do you have questions? Please check our FAQs

If you still have questions about the support actions and open calls please contact opencalls[at]fair-impact.eu.

Conference and course on data sharing and secondary data analysis in child and youth well-being research
2024-12-09 - 2024-12-10 | Zagreb
A two day face-to-face conference on data sharing and secondary data analysis in child and youth wellbeing research will be held on 9th and 10th December 2024 in Zagreb, Croatia, along with a one-day statistical course on how to access and compare data from different sources on 11th December 2024.

We invite researchers, policy practitioners, data analysts, curators and archivists from academic, government and NGO sectors who are working on topics related to child and youth wellbeing to participate in the conference and attend the course. The conference will provide an opportunity to present participants’ own work, exchange experiences, learn about secondary data analysis, and understand how to safely share data. The course will demonstrate how existing data can be accessed and will showcase procedures for combining and visualising data from different sources.

Both events are free of charge. Additionally, travel and accommodation costs may be reimbursed up to an amount of 700 EUR per person (see eligibility criteria below).

Application process

Please apply for the events using the following Application form. Applications will remain open until 25th October 2024.

Conference overview

The main objective of the conference is to showcase existing efforts in secondary data analysis for research and policy development, and to discuss the benefits and challenges of data-sharing practices in the field of child and youth wellbeing. Selected project results aimed at facilitating access to existing data, such as the Child Wellbeing Variable Database, Harmonisation Toolbox, Catalogue of Research Data on Child Wellbeing, and Data Sharing Guidelines for researchers, will be presented.

The conference will feature oral presentations and panel discussions covering the following topics:

Secondary data analysis for research or policy development
Research datasets with potential for secondary use
Data sharing infrastructures.

Statistical course overview

The one-day, hands-on statistical course will equip participants with essential skills for accessing, combining, comparing, and visualising data from different sources. These skills are especially useful in the context of informing public policies related to child and youth wellbeing. Participants will learn practical techniques for obtaining secondary datasets efficiently. The Microsoft Power Query tool, along with Excel, will be used for transforming and merging data from various sources. Creating and publicly sharing data visualisations will be demonstrated using Tableau Public.

Eligibility and selection criteria for cost reimbursements

To be eligible for cost reimbursement, applicants must meet the following criteria:

Their interests must align with the aims of the COORDINATE project, particularly in child and youth wellbeing.
They must have a contract or affiliation with a recognised academic or public institution, or a not-for-profit organisation based in an EU member state or an associated country.
Applicants from outside the EU or associated countries can apply to attend but are not eligible for financial support.
PhD students are eligible to apply; however, master’s or bachelor’s students are not.

Priority in funding will be given to applicants:

Who apply for both the conference and the course, as well as those who submit a proposal for an oral presentation (although attending only the conference is not disqualifying, as more seats are available for the conference than for the course).
Who have not previously received support from any COORDINATE project activities.
From countries with less developed research data infrastructures for the social sciences, especially in Southeast Europe, and those affiliated with or partnering with CESSDA.
Gender balance will be considered during the selection process.

Researchers from COORDINATE partner institutions who are not directly involved in the project are eligible to apply. However, as the project’s objective is to widen the network of researchers using child wellbeing data, a limited number of places will be awarded to applicants from partner institutions.

Organiser

The events are organised by CROSSDA – the Croatian Social Science Data Archive.

If you have questions about the events, please write at data.archive@ffzg.hr.

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.

OA-Repositorien und Forschungsinformationssysteme
2024-12-11 10:00 - 15:00 | Online
Am 11.Dezember 2024, 10:00 Uhr lädt das Projekt „Pro-OAR-DE“ zum zweiten virtuellen Vernetzungsforum ein, um Lösungsansätze für die Zusammenarbeit von Forschungsinformationssystemen (FIS/CRIS) und institutionellen Repositorien zu erarbeiten.
Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Open-Access-Beauftragte, Repositorien-Manager und Führungskräfte von Bibliotheken und Rechenzentren. Neben Experteninputs stehen intensive Kleingruppenarbeiten im Fokus, deren Ergebnisse in eine praxisnahe Handreichung einfließen werden.
Das seit Herbst 2023 laufende, BMBF-geförderte Projekt hat bereits zentrale technische und servicebezogene Herausforderungen identifiziert und erste Ergebnisse veröffentlicht.

EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals
2024-12-12 17:00 | Online
The EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals 2024 has a strong focus on enhancing the quality and competitiveness of European higher education. It will improve research and technology transfer from higher education and support business creation through strengthening collaboration between HEIs and business partners across Europe.
This call aims to fund up to 42 projects, with each selected project having a total duration of 25 months and an overall budget of EUR 1.34 million. The funding will be distributed across two phases:

Phase 1 (1 April to 31 December 2025): Up to EUR 540,000
Phase 2 (1 January 2026 to 30 April 2027): Up to EUR 800,000*

*Phase 2 funding is subject to the successful completion of Phase 1 activities and the EIT’s approval of the 2026-2027 Grant Agreement.
The call will incorporate a two-strand approach, where applicants will need to select one of the following strands to apply to:

Strand A: Innovation and entrepreneurship capacity building at higher education institutions (HEIs).
Strand B: Innovation and entrepreneurship capacity building at HEIs for the enhancement of Deep Tech.

Application deadline: 12 December 2024, 17:00 CET

Global consultation: Developing data policies for crisis facilitated by open science
2024-12-16 23:59 | Online
UNESCO in partnership with the Committee on Data (CODATA) is launching a consultation to explore how the principles of open science could guide efficient policies for data sharing in times of crisis.

As the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent disasters and geopolitical conflicts have revealed, deficiencies in the capacity of science to integrate data readily and efficiently into crisis preparation, response, and recovery policy and actions significantly limit the capacity of scientists and policymakers to have full information.
UNESCO has partnered with the Committee on Data (CODATA) of the International Science Council (ISC) to explore how the principles of open science as outlined in the 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science could guide efficient and effective policies for data sharing in times of crisis taking into account existing international policies and action frameworks.
The UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy for Times of Crisis Facilitated by Open Science (DPTC) project aims at developing guidance and tools for data policy required to address crises within the framework of the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation. The DPTC’s work is designed to contribute to the UNESCO Open Science Toolkit.
Comprising a factsheet, a guidance document, and a checklist for data policies for times of crisis facilitated by open science, these resources are intended to assist policymakers, scientists and other stakeholders to design the most efficient data policies for times of crisis not only addressing immediate response needs but also preparedness and long-term recovery.

Share your inputs and comments

UNESCO and CODATA are inviting all interested stakeholders to review and provide feedback as well as sharing comments and other inputs to the following three documents:

Factsheet for developing data policies for times of crisis facilitated by open science
Guidance for the development of data policies for times of crisis facilitated by open science
Checklist for developing data policies for times of crisis facilitated by open science

Share your feedback by downloading the PDFs and commenting directly on the PDFs or as text, and emailing it to openscience@unesco.org .
The deadline for comments is Monday 16 December 2024. Your participation and contributions are sincerely appreciated.
Should you have any questions or require further information, please contact us at openscience@unesco.org
Please place in the subject line of your e-mail the following: “Feedback on data policies for times of crisis”
More information:

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science
UNESCO Open Science Toolkit
UNESCO-CODATA Working Group on Data Policies for Times of Crises

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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WOOC 2025: Call for contribution and participation now open
2025-01-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
OpenCitations and the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information have announced that the call for participation and contributions for the 2025 edition of the Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata (WOOC 2025) is now open.
The event will take place in Bologna from 28-29 May 2025 and will be hosted by the University of Bologna, one of the signatories of the Barcelona Declaration and Chair of the CoARA Italian National Chapter. GraspOS Members will attend the event, and the Consortium will meet for its plenary meeting in Bologna in the following days.
May 28 will be dedicated entirely to the “Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information”, aimed at encouraging signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration and other interested bodies to develop a common roadmap that articulates the outcomes of the recent Paris Conference on Open Research Information.
May 29 will feature invited contributions in addition to presentations and a poster session dedicated to participants selected in the call for contributions. The theme of the 2025 edition of the workshop is “Open Access of Research Information”.
The event will bring together a diverse community of researchers, scholarly publishers, funders, policymakers, institutions, and open citations advocates.
The call is open until 13 January 2025. Further details on the event, as well as the selection criteria and submission guidelines for proposals, can be found here.

Exploring Costs and Incentives for Data Management: Perspectives, Tools, and the Role of Funders
2025-01-15 09:00 - 23:00 | Online
The “Exploring Costs and Incentives for Data Management: Perspectives, Tools, and the Role of Funders” will take place on 15th January 2025 from 09:00-11:00 CET. Registration for the workshop is free but mandatory.
Join us for an insightful workshop on the costs and incentives of data management. This workshop unites a diverse panel of stakeholders to examine data management practices through multiple lenses.
The workshop will cover perspectives from researchers on time spent on data management, costing tools, policy, and funders’ experiences in incentivising data management through policy and support mechanisms.
