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

Call for EOSC Symposium Posters
2024-06-02 23:59 (Europe/Paris) | Online
This year’s EOSC Symposium is steadily approaching and the work has started to prepare an interesting, engaging and thought-provoking event for you! To ensure that the Symposium programme reflects the voice of the EOSC community, we would like to invite you to join us in shaping the programme through a call for posters.
This is an opportunity to give ample visibility to your personal, institutional, or national contributions to the implementation of the EOSC Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) objectives and take credit for your activities in supporting the implementation of EOSC! The EOSC Symposium will give visibility to 20 posters. This call is for the selection of use cases from the wider EOSC community.

Call for posters timeline

2 June 2024: Abstract submission deadline
17 June 2024: Notification of acceptance and/or rejection
15 September: Final poster submission in digital format
21-23 October 2024: EOSC Symposium in Berlin

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

Open Science Community Incubator Program
2024-06-01 | 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-up’s) or 15.00 – 16.00 CEST (check-in’s).
Registration for the Fall Edition 2024 of the OSC Incubator Program open is now open until the 1st of June. 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 early July.

The research data insider: Introducing the GORC model
2024-05-31 09:00 - 09:30 | Online
The Global Open Research Commons International (GORC) model describes how the research infrastructure ecology is moving towards providing shared virtual spaces or platforms, presenting the researchers with a marketplace of and for data and services. But what is the GORC Model actually? And how does this approach apply to and affect the development of research data infrastructure?

The WorldFAIR Webinar Series: Guidelines and Recommendations from the Case Study on Population Health
2024-05-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
The Implementation Network for Sharing Population Information from Research Entities (INSPIRE) project is assembling technologies and standards in support of a data hub that facilitates federated and/or shared research capable of interoperating across often-neglected low-resource settings: it aims to provide a platform-as-a-service, which can make data of disparate types available to many different styles of analysis, among which AI systems are increasingly prominent.
INSPIRE uses OMOP, a common data model that is becoming the gold standard for systematically integrating health data from disparate sources and conducting observational research at scale using routine clinical care data. However, OMOP is not completely FAIR29 and further work is needed to improve the ability to integrate diverse sources of data.
This case study team will improve the interoperation of OMOP with other standards to enable machine-actionable descriptions of data structure and provenance (e.g., DDI-CDI, PROV-O, SDTL); the composition of measurements focused on the objects of research (e.g., I-ADOPT); record linkage modeling for creating and evaluating bridges that connect domains, vocabularies (e.g., SKOS); and data discovery (e.g., Schema.org, DCAT). This suite of standards forms the basis of an ‘AI-Ready’ description of data suitable for use across domain and institutional boundaries.

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

Your Work | Your Choice. Open Research an der UdK Berlin am Beispiel des Forschungsdatenmanagements
2024-05-29 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
Die Universität der Künste Berlin betrachtet Open Research und damit auch Forschungsdatenmanagement immer im Kontext von Kunst und Wissenschaft. Die damit verfolgte offene Zugänglichkeit, Nachvollziehbarkeit und – wo möglich – Nachnutzbarkeit künstlerischer wie wissenschaftlicher Prozesse ist ein Zusammenspiel diverser Aspekte, die noch dazu zahlreichen rechtlichen wie technischen Fragen unterliegen. Zudem sind an der UdK Berlin Forschung und Lehre eng miteinander verknüpft, sodass auch primär forschungsrelevante Themen wie Open Research ebenso für die Lehre von großer Bedeutung sind.
Am Beispiel der Universitätsbibliothek wird der Vortrag die Komplexität des Forschungsdatenmanagements in den Künsten verdeutlichen und aufzeigen, welche Möglichkeiten jetzt schon bestehen und wo / bei wem angesetzt werden muss, um das jetzt noch Unmögliche perspektivisch umsetzen zu können.

Advancing Data Exchange Innovations in FAIR Data Spaces | Second Open Call
2024-05-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Overview:
The FAIR Data Spaces project, coordinated by Fraunhofer, is at the forefront of integrating services from Gaia-X, International Data Spaces (IDS), the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), and the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). The project has already launched several demonstrators (see Technical Foundations), showcasing its practical applications in areas such as biodiversity, research data quality assurance, and cross-platform data analysis. To further explore new areas, the first open call was released inviting companies to develop innovative data exchange scenarios between industry and academia. This call announced three research and development contracts, each funded with a budget of €60,000. Fraunhofer is set to announce a second round soon, continuing with the same overall budget of €180,000.
Objective of the Webinar:
This webinar will introduce the upcoming second round of the FAIR Data Spaces project’s open call. Ideal for existing partners and new participants, this session aims to enhance understanding of the project’s scope and to streamline the submission process for new tenders. Attendees will gain insights into the project’s achievements and learn about the expectations for upcoming submissions, including opportunities for creating new demonstrators.
Key Discussion Points:

Introduction to the FAIR Data Spaces project and its significance in the current research and industry landscape.
Overview of the developed demonstrators and an explanation of the expectations and requirements for the second round of tenders, including potential areas for new demonstrators and improvements.
Open discussion for feedback from participants to understand their perspectives and expectations, ensuring the upcoming tender aligns with the needs and capabilities of the community.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024
2024-05-26 - 2024-05-31 | Chiba Prefecture, Japan
The JpGU Meeting 2024 will be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture for six days from May 26 to 31, 2024. The coming meeting will be held in a hybrid format, as was the case in previous two meetings. While retaining the advantages of the hybrid format, including the ability to allow participation from remote locations, we will be able to hold more full-fledged face-to-face discussion. I hope that many of the participants will come to the venue to meet face to face and engage in a frank exchange of ideas and opinions. The JpGU is an organization of about 10,000 individual members and about 50 domestic society members related to Earth and planetary sciences.
FAIR-EASE at JpGU
Project coordinator Alessandro Rizzo (IRD) and Jerome Detoc (Ifremer) will give an oral presentation on FAIR Earth and environmental sciences: challenges and opportunities for improving FAIR principles across-domains. The experience of the FAIR-EASE project during the Open and FAIR Science: strategies, concepts, infrastructures and opportunities session 9:00-10:15 JST on 28 May 2024.

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

Call for EOSC Federation Handbook Contributors
2024-05-23 23:59 | Online
The EOSC Federation Handbook will comprehensively address the purpose, structure, governance, architecture and operations of the EOSC Federation.
The Tripartite Group, which has the remit within the EOSC Partnership’s Tripartite Governance to steer the community development of the EOSC Federation, has endorsed EOSC-A to continue to lead the community-wide co-creation of the EOSC Federation Handbook.
The decisions taken by the EOSC Tripartite Governance on the EOSC Federation will be reflected in the Handbook, which will through this process of iteration become the reference document for the operation of the EOSC Federation.
The EOSC Federation Handbook will be written collaboratively with open consultations, meetings, events and sprints.

The planning and events during 2024 that will impact the drafting process, include:

Tripartite Events and Tripartite Group meetings preparing for the post-2027 governance of the EOSC Federation
Milestones in the deployment of the EOSC EU Node
27-28 May 2024
The 8th General Assembly of the EOSC Association will include consultation sessions with the membership on the preliminary draft
June 2024
Writing of the draft EOSC Federation handbook starts
05 July 2024
Discussion of preliminary draft at EOSC Partnership Board meeting #6
September 2024
First consultation meetings take place to facilitate revision of handbook
21-23 October 2024
The EOSC Symposium 2024 in Berlin, where a mature draft of the EOSC Federation handbook will be presented
November 2024
European Tripartite Meeting, where the mature draft will be presented for endorsement

A Guide to FAIR Bioimage Data 2024
2024-05-23 14:00 - 17:00 | Online
Do you perform biological imaging and want to maximise the potential of your bioimaging data?
Join us for the second instalment of our free online workshop, ‘Euro-BioImaging’s Guide to FAIR Bioimage Data,’ on Thursday, 23 May 2024, from 14:00 to 17:00 CEST.
Everyone is welcome!
About the workshop
In this interactive online workshop we will introduce the FAIR principles in the context of bioimaging data. Designed for researchers across all scales of bioimaging, from molecules to humans, this workshop will provide simple yet effective steps for a smooth start to your FAIR journey. We will explore the benefits of FAIR data for molecular, cellular as well as pre-clinical imaging and best practices for data management.
Featuring invited speakers from bioimaging repositories, we will discuss what you can do with your data after publication. And if you want to take it one step further, there will also be advanced sessions on cloud compatible next-generation file formats for image data.
By the end of the workshop, you will no longer find FAIR to be an intimidating concept that you have been putting off. Instead, you will be equipped with the knowledge and resources to identify and implement the necessary adjustments to bring your bioimaging data to the next level.
Register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ldu2grz4pGdyUhJJgOLpml1elNcd1-Iyx
Special offer – bring your own data:
Do you have an imaging dataset related to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases and need support to make it FAIR? Bring your data and we will work together to apply the concepts of the workshop directly to your dataset, free of charge thanks to funding from the BY-COVID project.
To apply, simply fill out the registration form or contact us directly at fairdata@eurobioimaging.eu.

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

The WorldFAIR Project: The journey so far and next steps
2024-05-22 12:00 - 2024-05-23 14:00 | Online
This special double session co-located with the RDA Virtual Plenary 22 is designed to show case the outputs from the WorldFAIR project and to discuss next steps. The event is open to all; you do not need to be a member of the WorldFAIR consortium to join.
WorldFAIR has a number of distinctive features that are worthy of attention and will be of interest to the RDA community. WorldFAIR is a two-year European Commission funded project to advance the implementation of the FAIR principles. Coordinated by CODATA and with the RDA as an important partner, WorldFAIR has the distinction of being a genuinely global project and – thanks to special EC rules – has funded partners from around the world.
The core of the WorldFAIR project are the 11 case studies, which represent a wide range of sciences, communities and challenges, with global geographical coverage. These were identified from groups active in CODATA, RDA or both. Among the partners in these case studies are number of organisations that play an important role in articulating and agreeing metadata and terminology standards for researchers in various domains. The first session will explore the outputs from these case studies and in particular the recommendations made. A selection of the Case Studies will describe their work, their experience of using FIPs and will articulate key recommendations for the use of metadata standards and terminologies and structured around the most important themes and issues encountered.
The second session will focus on one of the key outputs of WorldFAIR: the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF). CDIF provides a set of guidelines and practice for using domain-agnostic standards to support the interoperability and reusability of FAIR data, especially across domain and institutional boundaries. CDIF has been developed based on input from WorldFAIR’s 11 case studies, including their FIPs, a series of dedicated meetings, and the participation of all the case studies in two successive workshops hosted at the Leibniz Foundation’s Dagstuhl Centre. Thirty invited experts have participated in drafting the CDIF guidelines, including members of many related FAIR initiatives and standards bodies, and has therefore, drawn on significant expertise both within and outside the WorldFAIR project. This session will present the key CDIF ‘modules’ which cover the most important functional areas for using data across domains: discovery, integration, controlled vocabularies and mappings, provenance and process description, temporal and spatial description, etc.
Both sessions will invite feedback and discuss activities to continuing this work beyond the lifetime of the EC funded project under the banner of WorldFAIR+

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

UNESCO Working Groups on Open Science: Policy and Policy Instruments
2024-05-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The subject of our discussion will be ways to assess the impact of policy and policy instruments pertaining to open science.

How to: Aufbau eines institutionellen OER-Ökosystems - Einblicke in Open Educational Resources an der Universität Wien
2024-05-15 10:30 - 12:00 | Online
In der dynamischen Hochschullandschaft hat sich die Integration von Open Educational Resources (OER) zu einer zentralen Kraft entwickelt, die Zugänglichkeit von Wissen, Innovation in der Lehre und Zusammenarbeit
von Expert*innen vorantreibt. Dieses Webinar befasst sich mit dem Aufbau eines institutionellen OER-Ökosystems aus der Hochschul-Perspektive und gibt Einblicke in eine Umsetzung am Beispiel der Universität Wien.
Im Kern geht es auf dem Weg zum Aufbau von OER-Support-Strukturen – die je nach Gestaltung des OER-Ökosystems eng verbunden u.a. mit FDM-Support wirken – darum, die vielfältigen Bedürfnisse und Perspektiven der verschiedenen Interessengruppen zu berücksichtigen, darunter Nutzer*innen, Produzent*innen, Infrastrukturmanager*innen und Entscheidungsträger*innen. Indem diese unterschiedlichen Perspektiven beleuchtet werden, können Institutionen fundierte Wege zur praktischen Umsetzung von Open Education aufzeigen.
Parallelen zur institutionellen Verankerung von Open Access und Open Data in der Forschung zeigen, dass OER als offen lizenzierte Publikationen aus der Lehre eine Transformation eben dieser bedeuten. Dazu ist es notwendig, nicht nur die Kompetenz für die Nutzung und Erstellung von OER zu fördern, sondern auch ihre nachhaltige Verfügbarkeit für alle Beteiligten sicherzustellen – all dies unterstützt durch Infrastrukturen und Services des jeweiligen OER-Ökosystems, oft eng verzahnt mit forschungsunterstützenden Services.
Im Webinar wird vor diesem Hintergrund vor allem die Rolle der transdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit zwischen den wichtigsten Akteuren im Auf-/Ausbau eines institutionellen OER-Ökosystems, einschließlich E-Learning-Zentren, zentralen IT-Diensten und Bibliotheken aufgezeigt. Durch die enge Kooperation dieser Abteilungen können Hochschulen Lehrkräfte und Mitarbeiter*innen effektiv bei der Einbettung von OER unterstützen. Zudem werden für Hochschulen nachnutzbare Ergebnisse aus dem durch das BMBWF geförderte OER-Gesamtpaket für den österreichischen Hochschulraum „Open Education Austria Advanced“ in diesem Kontext beleuchtet und mögliche weitere Wege der Umsetzung aufgezeigt.

URN:NBN webinar
2024-05-15 09:00 - 12:00 | Online
Join us for an exciting URN:NBN webinar hosted by the National Library of Finland on 15 May 2024, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (UTC +2) or 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Finnish time).
Explore the upcoming URN:NBN landscape report and discover the PID meta resolver developed for EOSC by the FAIRCORE4EOSC project. Dive into case studies presented by current URN and NBN providers from European national libraries.
Engage in discussions on URN use and policy, and contribute to shaping future URN:NBN development and collaboration.
URN:NBN service providers, users, and PID enthusiasts are all invited to participate!

Please note the day’s schedule is still subject to change.
9:00-9:05 Welcome (NatLibFin)
9:05-9:25 URN:NBN Landscape Report (Ulriika Vihervalli)
9:25-9:45 PID Meta Resolver (FAIRCORE4EOSC)
9:45-10:00 Discussion / Q&A
10:00-10:15 Break
URN:NBNs at National Levels
10:15-10:25 National Library of Finland (Jyrki Ilva & Emma Pietarila)
10:25-10:35 National Library of Germany (Stephanie Palek)
10:35-10:45 National Library of the Netherlands (Sam Alloing)
10:45-10:55 National Central Library of Florence (Chiara Storti)
10:55-11:05 Discussion / Q&A
11:05-11:20 Break
Future of URN:NBNs
11:20-11:40 Small Group Discussion: URN:NBN Development and Collaboration
11:40-11:55 Open Floor: Group Discussion Results
11:55-12:00 End of Webinar (Ulriika Vihervalli)

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

Assessing national current FAIR-enabling capabilities
2024-05-14 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
The “FAIR Implementation Workshop – Assessing national current FAIR-enabling capabilities” will take place on 14 May 2024 14:00-16:00 CEST. Confirm your registration below. Note: Registration for the workshop is free but mandatory.
The Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) is a group of organisations who work on harmonising the assessment of research. It takes into account practices and activities that maximise the quality and impact of research. It involves basing assessment primarily on qualitative judgment, for which peer review is central, supported by responsible use of quantitative indicators.
This two-hour workshop will focus on the topic of research assessment to help the selected candidates to draft their FAIR implementation action plan by taking into account the research assessment aspect.

Assessing Open Access Books: Shedding Light on Peer Review with PRISM
2024-05-14 10:00 - 23:00 | Online
This webinar will present the Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM) and discuss how it can be used in research assessment. PRISM aims to enhance trust in Open Access book publishing through increased transparency in the peer review process, offering publishers a standardised platform to display their peer review procedures, integrate metadata, ultimately building trust in Open Access book publishing.
After attending this webinar, you should:

Understand peer review in relation to Responsible Research Assessment;
Learn how PRISM works and how it helps increase transparency in Peer Review for OA books;
Reflect on how PRISM could be useful in the context of Responsible Research Assessment.

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

RDA’s 22nd Plenary Meeting
2024-05-14 - 2024-05-23 | Online
The Research Data Alliance’s 22nd Plenary meeting (VP22) is now confirmed and will take place as a fully virtual event. Organised by the RDA Secretariat, VP22 will be held for half-days spread across two weeks, between 14-23 May 2024.
With the theme “Local Action – Global Connection”, which also aligns with the four themes of RDA’s Strategic Plan, the plenary will focus on collaboration and engagement with our global community through the sharing of local experiences, best practices and recommendations.
We invite individuals and groups at all stages of their careers to contribute to the discussions, meet data professionals, and get involved in the RDA community. Over the course of two weeks, RDA Working and Interest Groups, Communities of Practice and Birds of a Feather sessions will address the most significant challenges that data leaders face today, presenting ongoing research that are building the fundamentals for data science.
Regardless of where you are in the world, you won’t need to travel anywhere! Join VP22 from the comfort of your preferred place.
Planning for the VP22 is underway, and we look forward to sharing further details soon!

FAIR-IMPACT's 2nd open call for repository support programme
2024-05-08 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
FAIR-IMPACT’s second open call for Route 1 for expert support (non-financial) for Repositories and Data Service Providers launched on 2nd May, 2024. This open call includes support actions relating to help you assess your current FAIR-enabling capabilities and develop action plans to improve them. The structure of our support programme is based on a range of services and tools that can be used to become more FAIR-enabling, such as:

Repository policy, e.g. ACME-FAIR, Data support policy for photon and neutron science;
Making objects in the repository more FAIR, e.g. CESSDA Data Archiving Guide, FAIR Cookbook;
Automated FAIR assessment, e.g. F-UJI, Framework for assessing FAIR services;
Repository certification, e.g. CoreTrustSeal+FAIRenabling Capability Maturity Model, FAIRsFAIR repository support.

This FAIR-IMPACT webinar will provide more info about the support actions that are available, what financial support will be made available for each and how to apply. The hour long session also provides information on what is expected of applicants and specific skills and expertise necessary to participate in each offer. There is also time for questions from the participants.
Registration for this webinar is free and open to all.
For more information on FAIR-IMPACT’s support routes, key dates, and FAQs, please check out our dedicated webpage.

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