Public consultation on SRIA 2.0 is open!
2026-01-31 23:59 (Europe/Paris)
Dear EOSC community,
The Board of Directors of the EOSC Association warmly invites you to participate in the SRIA 2.0 public consultation.
Your input is essential for shaping the future direction of EOSC and ensuring that the voice of the community remains strong.
The purpose of this public consultation is to collect insights from the EOSC community on the main technological and innovation challenges of EOSC. SRIA 2.0 will have three core chapters:

Chapter 1 addresses the “Vision, Mission, and Strategic Objectives” of EOSC.
Chapter 2, “Current Landscape: Gaps, Trends, and Challenges”, will be informed directly by the insights gathered through this consultation. The consultation enables participants to rate the relevance of topics and suggest additional input.
The results of this consultation will provide the basis for Chapter 3: “Strategic Priorities for 2026–2030”, ensuring that the strategic focus truly reflects the needs and perspectives of the EOSC community.

The consultation will take approximately 10-15 minutes. Participation is possible until 31 January 2026.

Tag der guten Daten
2026-02-10 | Universität Graz, Universitätsplatz 3a, Graz, 8010, Austria
In der International Love Data Week, in der dieses Jahr die Frage “Where’s the data?” diskutiert werden soll, gibt es an der Universität Graz eine ganztägige Veranstaltung zu diesem Thema. In der Keynote, welche die Vortragsreihe am Vormittag (9:00-13:00) eröffnet, wird Verantwortung, Wartbarkeit und Langzeitdenken am Beispiel eines DH Urgesteins – der Mittelhochdeutschen Begriffsdatenbank – thematisiert. Dabei stellen die Vortragenden KI-gestützte Arbeitsmethoden vor, zeigen auf, dass KI Forschung zwar unterstützen kann, Forschungspersonal aber nie ersetzen wird und stellen fest, dass offene, menschenlesbare Standards wie XML durchaus kein Rückschritt sind, sondern der Schlüssel für digitale Zukunftsfähigkeit. Die weiteren Vorträge behandeln Lizenzierung in AUSSDA, den Health Data Research Hub der Meduni Graz, die Performancetests und Metadaten aus den Digital Skills Austria Studien und ein übertragbares Modell für heterogene (psychologische) Forschungsdaten.
Dieser Teil der Veranstaltung wird auch per Livestream übertragen.

Am Nachmittag findet ein Workshop mit dem Titel “Forschungsdaten zur Verfügung stellen / Forschungsdaten nachnutzen” statt, in dem nach einer Reihe von Impulsvorträgen, in denen Daten aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen charakterisiert werden, an einer Handreichung für Forschende zu diesem Thema gearbeitet wird.
Der Workshop findet nur in Präsenz statt und die Teilnehmerzahl ist beschränkt.

Veranstaltungslink: https://forschungsdatenmanagement.uni-graz.at/de/veranstaltungen/tag-der-guten-daten-2026/

Anmeldung: https://ub.uni-graz.at/de/beratung-kurse/kurse-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/tag-der-guten-daten-2026/

Data Spaces Symposium 2026
2026-02-10 - 2026-02-11 | Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Mark Your Calendars!
The world’s premier event on data spaces returns for its fourth edition!
Under the theme “Scaling cross-border data ecosystems”, the Data Spaces Symposium 2026 will spotlight how data spaces drive collaboration, innovation, and global competitiveness.
Hosted by the Data Spaces Support Centre together with BDVA – Big Data Value Association, FIWARE Foundation, Gaia-X Association for Data and Cloud (AISBL), and the International Data Spaces Association (IDSA), this year’s symposium takes place in Madrid, in partnership and under the coordination of the Gaia-X Hub España. As a leading actor in Spain’s data sharing and data space initiatives, the Hub brings national expertise to a truly European stage.
2026 Highlights:

Data Spaces as value creators – enabling collaboration and economic growth
Trustworthy data for AI – how data spaces power the future of artificial intelligence
Standards and interoperability – driving international harmonisation and cross-border alignment
The inaugural European Data Spaces Awards Ceremony

and much more to come!
Registration opens soon — stay tuned for updates!
Questions or sponsorship opportunities? Contact us at events@dssc.eu

EOSC EU Node Ask Me Anything for Contributors
2026-02-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Join our Ask Me Anything (AMA) session for Contributors and explore how to onboard, integrate, and build with the EOSC EU Node
When: Thursday 12 February 2026, 11.00-12.30 CET
Speakers & Moderators: Peter Szegedi, Policy Officer at the European Commission DG CNECT, Spiros Athanasiou, EOSC EU Node Contractors’ representative, Maja Dolinar
Who is it for?
Service providers, research infrastructures, candidate nodes, technical contributors, and developers interested in integrating their data sources, services, or tools into the EOSC EU Node. Ideal for anyone working on interoperability, open-source tooling, or technical onboarding.
What’s on the agenda?
This AMA session focuses on the contributor’s perspective and will cover:

Live demonstration of the testing environment with the enrolled Candidate Nodes and their onboarded services
Insights into the process of onboarding services from Candidate notes; how they were achieved, lessons learned, and what contributors can expect
Open-source components of the EOSC EU Node; what is available, how to access it, and how it can be reused, deployed, or customised

This interactive session is your opportunity to understand how to bring your services into the EOSC ecosystem and how to build on top of the software we develop.
How will the session work?

Interactive Q&A – Ask your questions about integration, and technical requirements
Live engagement – Submit and upvote questions using Zoom’s Q&A feature
Focused discussions – From onboarding services to open-source components and interoperability scenarios

Register now and join us for a hands-on discussion that will help you take the next step as a contributor to the EOSC EU Node. We look forward to seeing you there!

20th International Digital Curation Conference
2026-02-16 - 2026-02-18 | Zagreb
About the International Digital Curation Conference
The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) is an established annual event with a unique place in the digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data and providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded data practitioners to discuss policy and practice.

Three open calls to grow the EOSC Federation
2026-02-18 17:00 | Online
Enrolment call of the EOSC Tripartite Governance
This call invites organisations to join the second wave of the EOSC Federation’s build-up phase, requiring them to enrol as an EOSC Node, submit a Project Charter, develop use cases, and demonstrate their capacity to function as a community gateway.
Total funding: No funding is provided through this call
Maximum grant amount: Not applicable

Preparatory grants under EOSC Gravity

hese grants are designed to support the preparatory work of potential future EOSC Nodes. The main objective is to develop a Project Charter for a subsequent, separate application to the Enrolment Call of the EOSC Tripartite Governance.
Total funding: €800,000
Maximum grant amount: €50,000 per project
Read the call text on EU Funding & Tenders Portal

Inter-project grants under EOSC Gravity
This call aims to expand the services offered through the EOSC Federation and to demonstrate the benefits for end users. This can be achieved in two ways: by developing scientific use cases, or by piloting the onboarding of new services into existing EOSC Nodes, without the requirement to become an EOSC Node at this stage.
Total funding: €400,000
Maximum grant amount: €50,000 per project
Read the call text on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal

ERCIM News No. 144
2026-02-24
The Special Theme and the Research and Innovation sections contain articles presenting a panorama of European research activities. The Special Theme focuses on a sector that has been selected by the editors from a short list of currently “hot” topics whereas the Research and Innovation section contains articles describing scientific activities, research results, and technical transfer endeavours in any sector of Information and Communication Science and Technology (ICST), telecommunications or applied mathematics. Submissions to the Special Theme section are subjected to an external review process coordinated by invited guest editors whereas submissions to the Research and Innovation section are checked and approved by the ERCIM News editorial board.
Special Theme: Open Science Experiences and Prospects
Guest editors:

Leonardo Candela, CNR-ISTI
Roberto di Cosmo, Inria and University Paris Cité

Open Science is the practice of science in which researchers collaborate openly and citizens contribute to research questions. In this approach, research artefacts, research processes, and even laboratories are shared under conditions that enable reuse, transparency, and reproducibility as early and openly as possible. The European Commission has made Open Science a policy priority.
This special theme aims to highlight current technological developments in Open Science and to present future prospects for infrastructures, tools, and services that support open, transparent, and reusable research practices.
Topics include but are not limited to:

AI and Open Science
Approaches for effective sharing and reuse of research artefacts
Citizen science platforms, methods and impact
Ethical, legal and trust aspects of Open Science (e.g. GDPR, IP, sensitive data)
Infrastructures promoting Open Science
Interoperability, standards, and sustainability of Open Science ecosystems
Methods and tools for science reproducibility and transparency
Open research software, open-source practices, and research software sustainability
Open science-friendly scholarly communication
Open science-oriented research data management and FAIR data principles
Open Science and Research Security
Science gateways, virtual research environments for Open Science
Services for Open Science education and skills development
Socio-economic and geopolitical dimensions of Open Science
Solutions for Open Science monitoring and innovative research assessment.

All articles have to be sent to the local editor for your country (see About ERCIM News) or to the central editor en-submission@ercim.eu
Reviewing:
Articles submitted to the special theme and the research and society sections are subject to a review process.

RICH Europe Symposium
2026-02-25 - 2026-02-26 | Rome
RICH Europe kindly invites you to the Second RICH Europe Symposium on Research Infrastructures, which will take place on 25–26 February 2026 in Rome, Italy, at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.
European Research Infrastructures (RIs) play a pivotal role in advancing frontier research, fostering innovation, and addressing societal challenges. As strategic assets of the European Research Area (ERA), RIs support excellent science, enable cross-border collaboration, and contribute to Europe’s global competitiveness.
The Symposium will provide an opportunity to promote synergies among Research Infrastructures and relevant stakeholders; to showcase successful models of collaboration among RIs, partnerships, and clusters; to encourage the involvement of RIs in other parts of Horizon Europe; to assess and analyse cooperation between Research Infrastructures and other European programmes; to promote interoperability and data sharing; to facilitate dialogue among stakeholders; and to support capacity building.
You can use the QR code in the Save the Date or this link to register. Registration to the symposium is temporary closed, due to the maximum capacity of the Venue. Here is the Programme. Here is the InfoPack for your stay and attendance.
The Symposium will be also streamed live. The link will be available few days before the event.
NCPs from Third Countries can rely on the call of the GSF that focuses on funding participation of official Third Country NCPs for RIs (here attached the document with further info and criteria. Deadline to submit the application: 4th December 2025).

FIDELIS mentoring and peer-to-peer support programme : first open call
2026-02-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
Join us on 27 February from 11-12 CET for an overview of the support programmes you can apply to join as a mentor or mentee in the first open call for FIDELIS mentoring and peer to peer support.

This is the first of two open calls for FIDELIS mentoring and peer to peer support and will run over the second half of 2026. In this open call, we invite applications to join one of five thematic support programmes:

1. Trustworthy at national and international levels
2: Data curation, access and preservation policies
3: Fostering engagement between repositories and end users
4: Active Data Curation for technical repository staff
5: Training approaches for repository staff

This webinar will provide more information about the support programmes, what is expected from mentors, financial support provided, and how to apply. The session will allow ample time for questions from participants and will last no longer than one hour.
Registration for this webinar is free and open to all.

Through two open calls, FIDELIS will allocate a total of €200,000 in financial support to enable around 40 successful applicants to participate as mentors in one of a series of defined support programmes.
Each of the defined support programmes will focus on a particular theme related to Trustworthy Digital Repositories and will aim to share real-life experiences on tools, methods and/or approaches that have been taken. Successful applicants to the open call will receive a standard day rate of 500 EUR/day to support their active participation in a given support programme.The support programme will require 10 days of effort and a total of 5000 euros will be paid upon completion of the support programme.

ECSA 2026
2026-03-03 - 2026-03-06 | Finland
The ECSA 2026 conference is framed around the notion of Citizen Science bridging Centre and Periphery. This theme explores the diversity of contexts in which citizen science unfolds — from urban metropolitan hubs to remote northern and southern spaces — and emphasizes its role as a link between centre and periphery. Here, we encourage collective analysis and visioning for the potential of citizen science to reduce inequalities between centres of power and scientific attention and their associated hinterlands (which may indeed have little geographic distance between them). The theme invites reflections on how citizen science acts as a bridge across geographic, cultural, social and institutional divides. Doing so invites contributions that consider the ability of citizen science to work towards sustainability, support evidence-based decision-making, improve public health, engage with political and legal frameworks, promote integrated resource management, and honour cultural and historical contexts.
In light of ongoing global challenges, we invite scholars, practitioners, and community actors to assess the current state of citizen science — giving attention to emerging directions and pressing challenges, and to promising opportunities for the forms of critical, engaged work that have long shaped the practice.
Dimensions

Challenges and opportunities of citizen science across centres and peripheries
What are the specific challenges and opportunities of implementing citizen science in contexts that are socially, geographically, institutionally, or scientifically distant from centres of power? How can citizen science serve as a tool for inclusion, innovation, and transformation in areas or fields that are often overlooked or underrepresented?
Citizen science and inclusion: reaching marginalised communities
How can citizen science empower and engage marginalised communities in scientific research and decision-making processes — if at all? What conditions are necessary to ensure that such engagement is meaningful, respectful, and equitable? What potential impacts — both positive and negative — can citizen science have on marginalised communities, and how can these be addressed or leveraged for lasting benefit? Is citizen science an appropriate or welcome framework, particularly where dominant or Eurocentric models may risk reinforcing unequal power dynamics? And if so, how might citizen science be reimagined to centre diverse forms of knowledge, representation, and community agency?
Citizen science across borders
How can citizen science foster collaboration across different kinds of borders and frontiers — including geopolitical, disciplinary, organizational, or cultural? What role can it play in connecting diverse knowledge systems and enabling inclusive, equitable, and cooperative approaches to research, learning, and action?
Citizen science in extreme conditions and situations of crisis
How can citizen science be mobilised in challenging or high-risk contexts — from remote environments and polar regions to situations of conflict, environmental disaster, or public health emergencies, which might be familiar to practitioners but in which academic researchers may hesitate to tread? What strategies support safe and effective participation, resilient data collection, and sustained knowledge co-production when institutional, logistical, or technological infrastructures are disrupted?
Citizen science and Indigenous knowledges and practices
How can citizen science contribute to the respectful co-creation of knowledge with Indigenous communities? How can projects be designed in ways that are ethical, collaborative, and supportive of Indigenous perspectives, values, and knowledge systems — while safeguarding sovereignty and cultural integrity?
Other compelling dimensions of citizen science
What other emerging, overlooked, or unconventional dimensions of citizen science deserve greater attention? We welcome contributions that challenge current assumptions, explore new scientific, methodological, or societal frontiers, or reimagine how citizen science can engage with communities, technologies, and institutions.

Webinar: The Barcelona Declaration: Why Open Research Information Matters
2026-03-03 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Die Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information wurde im April 2024 veröffentlicht und hat das Ziel, offene Forschungsinformationen als Standard in der Wissenschaftscommunity zu etablieren. Während kommerzielle Anbieter den Zugriff auf Metadaten oft exklusiv kontrollieren, zeigt die Barcelona Declaration den Weg zu einer unabhängigen und transparenten Forschungsinfrastruktur mit offenen Forschungsinformationen wie Metadaten zu Publikationen, Forschungsprojekten und weiteren forschungsrelevanten Informationen.
Organisiert vom Cluster Forschung+Daten beleuchtet dieses Webinar die konkreten Auswirkungen einer solchen Wende auf die österreichische Community. Wir gehen mit einem hochkarätigen internationalen Panel der Frage nach, wie der Weg zu offenen Forschungsinformationen in der Praxis aussehen kann. Konkret sollen dabei folgende Fragen beantwortet werden:

Implementierung: Was bedeutet es konkret für eine Forschungsstätte, wenn sie die Barcelona Declaration unterzeichnen will? Welche Prozesse müssen angestoßen werden?
Benefit: Welchen unmittelbaren strategischen und operativen Nutzen (z. B. Datenhoheit, Sichtbarkeit) bringt die Unterzeichnung der Institution?
Wer nutzt offene Forschungsinformationen bereits und falls ja, wie? Wie können wir als Community diese Infrastrukturen nachhaltig unterstützen?

Wie sollte eine faire Finanzierung von Open Access aussehen?
2026-03-12 14:00 - 16:00
Wissenschaftliches Publizieren im Open Access (OA) wird heute von den kommerziellen Zielen einer sehr kleinen Anzahl von umsatzorientierten, global agierenden Medienkonzernen dominiert (Gatti et al. 2025, 14). Im Mai 2023 erklärte der Rat der Europäischen Kommission, dass das aktuelle System des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens für öffentliche Forschungsförderer zunehmend unbezahlbar wird. Die steigenden Kosten haben global die Forderung nach einem Wechsel zu nicht gewinnorientierten Publikationsmodellen gestärkt, siehe UNESCO Diamond Open Access Alliance, 2024.
Immer stärker etablieren sich Forderungen, Diamond Open Access (DOA) Publikationsmodelle im Bereich des wissenschaftlichen Publizierens zu finanzieren, um das aktuelle System zu transformieren und die Abhängigkeit der Wissenschaft vom kommerziellen Verlagswesen zu verringern. Die ab 2025 von der DFG geförderte Servicestelle Diamond Open Access (SeDOA) unterstützt diesen Ansatz. Zudem betont die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina die Skalierbarkeit von nicht gewinnorientierten OA-Publikationsmodellen als entscheidender Faktor für eine erfolgreiche Transformation, da Wissenschaftseinrichtungen mit wenigen Medienkonzernen auf dem Publikationsmarkt konkurrieren (Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina 2025, 34). Entsprechende Finanzierungsstrukturen können die Implementierung offener Infrastrukturen und damit die gesamte Open-Research-Transformation positiv beeinflussen.
Für den Forschungsraum Berlin-Brandenburg ist das faire und nachhaltige Finanzieren von Open Access ein drängendes Thema (Neufend et al. 2024), das aufgrund der Unsicherheiten in der Finanzierung von Wissenschafts- und Kulturerbe-Einrichtungen alle Einrichtungstypen unterschiedlich betrifft. In dieser Veranstaltung möchten wir mit Akteur*innen ins Gespräch kommen, die bereits eine nachhaltige, faire und kollektive Finanzierung von Open Access unterstützen und ermöglichen.
Auf dem virtuellen Podium möchten wir entlang folgender Fragen diskutieren:

Ist das nicht gewinnorientierte Publizieren kostengünstiger als kommerzielle APC- und BPC-Modelle?
Welches Verständnis von Fairness ist maßgeblich für faires OA?
Was ist der Wert und was sind die Kosten des nicht gewinnorientierten Publizierens und wie können entsprechende Ressourcen bereitgestellt werden?
Wie können einzelne Akteure im Forschungsökosystem nicht gewinnorientiertes Publizieren unterstützen?
Was sind notwendige Finanzierungsstrukturen, die nicht gewinnorientiertes Publizieren nach fairen Prinzipien ermöglichen?
Was lässt sich aus einer kritischen Reflektion bisheriger großangelegter Transformationsverträge und den daraus entstandenen Kriterien lernen?
Was sind die Alternativen zu solchen großangelegten, kommerziellen Ansätzen im wissenschaftlichen Publizieren?

RDA 26th Plenary Meeting
2026-03-16 - 2026-03-20 | Online
The RDA has been working since 2013 to create solutions to allow researchers to openly share and re-use data across technologies, disciplines, and countries. The RDA 26th Plenary Meeting will take place fully virtually under the theme ‘Data Continuity for Research Resilience’, from 16-20 March 2026.

Data continuity is essential for research resilience. As the research and scientific landscape faces institutional changes, technological transitions, and global disruptions, VP26 brings together the RDA community to address critical challenges in maintaining access to research data. Through collaborative sessions, RDA groups and individual members will explore strategies for building robust data infrastructures, preserving research outputs, and ensuring data remains accessible regardless of the challenges.

Join us as the global RDA community comes together to explore data continuity strategies that strengthen research resilience in times of change, crisis, and transformation.

For who?:

Data scientists
Data professionals
Researchers
Industry leaders
Entrepreneurs
Policy makers
Data stewards

Registration Open

Join the global RDA community in March 2026 to take part in shaping the future of data. Registration fees remain unchanged from VP24 (held in April 2025) to allow the participation of as many RDA members as possible.

REGISTER NOW

Cloud Services for Synchronization and Sharing 2026
2026-03-17 - 2026-03-19 | Oslo
About The Conference
CS3 2026 is an in-person event and part of the CS3 conference series
The 2026 CS3 Conference will take place on 17-19 March 2026 at University of Oslo
We look forward to meeting old and new colleagues within the CS3 community. Reconnect, inspire and get inspired, learn from each other and have some fun together, too.
The main session will start on Tuesday, 17 March and will be preceded on Monday 16 March afternoon by a co-located SIG-CISS session of the GEANT Association.
Registration
We are now accepting registrations! Please use this form to register. The early bird offer expires end of December 2025, (or earlier, depending on availability).

Call for input: Understanding open science monitoring landscape
2026-03-24
The OSMI Working Group 2 has published an update on their work related to open science monitoring landscape, presenting the current mapping of initiatives that track and assess open science practices worldwide.
As part of this effort, the group has identified 73 open science monitoring initiatives globally and compiled structured information on their scope, leadership, monitoring approaches, and areas of open science covered.
We are now opening this dataset for public review and invite the wider open science community to help strengthen this mapping effort.
You can contribute by completing this short Google Form.
The public review period will remain open until 24 March 2026.
Through the form, you may contribute in the following ways:

Correction to an existing initiative (flag inaccurate or outdated information)
Additional information for an existing initiative (add missing details)
Suggest a missing initiative (propose initiatives not yet included)
General comments on the dataset or review process

All submissions will be reviewed by OSMI Working Group 2 before being incorporated into the dataset.
For more information:
🔗 https://open-science-monitoring.org/understanding-the-open-science-monitoring-landscape-an-update-from-osmi-working-group-2/

FAIR Digital Objects Conference
2026-03-24 - 2026-03-27 | TU Wien, Kuppelsaal, Karlsplatz 13, Vienna, 1040, Austria
Conference Update November 2025
Program Chairs: Andreas Rauber (TU Wien), Sven Bingert (GWDG Göttingen)

Abstract Submissions & Reviews
We received 51 abstract submissions, primarily concerning ongoing implementation projects. This is more than we had at previous FDO conferences. As with the Berlin conference, there will be 18 slots for paper presentations,10 slots for lightning talks and various posters. The review process will now begin, with three reviewers per abstract, and we intend to inform authors of the outcome by 15 December 2025.

Registration
Registration is expected to open in the first two weeks of December. Along with the registration information, we will provide details of fees and social events.

Program Update
The programme for the 3rd FDO Conference on 24-27 March 2026 at TU Wien (TUW) is taking shape and we would like to provide an update on the state of preparations. So, let’s go through the general layout of the conference. On 24 March 2026, we will organise tutorials and a newcomer session.

24 March
25 March
26 March
27 March

Tutorials
Newcomer session
Welcome session:
Keynotes and sessions on the dimensions of trust, the state of their implementation and plans for action, with audience interaction.
FDO-related sessions with a keynote from Sanzio Bassini,
Director of SuperComputing Applications and Innovation Department at CINECA, paper presentations, and panels (Motivation for FDOs, Interoperability for FDOs).
FDO-related sessions with
paper presentations, lightning talks, panel on FDO and security, summary and audience interaction.

First Day
The first day will start with a welcome session kicked off by J. Schneider (Rector of TUW) and C. Kirkpatrick (co-chair of the FDO Forum), followed by two keynotes from T. Hahn (President BDVA) and C. Stöver (CCO GEANT) on their views on the state of data exchange and reuse.
Then, in three sessions, we will focus on the following:

views on specific trust dimensions, such as data sovereignty, transparency, traceability, accountability and persistence;
the state of architectures to overcome trust and rights barriers with the help of dataspace technologies and FDOs;
possibilities for concrete actions.

The speakers on the first day are the Austrian minister E. Holzleitner (BMFWF), J. Schneider (rector of TU Wien), C. Kirkpatrick (SDSC, FDOF), S. Hanslik (BMFWF), T. Hahn (BDVA), C. Stöver (GEANT), L. Biven (Jefferson Lab), D. Sangion (UniCredit), T. Motshegwa (AOSP), E. Pentz (Crossref, DONA), M. Spiekermann (IDSA, Huawei), D. Rohrmus (Factory X), S. Bingert (GWDG, FDOF), P. Koen (IDSA, Microsoft), E. Schultes (GOFAIR, FDOF), M. Manda (Dirisa, SA), Xihui Zheng, Cheng Chi (China), TBA (Japan).

Second and Third Day
On the second day, we will begin with a keynote from the CINECA director. We will then focus on the current state of FDO specification applications and other FDO-related topics. Most contributions will take the form of presentations, lightning talks and posters. We will organise three panels:

“Why motivation for FDOs?” organised by L. Biven (Jefferson Lab);
“FDO Interoperability” organised by R. Hanisch (former NIST);
“Security and FDOs” organised by C. Blanchi (DONA) and P. Wittenburg (FDOF).

As with the FDO conferences in Leiden and Berlin, there will be ample opportunity for interaction.

Training and Newcomer Session
We will organise training courses and a special session on 24 March 2026 for newcomers. Here, we will report on FDO specifications, FDO-related services, and FDO implementations (internet-based, web-based and nano-publication-based). More details will be published soon.

Organisers
TU Wien
FAIR Digital Objects Forum

Partners
BDVA, BMFWF, CLARIN ERIC, CODATA, DIN, DISSCO, DOI Foundation,
DONA Foundation, DKRZ, EPOS ERIC, FDO One, GO FAIR, GWDG, IndiScale,
KIT, Naturalis, NIST, ORKG, RDA, SDSC, TIB, ZBMED Köln

Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. Andreas Rauber (TUW), Dr. Sven Bingert (FDOF, GWDG)
Contact: secretariat@fairdo.org

Horizon Europe Open Science requirements in practice
2026-04-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Online
Have any doubts or questions about your obligations as a Horizon Europe (HE) grant holder in terms of Open Access to publications and Research Data Management? We will present the HE requirements, followed by some time for your questions to our experts. You will also get a preview of the main tools and services OpenAIRE provides to help project coordinators and research support staff on the requirements’ compliance.
Learn about:
– Mandatory and recommended Open Science requirements in HE.
– Compliance with the HE Open Access to publications mandate.
– Managing and sharing Research Data in HE projects.
– Delivering Data Management Plans and reporting publications and datasets in HE.
– OpenAIRE tools and services to support HE projects.
OpenAIRE is a not-for-profit organisation that is supported by several HE grants. This webinar is organised as part of an effort to make Open Science practices easier to understand and implement.
Target audience: Project Coordinators, Researchers, Research Managers, Librarians and Data Stewards.
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Open Science Retreat
2026-04-07 - 2026-04-11 | Wales
The Open Science Retreat Global Edition is a week full of scientific discussions and reflections, getting work done, making new friends and resetting.
The Retreat follows an unconference model. Except for the plenary sessions, all activities are optional.
This year, we will host one session of lightning talks for you to present your research in. We are aware that it can be difficult to attend an event with an unconventional agenda and therefore would like to offer a slot that fulfills more traditional academic criteria. Please submit an abstract if you want to be part of the lightning talks session.
Submitting an abstract is absolutely not mandatory for your application!

Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 – ASHPC26
2026-04-08 - 2026-04-10 | Vienna, Vienna, Austria
ASHPC26 will continue the tradition of the annual Austrian HPC Meetings (2015–2020) and the Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meetings (2021–2025) bringing together users and providers of large-scale computing resources for both academic and non-academic research and development.
ASHPC26 will focus on various aspects of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and provides a great opportunity to discuss HPC-related topics and present your latest results. It will also provide an overview and update on the rapidly improving AI and HPC landscape available to European researchers and serve as a platform for exchanging experiences related to the usage and operation of large-scale computing resources and the challenges encountered.
Central European NCCs Workgroup Meeting – CE-NCCs-WG, 7 April 2026
On Tuesday, 7 April 2026, in the afternoon preceding ASHPC26, there will be a Central European NCCs Workgroup Meeting (for NCC / EuroCC 3 staff only) where the National Competence Centres (NCCs) address their most challenging topics and further regional collaboration.

OER-Barcamp Österreich 2026
2026-04-09 - 2026-04-10
#reOPEN – OER gemeinsam gestalten
Wir treffen uns als österreichische OER-Community, tauschen Erfahrungen aus, bringen Ideen ein und entwickeln Innovationen – in Barcamp-Sessions, Workshops, Pro-Action-Cafés und Co-Creation-Räumen. Von bewährten Praktiken bis zu neuen Trends – die breiten Aspekte offener Bildung werden gemeinsam erkundet und weiterentwickelt.
Termin & Ort:

9.–10. April 2026
Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, Universität Wien

Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos – wir freuen uns sehr, euch die Möglichkeit zu geben, gemeinsam als OER-Community der österreichischen Hochschulen Ideen zu entwickeln, Erfahrungen auszutauschen und neue Impulse für offene Bildung zu setzen. Wir freuen uns auch über OER-Expert:innen und Interessierte aus dem gesamten Bildungsbereich und über Österreich hinaus.
OER-Practitioner Special:
Am Vormittag des 10. April gibt es die kostenlose Möglichkeit, die OER-Practitioner-Ausbildung mit einem Präsenzworkshop bei OER-Expertin Sandra Schön zu starten. Auf die Teilnahme folgen individuell absolvierbare Teilleistungen, und die Ausbildung schließt mit der offiziellen OER-Zertifizierung von FNMA ab – ideal für alle, die aktuell an ihrer Hochschule keinen Zugang zu diesem Angebot haben. Anmeldung und weitere Informationen folgen auf der Veranstaltungshomepage.
Alle Details zum Programm und zur Anmeldung findet ihr auf der Veranstaltungshomepage:
https://shared-oer-services.univie.ac.at/oer-barcamp-oesterreich-2026/
Veranstaltet wird das OER-Barcamp Österreich 2026 von den Shared-OER-Services in Kooperation mit österreichischen Hochschulen und Partnernetzwerken.

EGI2026 Call for Contributions
2026-04-13 23:59 | Online
EGI2026 is coming to Ghent, Belgium!
Block your calendars between September 21 and 25, 2026.
This beautiful city is located 30 mins by train from Brussels.
Ghent combines the charm of a medieval city centre with a vibrant cultural and culinary (night)life.
The conference will be organised in the historical ‘De Bijloke‘ venue, a 13th century hospital/abbey, currently used as a location for concerts and events.
Over the next months, we will release more details about the Call for Proposals, Exhibition and Partnerships opportunities, and of course about Registration – stay tuned!

EU investiert über 307 Mio. EUR in künstliche Intelligenz und verwandte Technologien
2026-04-15
Die Europäische Kommission hat zwei neue Aufforderungen zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen im Rahmen des Clusters „Digitalisierung, Industrie und Raumfahrt“ des Arbeitsprogramms „Horizont Europa“ veröffentlicht, mit denen 307,3 Mio. EUR zur Stärkung der digitalen Innovation und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas bereitgestellt werden.

Insgesamt 221,8 Mio. EUR sind für eine Initiative bestimmt, die sich auf die Entwicklung vertrauenswürdiger Dienste der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI), innovativer Datendienste und die Sicherung der strategischen Autonomie der EU konzentriert. Im Rahmen der Aufforderung werden Projekte finanziert, die zur Entwicklung von KI beitragen, einschließlich Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung der Strategie „Anwenden von KI“, der Robotik, der Quantentechnologien, der Photonik und virtueller Welten. Mit mehr als 40 Mio. EUR für die „Open Internet Stack Initiative“ werden sowohl Endnutzeranwendungen als auch Technologien innerhalb der Stacks entwickelt, um europäische souveräne digitale Gemeingüter zu unterstützen.
Für die zweite Aufforderung zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen stehen zusätzliche 85,5 Mio. EUR zur Verfügung, mit denen eine offene strategische Autonomie bei digitalen und neu entstehenden Technologien und Rohstoffen unterstützt wird. Es wird sich auf Themen wie KI-Agenten der nächsten Generation, Robotik für Industrie- und Serviceanwendungen und die Entwicklung neuer Materialien mit verbesserten Sensorfunktionen konzentrieren.
Diese Aufforderungen zur Einreichung von Vorschlägen fördern nachhaltige Innovation und die europäische Führungsrolle bei strategischen digitalen Technologien im Einklang mit dem Kompass der Kommission für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Mit diesen Investitionen will die Kommission die Führungsrolle bei strategischen Technologien durch nachhaltige, auf den Menschen ausgerichtete Innovationen sichern.
Cluster 4 des Arbeitsprogramms von Horizont Europa „Digitalisierung, Industrie und Raumfahrt“ ist strategisch darauf ausgerichtet, die Führungsrolle und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Europas in wichtigen strategischen digitalen Sektoren wie KI, Quantentechnologie, künftigen digitalen Netzen, virtuellen Welten und anderen Schlüsseltechnologien zu beschleunigen. Diese Aufforderungen stehen Unternehmen, öffentlichen Verwaltungen, Hochschulen und anderen Einrichtungen aus den EU-Mitgliedstaaten und Partnerländern offen.
Das Bewerbungsfenster bleibt bis zum 15. April 2026 geöffnet.
Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf dem Portal „Funding & Tenders“.

PATTERNs of Change: Building an Open and Responsible Future for European Research
2026-04-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The PATTERN project is happy to invite you to attend its final event: PATTERNs of Change: Building an Open and Responsible Future for European Research.
Join policymakers, research organisations, SMEs and EU-funded projects to reflect on how we can scale up open and responsible research and innovation (Open RRI) across Europe and to share what actually works (and what doesn’t) in real-life implementation.
The programme
Morning: Policy-oriented sessions (09:00–13:00)
A high-level roundtable and a practical outreach workshop focused on aligning researchers’ needs with EU-driven policies and strengthening Open RRI practices.
Afternoon: Story Slam Session with Sister Projects (14:30–15:30)
A short, fun and refreshingly honest format: projects share an “unsuccessful” story (something that didn’t go to plan, a failed approach, a lesson learned) and the presentation must include a MEME.
Afternoon: Walkthrough poster session and networking (15:30–16:30)
A dedicated space to showcase posters and dissemination materials, walk around, connect and exchange ideas. Feel free to bring posters, roll-ups, flyers, postcards, or any other comms materials you’d like to share.
Learn more and register here!

Webinar on EOSC Federation and activities at national level
2026-04-23 13:00 - 14:00
Curious about how the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is shaping the future of research and collaboration?
We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar, “EOSC Federation and activities at national level”. This session will provide a concise yet insightful overview of the EOSC Federation, its strategic direction, and what it means for the Austrian research community and service providers. We will also take a closer look at the role of the EOSC Support Office Austria in this context.
During the webinar, you will gain key updates on current developments, learn about the progress towards establishing the Austrian EOSC Node, and have the opportunity to engage directly with experts in an interactive discussion.
Date: 23 April 2026
Time: 1–2 pm CEST
Registered participants will receive the Zoom link prior to the webinar.
Agenda:

Welcome
Introduction to the EOSC Federation – Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi (EOSC SOA, TU Graz)
EOSC Support Office Austria (EOSC SOA): role and activities – Dimitri Prandner (EOSC SOA, JKU)
Towards the Austrian EOSC Node: current status – Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi (EOSC SOA, TU Graz)
Interactive Q&A & discussion

If you have any burning questions already, feel free to send them though the registration form or to contact@eosc-austria.at
We would be delighted to have you join us for this engaging session.

Meeting Link: https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/67913244265?pwd=[REDACTED]

Teaching Reproducibility for Professional Development and Intellectual Growth
2026-04-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
We would like to cordially invite you to another Open Science Education Coffee Lecture. This time, the focus will be on how reproducibility can be taught in economics and what significance it holds for research, professional qualifications and career development.
Teaching Reproducibility for Professional Development and Intellectual Growth
23 April 2026 | 15:00 – 16:00 CEST
Online | in English
Organised by: ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Reproducibility has long been more than just a methodological detail. It plays an increasingly important role in the quality of academic work and in how research is taught and learned today. But how can this topic be effectively conveyed in teaching?
In this Open Science Education Coffee Lecture, Richard Ball, Professor of Economics at Haverford College (USA), will provide insights into the work of Project TIER, which he has helped shape for many years. As a member of the Executive Committee, he is one of the individuals who help shape the project’s content and strategy. His talk is therefore not only an introduction to the approaches of Project TIER, but also an opportunity to explore the development of reproducible research from a perspective that closely integrates teaching and research.
Richard Ball will demonstrate how transparency and reproducibility have been systematically integrated into the teaching of quantitative methods in the economic and social sciences since 2013. This involves specific teaching approaches, methodological and professional skills, and the question of how the standards of scientific research have changed in recent years – for example, through data and code policies and the establishment of replication archives.

FOR2026 Conference: The Future of Open Research: Reliable, Responsible, Equitable
2026-05-04 - 2026-05-06 | Technical University of Munich
The future of open research is uncertain. On the one hand, decades of activism and institutional support have placed the value and significance of intelligent strategies and formats for open research (and its dissemination) beyond doubt. Openness is central to the development of trustworthy, accountable, collaborative, and socially engaged knowledge. On the other hand, open research measures need to be tailored to diverse research conditions around the globe and across domains, which in turn requires substantial investment, local engagement, responsiveness to the ethical and social dimensions of inquiry, and attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
While the implementation of open science principles is certainly facilitated by ever more accessible digital technologies and training programmes, for many researchers around the world, acquiring the expertise and skills to engage in open research practices remains elusive. Exposure to open research initiatives often happens as an end-user rather than as an active contributor. This is because well-resourced environments produce the tools, set the research goals, define the standards and methods, which leads to them benefiting disproportionally from the opportunities. This makes even the best-intentioned projects into opportunities for the best-resourced environments (which are often in charge of producing open science tools) to impose their own understanding of research goals, standards, and methods on everybody else. Therefore, without domain- and location-specific input, the risk is that open research amplifies existing inequities and discrimination in the production, use, and evaluation of knowledge, thereby inflicting damage to the research system instead of the promised improvements. And this is not to mention the ongoing debates over how politically unpalatable open science may be, the extent to which open research has been appropriated by commercial entities such as large publishing companies and digital platforms, the fraught intersection between open science and artificial intelligence, and the ongoing difficulties in supporting and maintaining open research activities and tools in the long term.
This conference brings together scholars, activists, and policymakers to consider this challenging landscape and discuss the future of open research. Our goal is to facilitate the development of open research practices explicitly geared to serve the public interest, which involves interrogating what may constitute that ‘public interest’ to different audiences and in different locations around the world. A central element for our discussions will be the development of a Munich Manifesto for Equitable Open Research, detailing ways to utilise open research to foster reliable, responsible, and equitable forms of inquiry. A draft text of the manifesto will be circulated two weeks before the conference to all participants, and one session of the conference will be dedicated to discussing and finalising the declaration and its possible signatories.
We call for contributions by researchers across all fields of knowledge, including the arts and humanities, policy-makers interested in research and development, representatives of scholarly and commercial institutions involved in research, and civil society associations engaged in knowledge production.

Sprache / Macht / Daten
2026-05-05 - 2026-05-06 | Klagenfurt
Wie sprechen wir über unsere Welt? Und wer legt die Begriffe, Bedeutungen und Beziehungen fest? Mit der steigenden Menge an Daten und den technologischen Möglichkeiten, diese zu verknüpfen, verschieben sich auch Machtgefüge – mit teils massiven Folgen. Denn wer Daten sammelt, speichert und modelliert, beeinflusst, wie Wissen entsteht und welche Perspektiven und Erzählungen (un)sichtbar werden.
Um das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Sprache, Macht und Daten im digitalen Kulturerbe gemeinsam zu beleuchten, lädt das Bundesministerium für Kunst und Kultur (BMWKMS) mit dem Kulturpool, der Österreichischen Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (FFG), der Topothek und dem kärnten.museum zum Stakeholder Forum 2026, am 5.-6. Mai 2026 in Klagenfurt ein.
Wie können Museen, Archive, Bibliotheken und Akteure wie Kulturpool ihre Verantwortung wahrnehmen? Welche Infrastrukturen und Voraussetzungen sind zur Öffnung und Vernetzung von Sammlungen notwendig?
Und was braucht es, um die nachhaltige Nutzung, interdisziplinäre Forschung sowie die verantwortungsvolle und innovative Vermittlung von Kulturerbe-Daten zu fördern?

Webinar: OMERO – A Platform for Image Data Management
2026-05-05 10:00 - 11:30 | Online
The Health Data Research Hub (HDRH) at the Medical University of Graz provides a secure data environment and standardized interfaces that form the foundation for data excellence across the entire research data lifecycle—from study planning and the creation of data management plans to long-term storage and the secure reuse of data in analytical environments.
This presentation will focus on OMERO, an open-source platform developed by the Open Microscopy Environment (OME) for the centralized storage, management, visualization, and analysis of microscopy and bioimaging data, including associated metadata. Its client–server architecture enables location-independent access via web and desktop clients, while an access-controlled infrastructure ensures secure data management and distribution.
By automatically capturing microscope metadata, OMERO supports transparent and reproducible research in accordance with the FAIR principles. In addition, it offers compatibility with numerous bioimaging file formats, as well as APIs and plugins that enable high interoperability.
The presentation will conclude with a short live demonstration of OMERO and selected workflows.

KU Leuven Open Science Day
2026-05-06 | Kasteelpark Arenberg 41 , 3001 Heverlee
Open Science is an integral part of today’s research. It encompasses a wide range of practices and outputs across all stages of the research lifecycle. For instance, researchers share their publications via repositories, publish in Open Access journals, and disseminate early findings through preprints. They make their data FAIR, preregister their research protocols, and engage the public through Citizen Science initiatives.
Challenges include selecting the most appropriate channel for publishing research, considering the economic implications of this choice, as well as managing the learning curve and time investment required to implement certain Open Science principles. At the same time, researchers must navigate various considerations, including GDPR compliance, intellectual property rights, and research security. KU Leuven is committed to Open Science, guided by the principle: “as open as possible, as closed as necessary.”
The Open Science Day is an opportunity for researchers of the KU Leuven Association to take part in this discussion, to showcase their own Open Science efforts, to shed a light on difficulties they might encounter, to share experiences and solutions.

10th Open Science Retreat
2026-05-06 - 2026-05-07
With the Open Science Retreat (OSR) the ZBW brings together international Open Science supporters from different stakeholder groups. Again, we are planning two sessions where we will dive deeply into the topics that are of burning interest to us all.
We cordially invite you to join our 10thOpen Science Retreat that will be held virtually on 6 & 7 May 2026, 15:00-17:00 CEST.
It is dedicated to the theme “The future of Open Science amid authoritarianism, geopolitical tensions and aspirations for data sovereignty”.

Fundamental scientific principles and findings are under unprecedented attack: Disinformation and science scepticism has reached new levels, threatening the very foundations of democracy and science. Autocratic governments are attempting to restrict academic freedom and to use science and research to legitimise their very own political narratives and agendas. At the same time, geopolitical tensions are deepening, leading to increased security concerns in science and research, potentially leading to less openness, collaboration and communication among researchers around the globe. Last but not least, these developments are also having a significant impact on the availability of research infrastructures and Open Science materials. Do our societies need more data sovereignty to meet these challenges?

To guide our discussions, we would like to address the following questions:

How can Open Science – with its emphasis on transparency, collaboration, equality of opportunities and reproducibility of scientific results – be sustained in the light of these global developments?
What measures can we, as an international community of Open Science practitioners, take to ensure that Open Science is firmly established as the default mode of doing science in an increasingly challenging environment?
In particular, how can we meet the challenges in areas like

endangered data, surveys and other Open Science materials?
endangered research infrastructures for science and research?

Can greater data sovereignty help us overcome some of the challenges we face in Open Science, or are there other approaches that might be more promising?

Don’t miss out on this opportunity and apply now for free for this unique networking event: openscienceretreat.zbw.eu
Deadline for application: 23 April 2026
The Open Science Retreat is an interactive event. Participants are expected to commit to active contribution during the entire retreat. The number of participants is limited (random election, however, balanced with regard to geographical distribution and diversity aspects).

We are looking forward to an exciting #OpenScienceRetreat – be part of it!
