Name: EOSC Symposium 2024
Start: 2024-10-21T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-23T17:00:00+02:00
Location: H4 Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz

EOSC Symposium 2024

from Monday 21 October 2024 (10:00) to Wednesday 23 October 2024 (17:00)

Monday 21 October 2024

10:00

10:00 - 13:00
Room: Alexander Foyer
13:00
13:00 - 15:00
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

13:00 Welcome from the chair - Sara Garavelli (EOSC Symposium Programme Committee Chair, CSC - IT Center for Science and EOSC Association Board of Directors)

13:10 Video message from the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany - Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (Federal Minister of Education and Research, Germany)

13:20 Video message by the European Commissioner - Iliana Ivanova (Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission)

13:30 Opening speech by the Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General "Research and Innovation", European Commission - Signe Ratso (Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General "Research and Innovation", European Commission)

13:40 Video message from the former Prime Minister of Italy - Enrico Letta (former Prime Minister of Italy and author of the recent “Much more than a market” report)

13:50 Changing gears to accelerate EOSC

14:50 Wrap-up by the chair
15:00 Group photo and networking coffee break
Group photo and networking coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

15:30 Opening of the chair - Karel Luyben (President of the EOSC Association)

15:35 Examples of EOSC scientific and societal impact from WorldFAIR - Simon Hodson (CODATA)

15:50 Examples of EOSC scientific and societal impact from GO FAIR - Erik Schultes (GO FAIR Foundation)

16:05 Examples of EOSC societal and economic impact from CERN / ESCAPE - Giovanni Guerrieri (CERN)

16:20 Wrap up and final remarks
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Grenander I
Contributions

15:30 EOSC-A activities on health data - Ignacio Blanquer (Universitat Politècnica de València)

15:35 The new Health Data Task Force: objectives and workplan

15:45 Roundtable on the alignment of the EHDS and EOSC
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Friedrich Wilhelm
Contributions

15:30 Opening Statement - Javier López Albacete, (European Commission, DG RTD)

15:35 Introduction to Opportunity Area collaboration framework - Ilire Hasani-Mavriqi (Graz University of Technology)

15:45 Panel discussion: Opportunity Area Expert Groups - Early results and future plans for the common collaboration areas

16:25 Looking ahead – Sustaining the collaboration (EOSC Winter School 2025)
16:30 Networking coffee break
Networking coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

17:00 Opening of the chair - Javier López Albacete (European Commission, DG RTD)

17:05 Presentation by PATHOS project - Natalia Manola (CEO of OpenAIRE)

17:20 Industry value from infectious disease data - Despoina Sousoni (ELIXIR Hub)

17:35 Panel discussion on lessons learnt and challenges to showcase and document impact

17:55 Wrap up
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Grenander I
Contributions

17:00 Sensitive data re-use in European Research: presentations by TITAN, SIESTA and EOSC-ENTRUST, chaired by Peter Maccallum, ELIXIR

17:20 Panel discussion and audience Q&A
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Friedrich Wilhelm
Contributions

17:00 Welcome - Jan Bernoth (University of Potsdam)

17:05 Introductory talks

17:20 Moderated structured interactive discussion - Jan Bernoth (University of Potsdam)

17:55 Wrap-up
19:00 Networking dinner
Networking dinner
19:00 - 23:00
Tuesday 22 October 2024
09:00
09:00 - 09:30
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

09:00 Welcome from the chair - Sara Garavelli (EOSC Symposium Programme Committee Chair, CSC - IT Center for Science and EOSC Association Board of Directors)

09:05 Scientific keynote: FAIR, what else? - Claudia Draxl (Professor for solid-state theory at the Physics Department of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Director of FAIRMAT)

09:25 Q&As
09:30
09:30 - 11:00
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

09:30 Opening by the chair - Ingrid Dillo (Senior advisor at Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS))

09:35 EOSC Federation and the EOSC EU Node - Michael Arentoft (Head of Open Science and Research Infrastructures Unit, Directorate for Research and Innovation, European Commission)

09:40 Launch of the EOSC EU Node - Gustav Kalbe (Acting Director of the Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect C) “Digital Excellence and Science Infrastructure”)

09:45 The EOSC EU Node - Peter Szegedi (Policy Officer in the High Performance Computing and Applications Unit, Directorate‑General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CNECT.C), European Commission)

10:00 Q&As with EOSC EU Node contractors - Norbert Meyer (PSNC) Spiros Athanasiou (ATHENA RC)

10:20 Status of the EOSC Federation - Bob Jones (CERN and EOSC Association Board of Directors)

10:30 Panel discussion with perspectives on the EOSC Federation by the EOSC Tripartite representatives
11:00 Networking coffee break
Networking coffee break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

11:30 Opening of the session - Sumithra Velupillai (Swedish Research Council)

11:35 Panel discussion

12:25 Wrap-up
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Grenander I
Contributions

11:30 Opening by the chair - Stefania Amodeo (OpenAIRE)

11:35 Pitch presentations

12:00 Next steps in EOSC
11:30 - 12:30
Room: Friedrich Wilhelm
Contributions

11:30 Opening of the session - Natalia Galica (EOSC Focus)

11:33 Introduction to CCs' roles and missions, taking stock of results from Skills4EOSC and OSCARS - Romain David (European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents)) Sara di Giorgio (GARR)

11:40 Panel discussion

12:25 Wrap-up - Natalia Galica (EOSC Focus)
12:30 Networking lunch
Networking lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

14:00 Opening of the session & setting the scene - Bonnie Wolff-Boenisch (CESSDA ERIC)

14:10 Panel discussion with representatives of European federations

14:55 Wrap-up
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Grenander I
Contributions

14:00 Opening of the session - Stefan Skupien (Berlin University Alliance)

14:05 Panel discussion

14:35 Q&A

14:50 Priorities for the round table participants & wrap-up
14:00 - 15:00
Room: Friedrich Wilhelm
Contributions

14:00 Opening by the chair - Jens Dierkes (University of Cologne)

14:05 Brief introduction to Training and education - NFDI perspective/ Initiatives - Jens Dierkes (University of Cologne) Jochen Ortmeyer (RWTH Aachen University)

14:10 Panel discussion with representatives of relevant stakeholder groups

14:35 Plenary discussion

14:55 Wrap-up
15:00 Networking coffee break
Networking coffee break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

15:30 Opening by the chair - Bob Jones (CERN, EOSC Association Board of Directors)

15:35 Introductory presentation - Andy Götz (EOSC Association)

15:50 Panel discussion with representatives of the EOSC Handbook Writers' Group and e-Infrastructures

16:25 Wrap-up
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Grenander I
Contributions

15:30 Opening and introduction to the session by the chair - Jenny O'Neill (HEAnet)

15:35 Short presentation by the panelists

15:55 Discussion seeking panel and audience feedback on key issues, connection points and approaches

16:25 Wrap-up
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Friedrich Wilhelm
Contributions

15:30 Opening and introduction

15:35 Short presentations by panelists

15:50 Interactive panel discussion

16:25 Wrap-up - Chris Schubert (TU Wien)
16:30 Networking coffee break
Networking coffee break
16:30 - 17:00
17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

17:00 Opening of the session - Carole Goble (University of Manchester)

17:05 Presentations

17:25 Panel discussion

17:55 Wrap-up
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Grenander I
Contributions

17:00 Opening of the session - Xavier Salazar (EGI Foundation, interTwin)

17:05 Short presentations from the projects

17:30 Panel discussion - Digital Twins and EOSC Nodes: Opportunities and Challenges

17:55 Wrap-up
17:00 - 18:00
Room: Friedrich Wilhelm
Contributions

17:00 Opening of the session and pitch talks from the projects

17:20 Panel discussion and Q&A: Crucial directions through collaboration aiming at developing findability benefiting the potential users among the European research community

17:55 Wrap-up
Wednesday 23 October 2024
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

09:00 Welcome by the chair - Klaus Tochtermann (ZBW and EOSC Association)

09:05 Keynote speech - Julia Lane (New York University)

09:35 Panel discussion
10:30 Networking coffee break
Networking coffee break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

11:00 Opening of the session - Marialuisa Lavitrano (University of Milano-Bicocca, EOSC Association)

11:05 Presentation - York Sure-Vetter (NFDI)

11:15 Impulse statements from the thematic communities

11:45 Panel discussion including Q&As with the audience

12:25 Wrap-up
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Grenander I
Contributions

11:00 Opening of the session - Spiros Athanasiou (Athena Research Center)

11:10 Panel discussion with representatives of contributors and research communities in EOSC

12:00 Q&A
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Friedrich Wilhelm
Contributions

11:00 Opening of the session - Guido Scherp (ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics)

11:05 Impulse statements from experts in the field of Open Science Education

11:35 Q&A on the impulse statements

11:45 Open Science Education “World café”
12:30 Networking lunch
Networking lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

14:00 Welcome by the chair - York Sure-Vetter (Director of the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI))

14:05 Lightning talks: the infrastructure landscape in Germany

14:30 Panel discussion with invited panelists

15:25 Wrap-up and final remarks
15:30
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Plenary room (Alexander II + III)
Contributions

15:30 Welcome from the chair - Ute Gunsenheimer (Secretary General of the EOSC Association)

15:35 Closing messages from Germany - Dr. Jochen Zachgo (Director-General for Higher Education, Research Systems, and Education Funding, Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

15:45 Final remarks by the EOSC Tripartite Governance
16:30 NFDI closed co-located event starts
NFDI closed co-located event starts
16:30 - 16:31

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