Throughout history, scientists have been both influenced by and constrained by the societal context in which they conduct their research. Scientific practices evolve as societies evolve. Who conducts scientific research, what tools and methods are available to them, what norms there are for dissemination of scientific knowledge, and how the society at large views the importance and...
What’s driving Open Science forward, and what’s holding it back? This invited panel brings together policy experts to unpack the major shifts, challenges, and opportunities shaping Open Science today. Join us for a lively discussion on aligning agendas, empowering institutions, and ensuring that Open Science policies are equitable, inclusive, and globally impactful.
This invited panel will...
The panel will explore the advancement of equitable publishing in Europe by focusing on the example of Open Research Europe (ORE), the open access publishing platform initiated by the European Commission. The discussion will be framed through the guiding vision and ambition to evolve ORE into a collectively supported publishing platform for the public good in collaboration with research...
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The objective of Open Data is on one hand to produce trust in science and scientists among the general public. On the other hand to enable the reuse of data for further analyses and better exploitation. Open Data itself does not necessarily allow the reuse of data – to this end, resources (like e.g. storage and compute) as well as appropriate software and metadata are...
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The MERIT Portal is pioneering digital infrastructure designed to transform professorial recruitment at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. The portal embeds Open Science principles and makes narrative-based assessment practices more fair, transparent, and robust. Unlike conventional systems, MERIT not only guides applicants in presenting their academic achievements—emphasizing...
For Open Science advocates in universities, guiding students through their first research experience is a privileged educational opportunity. Despite their expertise with advanced research resources and tools, academic librarians may, however, miss these opportunities when there lacks space for focused Open Science instruction This submission will highlight and demonstrate a course model for...
The BioNT consortium demonstrates how strategic collaboration across sectors accelerates open science (OS) skills development in the biotechnology and biomedical domains. Uniting nine academic and industry partners from four European countries, BioNT bridges the gap between academic expertise and industry needs to create effective digital skills training for job seekers and SME...
The Leibniz ScienceCampus "Digital Transformation of Research" (DiTraRe), a collaborative initiative by FIZ Karlsruhe and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), develops and pilots trusted digital research workflows to enhance reproducibility, transparency, and reusability in the natural sciences. Addressing the challenges posed by increasing data volumes and AI integration, DiTraRe focuses...
Citizen science empowers public participation and trust in research, but successful projects depend on strategic recruitment and sustained community engagement that again depend on available training of Open Science skills. Developed within the EU-funded PATTERN project (Piloting Open and Responsible Activities and Trainings Towards the Enhancement of Researchers Networks), our training module...
The reproducibility crisis presents a significant challenge in modern science, with researchers worldwide struggling with issues of transparency, data management, and methodological consistency. TIER2, a three-year project funded jointly by the EU and UKRI, addresses these challenges through a multi-faceted approach.
At the heart of TIER2 are eight strategic pilot activities, each designed...
Transparency and reproducibility requirements in computationally intensive scientific research demand novel solutions that integrate rigorous research practices with open science dissemination. This showcase will highlight a scientific computing platform designed for big data life science research that treats the open sharing of reproducible findings as a natural and efficient extension of the...
The PATTERN project (Empowering Open and Responsible Research and Innovation) addresses a key need in the European Research Area by equipping researchers at all career stages with skills in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and Open Science (OS). Since January 2023, the project has been developing and piloting training modules in eight thematic areas: Open Access, FAIR RDM, Citizen...
Research data infrastructures are essential for advancing open, connected, and sustainable science. A major challenge is developing cross-disciplinary, accessible, and interoperable solutions that support research data management while respecting domain-specific requirements. The German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), a collaborative network of 26 consortia covering most...
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in scholarly publishing has expanded rapidly, generating new ethical, technical, and regulatory challenges. Within the framework of open science, these technologies offer opportunities to streamline scientific production, improve editorial processes, and broaden access to knowledge. However, they also raise concerns related to responsible authorship,...
This proposal presents an early initiative to introduce the basic concepts of Open Science to communities across different regions of Costa Rica, guided by the pedagogical and territorial model of a public distance learning university. In a country with strong geographic and cultural diversity, open knowledge requires methodologies adapted to local contexts that recognize and value different...
“Should I openly share my algorithm on drone navigation?”; “Does my ethnographic research endanger me and my subjects?” Security is increasingly endorsed as a principle that should underpin all research practices. Even if this concept appears to contrast with the core values of Open Science (OS), we argue that security and OS should coexist thanks to proper research data management (RDM)....
Open Science is a movement dedicated to making all scientific research publicly accessible, free from barriers or restrictions. Open Data refers to the practice of sharing research data in a way that ensures it is accessible, reusable, and reproducible by anyone. By embracing these principles, scientists can validate results, conduct new research, and foster scientific progress. The rise of...
The European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) is the European Commission's science and knowledge service providing independent scientific advice to EU policy-making conducting original, independent and open research. JRC employs over 3,000 staff and collaborates with international organizations, universities and industry putting three core values at the centre of its work: anticipation,...
With the rapid expansion of AI and its applications in recent years, a new challenge has emerged: how to sustainably improve the quality of the data on which AI builds its knowledge. One solution is leveraging the benefits of Open Science, with its open infrastructure and repositories, as one of valuable sources of such knowledge. However, as global demand for data to advance AI systems...
Masters’ and PhD candidates earn their degree by completing a thesis, which typically contains one or more research articles. Yet, along the research path, researchers may create other outputs (e.g., protocols, methods, data, code), use reproducible and transparent practices (e.g., evidence synthesis, reporting guidelines, use of unique identifiers) and engage academics and non-academics to...
This poster summarizes the goal and methodology of the Transparency to Sustain Open Science infrastructure (TSOSI) project. Launched in September 2024, TSOSI aims to strengthen the sustainability of open science infrastructure. How? By highlighting the governments, institutions, library consortia and other organizations that have financially supported open science infrastructure. TSOSI’s...
This demo showcases the EOSC EU Node, the inaugural European-level operational node of the European Open Science Cloud Federation. It highlights its capabilities to facilitate cross-border, interdisciplinary, and FAIR-compliant research through a secure, federated digital infrastructure. Conceived to address fragmentation within the European research landscape, the EOSC EU Node integrates...
All demo presenters have exactly 60 seconds to pitch their poster/presentation to the audience.
Software is one of the fundamental pillars of research, alongside publications and data. However, despite its essential contribution, research software remains difficult to discover, cite, and properly reference. While open-source practices are widely adopted in academia, they do not inherently ensure that software is easily findable or systematically documented - both of which are crucial for...
The biomedical research ecosystem is rich in data but poor in discoverability. Researchers often struggle to identify and evaluate datasets across fragmented platforms, inconsistent metadata schemas, and access-restricted environments. Traditional search interfaces fail to accommodate the exploratory and interdisciplinary nature of modern research.
We propose a new paradigm: using...
While many institutions have embraced open science through policies and training initiatives, creating enduring communities that sustain open practices remains a significant challenge. This panel explores strategies for developing resilient, researcher-led open science communities that persist despite institutional turnover, shifting priorities, and the project-based nature of academia.
The...
Scientific Knowledge Graphs (SKGs) currently lack systematic approaches for handling geographic data, a particularly relevant limitation in energy planning, where spatial context is crucial for informed decision-making. The SciLake project (Horizon No. 101058573) aims to enhance knowledge discovery by improving the SKG’s infrastructure and services for accessing, integrating, and reusing...
This workshop focuses on advancing global collaboration on open science infrastructure sharing. It will bring together invited experts for in-depth discussions on interoperability, sustainability, and governance of open science infrastructures, with particular emphasis on practical needs of countries in the Global South. Jointly organized by National Science Library of Chinese Academy of...
The RDA TIGER project has played a pivotal role in supporting Research Data Alliance (RDA) Working Groups (WGs) that align, harmonise and standardise Open Science developments and technologies globally. While the RDA is a global platform, one of RDA TIGER’s key selection criteria for supporting WGs and projects is their potential impact on solving European data challenges and promoting data...
Understanding the impacts of Open Science (OS) and the extent to which they materialise requires a solid methodological framework, which is not yet fully established. The Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) framework for OS - developed (part of the PathOS project) - aims to provide a systematic and comprehensive approach to quantifying the impacts of OS. This framework goes beyond simply evaluating...
Open Science infrastructures have significantly advanced global knowledge sharing, enabling wider access, collaboration, and transparency in research. However, alongside these achievements, we face substantial challenges from spam and malicious activities that threaten the integrity of scholarly communications and pollute the scholarly graph. These challenges include the exponential growth of...
This presentation delivers a critical policy assessment of national Open Science (OS) strategies and policies across selected EU Member States, examining their alignment with, and divergence from, supranational frameworks, particularly EOSC and broader EU digital agendas. Drawing on socio-epistemological theory and a critical analysis of policy and infrastructural dependencies within the EU,...
In this talk we propose to survey the computational reproducibility practices, opportunities and challenges in view of fostering Open and FAIR Science in research communities.
We discuss several thinking models regarding computational reproducibility, focusing on the broader knowledge preservation and reuse aspects rather than on the raw computing evolution aspects.
Building upon several...
What if the pipeline for transparent, collaborative research began before university? This presentation shares a bold and scalable model for fostering open science practices in secondary school, empowering students to contribute meaningfully to research while reimagining how we train the next generation of scientists and engineers - with equity at the focal point.
Since 1998, Hathaway...
Reforming research assessment has shifted from asking why to focusing on how. The proposed collaborative workshop addresses that challenge, specifically, how to turn CoARA policy principles into practice using infrastructures that are open, ethical, inclusive, and sustainable, by introducing and testing the Open Infrastructure Checklist, developed by the CoARA Working Group on Open...
This panel brings together diverse stakeholders from commercial entities and open initiatives to engage in a candid, interactive conversation about building transparent, respectful, and mutually beneficial partnerships. It will address the critical challenge of sustaining open infrastructure in a difficult funding landscape, where over-reliance on single stakeholders threatens vital systems....
As Open Science infrastructures evolve, it is increasingly evident that traditional open license structures no longer meet the complex needs of Research Performing and Funding Organizations (RPOs/RFOs). Today’s research ecosystems require more nuanced and layered approaches to data access, sharing, and reuse—particularly within international data spaces, discipline-specific workflows, and...
The presentation explores open science policy development in Finland in the context of stakeholder engagement and the creation of the first national policy recommendation for citizen science with focus on measuring impact and community engagement.
The presentation is based on two 2025 studies. First study is established on the shift of responsibility for coordinating open science in...
While funding agencies typically require data management plans for project proposals, this does not guarantee the eventual availability of Open Research Data (ORD) that adheres to the FAIR principles. In reality, only a small fraction of funded projects fulfills these commitments, primarily because providing ORD demands additional effort. Often, this effort occurs only after the publication of...
The emergence of a digitally enabled Open Science has coincided with the vast growth of high education in the Global South, leading to a vast expansion of research and publishing activity, as attested to, for example, by the 55,000 journals (almost entirely open, without fees for readers or authors) using the journal publishing platform Open Journal Systems (OJS) launched in 2002. The rate and...
Nowadays, data fuels discovery, innovation, and decision-making; therefore, the ability to manage and curate data responsibly is crucial.
The [Master in Data Management and Curation (MDMC)][1] is a pioneering educational program that embraces the “FAIR-by-design” paradigm, going beyond theory to train professionals in the practical implementation of FAIR principles across the entire research...
International Relations are established for various purposes; however, the nature of this Open Science Fair 2025 “Fusing Forces – Accelerating Open Science through Collaboration” invites us to address the relationships that exist around Cooperation, specifically new trends.
To this end, we will review briefly what has characterized these ties for years, and then we will suggest an alternative...
As Artificial Intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into the research lifecycle and transforms the research landscape, achieving AI readiness is a key priority. Ensuring high quality, accessible data and workforce preparedness are fundamental to enabling responsible AI-driven innovation. However, gaps remain in data readiness, standards, and AI-specific training.
Alongside...
Over the past decade or more, Open Science (OS) has rapidly gained momentum, with thousands of policies and recommendations from national agencies, funding bodies, institutions, and journals intended to foster a paradigm shift toward openness. Despite this enthusiastic embrace of Open Science, the tools and frameworks necessary for knowing whether greater openness is being achieved have lagged...
The Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information, published in April 2024, promotes the openness of publication and research output metadata, as well as the openness of information about research funding. Openness of research information supports responsible research assessment, enables equitable and inclusive policy making, and helps advance more open approaches to monitoring and...
There is a global consensus that open science will make research
more transparent and inclusive, accelerating the advancement of
knowledge. The vision of open science depends on a
robust network of well-functioning repositories that not only
collect, preserve, and provide access to millions of valuable
research outputs but also serve as critical institutional assets. In an
era where AI...
As the global research community embraces reform in how research is assessed, emerging practices grounded in openness, transparency, and inclusivity are gaining traction. This panel will explore how new approaches to Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) are being shaped by Open Science values and supported by open infrastructures. It will bring together perspectives from policy initiatives...
Fundamental physics research today is constrained by unprecedented complexity and information overload. FirstPrinciples is developing an advanced AI system designed to accelerate discovery and enhance transparency in fundamental physics research. Leveraging large-language models, symbolic reasoning engines, and reinforcement learning, our system will ingest open-access scientific datasets and...
Research today produces an expanding array of data, software, and workflows managed across diverse services and organizational environments. This growing complexity poses challenges for research support teams aiming to implement consistent, policy-aligned practices for Open Science and FAIR data management.
OpenAIRE addresses this need with ARGOS (argos.openaire.eu), a solution designed to...
Collaboration is essential in computational biology, where interdisciplinary approaches drive innovation and address complex challenges. At the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the Data Science Internal Support (DaSIS) strengthens this collaboration through four key pillars: consulting, training, infrastructure, and community building.
Consulting is central to our work,...
Designing What Matters is a 90-minute co-creation workshop bringing together policy makers, research support professionals, researchers, bibliometricians, and librarians to rethink how we monitor the impact of Open Science and reward it within research assessment frameworks.
Building on the GraspOS Researcher Profile and Monitors, participants will break into small groups and receive a...
We will share our lessons learned on how to engage students, staff, and management at our university with Open Science (OS). OS requires a culture change, which poses several challenges: 1) the organisation of support for OS that spans across faculties, services, disciplines and expertises; 2) to ensure people recognise the many topics that relate to Open Science as such.
In this...
The current US government attacks on science and international collaboration are shaking the foundations of the global scientific endeavor. The damage to both research itself and the essential underpinnings of good science – collaboration, integrity, openness – may be irreversible.
US government acts of censorship, intimidation and erasure – like the removal of critical websites,...
Open Science Research Infrastructures (RIs) are not only technical platforms for data sharing, but social ecosystems that rely on active, inclusive communities to be impactful and sustainable. The FOSSR project (Fostering Open Science in Social Science Research), funded by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, offers a case study of how strategic communication and engagement can...
Communities in astrophysics, astronomy, and high-energy physics have pioneered Virtual Research and Learning Communities (VRLCs) that foster international cooperation, open education, and the development of new generations of scientists through accessible virtual environments. Building on this foundation, the LA-CoNGA Physics network (2020–2024) [1] established an European–Latin American...
The initiative of the European Research Area (ERA) aims at creating a unified research and innovation space across Europe. One of the key objectives of ERA is to promote open access to research results and data, thus encouraging transparency, reproducibility, and wider dissemination of knowledge. In order to achieve an alignment with this ERA objective (and others), the European Research Area...
As artificial intelligence (AI) and open science reshape research practices and outputs, the need for ethical, reliable, and transparent research assessment has become urgent for academia and science. Traditional evaluation models focused on impact factors, citations, and rigid disciplinary boundaries are increasingly misaligned with open science, open innovation, and the evolving digital...
For science to be truly open, people need access not only to resources but also to the confidence to use them — especially in data science, where technical tools are key to sharing data and code under FAIR principles. However, the tech space remains male-dominated, and many women and newcomers feel out of place. This lack of belonging can prevent people from engaging fully.
As staff at the...
As Open Science moves from aspiration to policy, the demand for actionable indicators to monitor its impact is growing. Policy initiatives like Horizon Europe Interim Evaluation, ERA Dashboard, EOSC monitoring activities, and national monitoring efforts call for reliable, interoperable data to support evidence-based decisions. Meanwhile, global frameworks such as UNESCO’s Open Science...
This panel confronts the critical tension between openness and security in today’s Open Science landscape. As AI revolutionizes research, it also introduces significant risks like disinformation and trust erosion. Compounding this, geopolitical strains force a reassessment of knowledge sharing, further undermining scientific trust. We are caught in an "information paradox": unparalleled access...
This presentation explores a collaborative national network of research data repositories in Poland, where institutional, disciplinary, and generalist infrastructures coexist rather than compete. The model offers a practical example of how interoperability and central coordination can support researchers and institutions in selecting the most appropriate repository type—without duplicating...
The EU-funded OSTrails project is building a federated Open Science infrastructure by enabling researchers and institutions to discover, plan, track, and assess their work in transparent and interoperable ways. With 41 partners and 25 pilots—including cross-domain, national, and Horizon Europe testbeds—OSTrails is piloting the practical integration of over 80 interoperable tools and services....
The closing keynote will reflect on observations from the preceding three days of the 2025 Open Science FAIR. There is a collective intelligence manifest in the Open Science FAIR and, at a time when there is a strong emphasis on the artificial, we come together in a demonstration of the genuine. The talk will follow the roadmap set out by the programme and feature highlights from the panels,...
