3–5 Nov 2025
Hotel Le Plaza Brussels
Europe/Brussels timezone

Session

Breakout 3: Trustworthy Repositories for Data Sovereignty

4 Nov 2025, 16:15
Versailles Room

Versailles Room

Description

Co-chairs: Roxanne Wyns (Director, EOSC Association) & Ingrid Dillo Member, EOSC-A Long-Term Data Retention Task Force; Senior Adviser, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS))

  • Exploring the role of trustworthy repositories in relation to data sovereignty: Participants will understand how trustworthy digital repositories act as a foundation for data sovereignty in Europe by ensuring control, transparency, and compliance with European values and regulations.
  • Identifying frameworks and tools that enable sovereignty: The session will introduce approaches such as assessment matrices and capability models that help repositories demonstrate sovereignty-supporting features like governance, transparency, and FAIR compliance.
  • Learning from best practices and real-world examples: Through examples and discussion, participants will explore best practices, challenges, and priorities for building a network of trustworthy repositories that reinforce data sovereignty while enabling cross-border research and innovation.

Presentation materials

Ingrid Dillo (Member, EOSC-A Long-Term Data Retention Task Force; Senior Adviser, Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS))
04/11/2025, 16:15
Jan Meijer (Senior Advisor, Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (SiKT), FIDELIS)
04/11/2025, 16:20
Hervé L'Hours (Associate Director, UK Data Archive, UK Data Service, University of Essex; FIDELIS)
04/11/2025, 16:30
Robert Huber (Geologist, Paleontologist, and Information Specialist, University of Bremen, PANGAEA)
04/11/2025, 16:40
Mark Allen (Research Scientist, Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory (CDS))
04/11/2025, 16:50
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