The Slovenian Open Science Day 2025 will take place on 20–21 November 2025 at the Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons in Ljubljana, as part of the Knowledge Network 2025 conference. Organised within National Science Month 2025, the event will bring together national and international experts, policymakers, and research support professionals to discuss the role of open science in shaping a modern research ecosystem.
The first day will focus on national perspectives – implementing open science principles, reforming research assessment, and presenting examples of good practice. The second day will serve as the EOSC national tripartite event, focusing on the development and establishment of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation – a connected environment enabling efficient management of research data, services, and infrastructures. Discussions will highlight the role of research infrastructures, data centres, and supercomputing as key building blocks of open science.
The event is thematically linked to the SLING Days (Slovenian Supercomputing Network Days) – the main Slovenian supercomputing event, showcasing achievements, the activities of the HPC competence center, and best practices in the use of HPC infrastructure.
Participation is free of charge, but registration is required.
The programme is preliminary and will be updated closer to the event.
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Open Science Day 2025: Day 1 – 20 November 2025 The event will be held in Slovenian. |
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| Opening remarks Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia Slovenian Rectors’ Conference Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency Slovenian Open Science Community Academic and Research Network of Slovenia |
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| Open science in Slovenia Moderator: Peter Sterle, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia Overview of the implementation of open science principles in Slovenia – Mirjam Dular, Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency Open science monitor – Milan Ojsteršek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Laboratory for Heterogeneous Computing Systems Long-term preservation and repository – pilot solution – Peter Sterle, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia |
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| Coffee break | |
| Research assessment: yesterday, today, and tomorrow (round table) Moderator: Miro Pušnik, Central Technical Library of the University of Ljubljana Participants: Marjetka Strle Vidali, University of Primorska Petra Berčič, University of Primorska Ana Slavec, Slovenian Open Science Community Andrej Pančur, Coordination of Independent Research Institutes of Slovenia – KOsRIS Gregor Majdič, University of Ljubljana Klavdija Kutnar, Slovenian Rectors’ Conference Representative of the CoARA Coalition (Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment) |
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| Lunch break | |
| Open science: from paper to practice Moderator: Ana Slavec, Slovenian Open Science Community SPOZNAJ project: Adaptation of public research organisations and the Central Technical Library at the University of Ljubljana to operate according to the principles of open science – Miro Pušnik, Central Technical Library of the University of Ljubljana Infrastructure of the Slovenian Open Science Community – Marko Drobnjak, Academic and Research Network of Slovenia Research Data Alliance and the Slovenian RDA node – Ana Inkret, Social Science Data Archives, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana OPERAS research infrastructure and the national OPERAS.SI node – Aleš Pogačnik, ZRC Publishing, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Open4UA project – Sebastian Dahle, University of Ljubljana |
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Open Science Day 2025: Day 2 – EOSC National Tripartite Event: “Connecting Science” – 21 November 2025 The event will be held in English. |
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| Registration and coffee | |
| Opening remarks Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia Coordination of Independent Research Institutes of Slovenia European Commission EOSC Association Academic and Research Network of Slovenia |
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| UNESCO’s perspective on open science (presentation) Bridging the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and supercomputing through research infrastructures (round table) Moderators: Peter Sterle, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia, Marko Drobnjak, Academic and Research Network of Slovenia, and Jan Jona Javoršek, Jožef Stefan Institute Participants: Representative of the European Commission Representative of EuroHPC Representative of the EOSC Association Representative of ESFRI |
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| Building the national EOSC Node: Data centres and core services (introductory presentation) The role of EOSC Nodes in building the EOSC Federation (round table) Moderators: Irena Vipavc Brvar, Social Science Data Archives, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Marko Drobnjak, Academic and Research Network of Slovenia |
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| How supercomputing transforms research and innovation Moderators: Tina Marc, Arctur, and Jan Jona Javoršek, Jožef Stefan Institute |
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Programme Committee
Mirjam Dular, Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Lucija Ivanuša, Academic and Research Network of Slovenia
Marko Drobnjak, Academic and Research Network of Slovenia
Urša Vodopivec, Academic and Research Network of Slovenia
Maja Bogataj Jančič, Intellectual Property Institute / Open Intellectual Property Institute
Maja Peharc, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia
Peter Sterle, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation of the Republic of Slovenia
Mojca Kotar, University of Ljubljana
Irena Vipavc Brvar, Social Science Data Archives, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
Sebastian Dahle, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana
Milan Ojsteršek, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Maribor, Laboratory for Heterogeneous Computer Systems
Brina Klemenčič, University of Maribor Library
Dolores Hunsky, University of Maribor Library
Dunja Legat, University of Maribor Library
Elena Bužan, University of Primorska
Klavdija Kutnar, University of Primorska
Ana Slavec, University of Primorska / InnoRenew CoE
Jerneja Fridl, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)
Mateja Jemec Tomazin, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU)
Jana Kolar, National and University Library
