Open Science Day and National EOSC Tripartite Event – Program

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Open Science Day and National EOSC Tripartite Event: Pan-European Collaboration Through EOSC, FAIR Research Data, and Data Infrastructure as Foundations for Scientific Advancement

You are invited to the Open Science Day and the national EOSC tripartite event, which will take place on December 3–4, 2024, at the Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana (Mons) hotel. This year’s event will feature in-depth discussions on the future of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC), the new EOSC EU Node, the essential role of national open science infrastructure, and the main challenges and opportunities that open knowledge brings to modern science. The event is designed for researchers, innovation experts, representatives of research institutions and higher education, and anyone else who is interested in the matter. Be sure to register on time, as the number of participants is limited.

The first day (December 3) will be dedicated to international topics and will be held in English. From 9:00 to 17:40, the participants will listen to prominent speakers, including representatives from the European Commission, the EOSC Association, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, as well as the leading experts in open science, copyright and intellectual property, and research infrastructure for FAIR research data.

8:00–9:00	Registration
9:00–9:30	Opening Remarks Jure Gašperič, State Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation Špela Stres, Director, ARIS – Slovenian Research And Innovation Agency Boštjan Golob, Vice President, Rector’s Conference of the Republic of Slovenia Andrej Pančur, President, KOsRIS – Coordination of Independent Research Institutes of Slovenia Marko Bonač, Host of the Open Science Day and National Tripartite Event, Director of Arnes
9:30–11:00	EOSC EU Node Establishing National and Thematic EOSC Nodes Dejan Dvoršek, Deputy Head of the Open Science Sector, European Commission Bob Jones, Member of the Board of Directors, EOSC Association, CERN Volker Beckmann, Co-Chair of EOSC SB, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, France Milan Ojsteršek, FERI, University of Maribor Jan Jona Javoršek Head of Network Infrastructure Center, “Jožef Stefan” Institute (IJS) Peter Sterle, EOSC SB & Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation – moderator
11:00–11:30	Coffee Break
11:30–13:30	The Role of Data, Infrastructure, and Repositories for Open Science and EOSC Kamran Naim, Head of Open Science, CERN Ivan Marić, Director and EOSC-SB, SRCE – University of Zagreb, University Computing Centre, Croatia Darja Fišer, Executive Director, CLARIN ERIC Jure Leskovec, Lead Researcher, Stanford Žan Gojčič, Lead Researcher, NVIDIA Boštjan Zalar, Director, Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS), TBC Marko Drobnjak, EOSC-SB, Arnes – moderator
13:30–14:30	Lunch Break
14:30–16:00	Beyond Regulation: Access to Research Data and the Role of Artificial Intelligence with Socio-Legal Aspects and EOSC Caterina Sganga, Professor, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Thomas Margoni, Researcher and professor of intellectual property law, Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven, TBC Sean Flynn, Program director, Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law, TBC Justus Dreyling, Director, Communia Stephen Wyber, Director, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Member, Knowledge Rights 21 (KR21) Management Committee Maja Bogataj Jančič, Director, Open Data and Intellectual Property Institute, ODIPI – moderator
16:10–17:40	Open Access Models and the Open Research Europe Platform Klemen Miklavič, Assistant director, ARIS – Slovenian Research And Innovation Agency – panelist Elizabeth Newbold, Open Science Theme Lead, UKRI-STFC – panelist Lina Andrén, Research advisor, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden – panelist Erik Stattin, Head of Unit for Research Collaboration, National Library of Sweden – panelist Dejan Dvoršek, Deputy Head of Open Science Sector, European Commission – panelist Mirjam Dular, Head of Open Science Sector, ARIS – moderator

The second day (December 4) will focus on national open science challenges and will be held in Slovene. From 9:00 to 15:30, the topics will range from the implementation of open science principles in public research organizations to the establishment of a Slovenian initiative for participation in the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA).

8:00–9:00	Registration
9:00–9:05	Opening Remark Tanja Vertelj, Head of Science Division, Science and Innovation Directorate, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation
9:05–10:30	Implementation of Open Science Principles in Public Research Organizations Gregor Majdič, Rector, University of Ljubljana – Introductory Presentation Špela Stres, Director, ARIS – Slovenian Research And Innovation Agency – panelist Tomaž Boh, Director, Science and Innovation Directorate, Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation Klavidja Kutnar, Rector’s Conference of the Republic of Slovenia, University of Primorska – panelist (TBC) Andrej Pančur, President, KOsRIS – Coordination of Independent Research Institutes of Slovenia Primorska – panelist Sebastian Dahle, Researcher, University of Ljubljana – moderator
10:15–10:30	Plans for Adapting Public Research Organizations to Open Science Principles Anže Županič, Researcher, National Institute of Biology (NIB)
10:30–11:00	Presentation of the Initiative to Establish a Slovenian Chapter for Participation in CoARA
11:00–11:30	Coffee Break
11:30–13:30	Presentations: Activities of the Citizen Science Network in 2024 Support Network for Open Science in 2024 GDI – Pan-European Genomic Infrastructure Presentation of the “Support for the Implementation of Open Science Principles in Slovenia” (SPOZNAJ)* FAIR Monograph Research Data Alliance (RDA) Node in Slovenia Training of Data Experts within the “Support for the Implementation of Open Science Principles in Slovenia” (SPOZNAJ)* Project * The project title SPOZNAJ in Slovenian means “Get to Know”.
13:30–14:30	Lunch Break
14:30–15:30	Presentations: Science Communication in Slovenia Presentation of the Research Data Management Tool

The event is part of the Arnes annual Network of Knowledge conference 2024, which also includes a Citizen Science Day, Supercomputing Day, and on the third day (December 5), an RDA workshop: Open Science Infrastructure – Status, Challenges, and Opportunities. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in discussions on future EOSC directions, learn about advanced open access models, and participate in a nationwide hackathon combining open science and supercomputing.

Participation is free, but it requires registration. Register via the online form: https://mrezaznanja.si/odprta-znanost/.

Author: Marko Drobnjak