OPEN SCIENCE DAY 2025
The Slovenian Open Science Day 2025 will take place on 20 and 21 November 2025 at the Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons (Pot za Brdom 4, 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. Participation is free.
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 Rector of the University of Primorska, Prof. Dr. Klavdija Kutnar, will also participate in the roundtable on the evaluation of science and the assessment of career progress. Dr. Ana Slavec (UP InnoRenew CoE) will moderate the session on open science projects, where Dr. Žiga Velkavrh (UP FAMNIT) will also be among the speakers.
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.
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The programme is preliminary and will be updated closer to the event.
Programme – 20 November 2025 – The event will be held in Slovenian.
| 8.30–9.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.00–9.15 | 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 |
| 9.15–11.00 | 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 |
| 11.00–11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30–13.30 | Round table: Research assessment: yesterday, today, and tomorrow Moderator: Miro Pušnik, Central Technical Library of the University of Ljubljana Participants: Marjetka Strle Vidali, Slovenian Institute for Standardisation Petra Berčič, University of Primorska Ana Slavec, Slovenian Open Science Community Andrej Pančur, Coordination of Independent Research Institutes of Slovenia Gregor Majdič, University of Ljubljana Klavdija Kutnar, Slovenian Rectors’ Conference Representative of the CoARA Coalition (Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment) |
| 13.30–14.30 | Lunch break |
| 14.30–16.30 | Open science: from policy to good practices Moderator: Ana Slavec, Slovenian Open Science Community Support for the implementation of open science principles in Slovenia (SPOZNAJ) – Miro Pušnik, Central Technical Library of the University of Ljubljana FAIR, open and AI-ready Earth observation resources (FAIR-EO) – Tadej Tomanič, Bias Variance Labs Comparing thematic priorities in parliaments based on ParlaMint corpora (PARLA-CAP) – Taja Kuzman Pungeršek, Jožef Stefan Institute Citizen science as a tool for observing and protecting wildlife (PRO-COAST) – Žiga Velkavrh, University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies Research data in scientific journals and other activities in 2025 (Slovenian RDA Node) – Maja Dolinar, Social Science Data Archive The right to secondary publication (Knowledge Rights 21 Network) – Maja Bogataj Jančič, Intellectual Property Institute / Institute for Intellectual Property and Open Data Scholarly communication for the social sciences and humanities (OPERAS PLUS) – Aleš Pogačnik, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Open science for the Ukrainian higher education system (Open4UA) – Sebastian Dahle, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana |
Programme – 21 November 2025 – EOSC National Tripartite Event: “Connecting Science” – The event will be held in English.
| 8.30–9.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.00–9.15 | 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 |
| 9.15–11.00 | UNESCO’s perspective on open science – Ana Peršić, UNESCO Round table: Bridging the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and supercomputing through research infrastructures Moderator: Jan Jona Javoršek, Jožef Stefan Institute Participants: Representative of the European Commission Representative of EuroHPC Representative of the EOSC Association Representative of ESFRI |
| 11.00–11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30–13.30 | Building the national EOSC Node: Data centres and core services Round table: The role of EOSC Nodes in building the EOSC Federation Moderators: Irena Vipavc Brvar, Social Science Data Archives, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, and Marko Drobnjak, Academic and Research Network of Slovenia |
| 13.30–14.30 | Lunch break |
| 14.30–16.30 | How supercomputing transforms research and innovation Moderator: Jan Jona Javoršek, Jožef Stefan Institute |
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