OPEN SCIENCE DAY AND EOSC TRIPARTITE EVENT 2024
Last week, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ana Slavec and Haris Zukič attended the Open Science Day and EOSC Tripartite Event 2024, held as part of the Arnes Network of Knowledge Conference.
Dr. Slavec also participated in the ERA Knowledge Rights 21 conference, organized the day before by the Institute for Open Data and Intellectual Property. This conference focused on the EU’s legislative and regulatory frameworks concerning copyright. Following the opening addresses, Ana Fidler (CTK) presented on Open Science in Slovenia, followed by a session discussing barriers and incentives for Open Science in Slovenian, Italian, and Croatian copyright legislation. After lunch, the program continued with a presentation of the KR21 program, their reports and policy positions, as well as the work of national coordinators. The event concluded with a session titled Does Europe Need a Special Framework for Research and Education?, which showcased results from a comprehensive study on improving access to and reuse of research outputs for scientific purposes.
The first day of the Open Science Day also began with opening addresses, followed by morning panels on the European EOSC Hub, the establishment of national and sectoral hubs, and the Role of Infrastructure in Achieving Research Breakthroughs. In the afternoon, additional panels covered Access to Research Data and the Role of Artificial Intelligence, as well as Open Access Models and the Open Research Europe platform.
The second day of the Open Science Day began with an introductory presentation by Prof. Dr. Gregor Majdič, Rector of the University of Ljubljana, on the Implementation of Open Science Principles in Public Research Organizations. This was followed by a roundtable discussion on the same topic, featuring Prof. Dr. Klavdija Kutnar, Rector of the University of Primorska and President of the Slovenian Rectors’ Conference, as a panelist. The day continued with a presentation by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anže Županič on Adaptation Plans for Public Research Organizations to Align with Open Science Principles and an introduction to the initiative to establish a Slovenian section for collaboration within the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), where Dr. Slavec presented the content of the agreement in her opening remarks.
The subsequent sessions included presentations on the Citizen Science Network, the Open Science Support Network, the GDI Pan-European Genomic Infrastructure, the Discover FAIR monograph, the activities of the Research Data Alliance Hub in Slovenia, and the training of data experts within the SPOZNAJ project. The afternoon sessions featured tools for managing research data and science communication in Slovenia.
The third day of the conference concluded with a workshop titled Infrastructure for Open Science – Status, Challenges, and Opportunities.