EOSC Symposium 2024

Organised by: ELIXIR, EUDAT, EOSC-ENTRUST, UNIVERSIDAD DE MURCIA, TITAN, EOSC-SIESTA, CSIC

First we will introduce the drivers from biomedical research and the social sciences - the challenges in finding, sharing and analysing data sets while respecting the rights and ethical principles which apply; then, future EOSC solutions for FAIR sensitive data - technologies for the deployment of secure Cloud or physical technologies, tools to assist data rights holders to anonymize and share data, and the development of operational, policy and legal frameworks.

Participants will connect to the requirements gathering and solution design teams for sensitive data in EOSC.

Organised by: NFDIxCS, NFDI4DataScience, Software Heritage Foundation, FAIRCORE4EOSC

The goal of this session is discussing the needs for sustainable research software development within/across disciplines, and elaborating on infrastructure and methodological developments.

This session deals with the role of software in scientific processes, and the way to develop such software to achieve reproducibility and reuse of research data. This includes categorizing and archiving software in a time-capsule allowing it to reopen/reuse it after a while.

With an interactive format, the audience will share experiences and pain points from (not) using long-archiving infrastructure. Involving multiple perspectives from various fields, will help to gather requirements and sharpen the idea of a supportive research environment.

Agenda:

9:30 Welcome by the chair
9:35 Launch of the EOSC EU Node
9:55 Q&A with the contractors
10:15 Status of the EOSC Federation
10:30 Panel discussion with perspectives on the EOSC Federation by the EOSC tripartite governance

The EOSC Federation is going to bring together providers of data, services and e-infrastructures as a system of systems, to deliver to researchers seamless access under a common umbrella. This session is going to provide the stakeholders’ perspective, by highlighting different ways forward for resource providers, funders and policy makers. This should be seen as a learning exercise: we will discuss approaches that lead towards a federated system, examples on how support can be achieved at national level, and how the challenges and opportunities can be tackled by those who want to engage as EOSC nodes.

In this first of two sessions, we focus on the point of view of countries and actors at the national level.

Agenda:

11:30 Opening by the chair
11:35 Panel discussion
12:25 Wrap up

Organised by: GraspOS, SciLake, OSTrails, FAIRCORE4EOSC

Organised by: Skills4EOSC, OSCARS, EOSC-EuroScienceGateway, EOSCFocus, EVERSE, OA5 expert group

This unconference session examines the roles and definitions of Competence Centres within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Participants will discuss their scope, share initiatives, evaluate impacts, and identify challenges and opportunities. Updates on the OSCARS and EVERSE projects and the Skills4EOSC Network will guide the discussion. The participant-driven format promotes collaboration, allowing attendees to share experiences and contextualise initiatives. A panel discussion will engage the audience using interactive tools. The session aims to develop short-/mid-term synergies across projects and start work towards a community paper on Competence Centres' goals, strategies, and their relation to EOSC Nodes.

Agenda:

11:30 Opening and introduction to CCs roles and missions taking stock of results from Skills4EOSC, OSCARS
11:40 Panel discussion
12:25 Wrap up

The EOSC Federation is going to bring together providers of data, services and e-infrastructures as a system of systems, to deliver to researchers seamless access under a common umbrella. This session is going to provide the stakeholders’ perspective, by highlighting different ways forward for resource providers, funders and policy makers. This should be seen as a learning exercise: we will discuss approaches that lead towards a federated system, examples on how support can be achieved at national level, and how the challenges and opportunities can be tackled by those who want to engage as EOSC nodes.

In this second session, European federations from different backgrounds relevant for EOSC will discuss their experience and expectations to help building the EOSC Federation.

Agenda:

14:00 Opening of the sessions & setting the scene
14:10 Panel discussion with representatives of European federations
14:55 Wrap up

Organised by: NFDI Section EduTrain, NFDI4Health, DALIA Knowledge-Base for FAIR data usage and knowledge graph

Training and education are important prerequisites for research data management and data science. At European level and within the EOSC, there are already a number of projects dealing with this topic, e.g. Skills4EOSC and ELIXIR/TeSS. At national level, the German NFDI addresses capacity building at both disciplinary and cross-cutting levels. In this unconference, we want to bring national and European actors together to raise awareness, share knowledge and perspectives, and encourage collaboration and discussion on alignment. Verifiable, trustworthy credentials will be a particular focus, as the responsible use of data within ethical and legal constraints becomes increasingly important.

Agenda:

Opening by the chair
14:00 Brief introduction to Training and education - NFDI perspective/ Initiatives
14:10 Panel discussion with representatives of relevant stakeholder groups
14:35 Plenary discussion
Wrap up

Unlocking the full potential of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) hinges on seamless access to high-quality research data and services. This session delves into the critical concepts of technical and semantic interoperability, the cornerstones of a truly interconnected research environment.

Experts will explore:
- Technical Interoperability: Ensuring services across EOSC can communicate and exchange data efficiently.
- Semantic Interoperability: Standardizing how data is described (metadata) to facilitate effortless discovery across diverse thematic and regional nodes.

Join the discussion!
This interactive session welcomes your insights and experiences. Together, we can shape a more user-friendly EOSC,empowering researchers with a powerful platform for scientific collaboration and discovery.

The research data management activities that deliver initial curation and active preservation (identified as priority concepts by the LTDP TF) are in turn dependent on clear appraisal and reappraisal over time to guide transparent information about retention periods and terms (including storage and preservation).

The Retention TF will deliver a landscape review of community needs around retention and appraisal, and engage with forthcoming projects on preservation frameworks and networks of trustworthy repositories. By reaching a broad understanding by the EOSC community around the activities, functions and concepts the TF will identify needs and make strategic recommendations on continued actions, including via the MAR and SRIA.

This session will set the stage for this topic, process and engagement, including seeking panel and audience feedback on key issues, connection points and approaches.

Agenda:

15:30 Opening and introduction to the session by the chair
15:35 Short presentation by the panelists
15:55 Discussion seeking panel and audience feedback on key issues, connection points and approaches.
16:25 Wrap up

The EOSC Federation Handbook will comprehensively address the purpose, structure, governance, architecture and operations of the EOSC Federation.

This session will focus on the ongoing developments and status of preparation of the EOSC Federation Handbook.

Agenda:

17:00 Opening by the chair
17:05 Short presentations by the panelists
17:25 Panel discussion with representatives of the EOSC Handbook Writers' Group
17:55 Wrap up

Digital Twins have proven their potential in revolutionising approaches to challenging tasks in the industrial sector, and are increasingly being leveraged as a research method bringing similar innovative approaches to the way science is performed.

This session aims to bring relevant Digital Twins initiatives in Europe (DestinE, BioDT, DT-GEO, interTwin and ILIAD/aquaInfra) highlighting new dimensions of interoperability at data and service levels. Thanks to the focus on interoperability, as well as on challenges and transferrable approaches and tools, the session will be a unique opportunity for the EOSC Community to discover the wide range of possibilities that Digital Twins can offer, in all research domains, and the role Digital Twin Platforms can play in future EOSC Nodes.

Agenda:

17:00 Opening of the session
17:05 Short presentations from the projects
17:30 Panel discussion - Digital Twins and EOSC Nodes: Opportunities and Challenges
17:55 Wrap up

Organised by: FAIRCORE4EOSC, FAIR-IMPACT, OpenWebSearch.eu

This session explores novel ways for current and future collaboration in findability (F) in FAIR, and how it contributes to the future goals on FAIR data and principles in the context of EOSC. The session addresses the importance of transparency in development of search applications and tools, and discusses how widening collaboration may benefit the whole research community. The session investigates synergies within science-search-focused contexts through examples from OpenWebSearch.eu, FAIRCORE4EOSC and FAIR-IMPACT. It discusses how improved findability impacts science, industry and society as a whole. It contributes to the objectives outlined in the EOSC SRIA and to Europe’s sovereignty for accessing and using the web.

We will engage the audience into discussions through an audience interaction platform, and approach the topic of findability with emphasis on collaboration. This session will be a great opportunity to find synergies and boost ideas by injecting the user perspective.

Agenda:

9:00 Welcome by the chair
9:05 Keynote speech by Professor Julia Lane, New York University
9:35 Impulse statements on FAIR data for Artificial Intelligence (AI) & AI for FAIR data
9:45 Panel discussion

The session intends to collect a broad insight into the needs of scientific domains in order to stimulate necessary actions for smooth integration of their data services into the EOSC federation of connected nodes. Selected disciplines/domains cover the diversity of scientific communities in their readiness to develop and maintain an EOSC node. Domain-specific EOSC nodes will have different approaches and capabilities to operate services for their own community and, especially, beyond. These differences include technical aspects but also others, such as organizational and financial which may affect enrolment of these nodes or onboarding of services to the EOSC federation. This will in longer terms define the structure and evolution dynamics of the federation.

Agenda:

11:00 Opening by the chair
11:05 Presentation: Setting the scene
11:15 Panel discussion with representatives of the thematic communities
12:00 Q&A and discussion
12:20 Wrap up

Join us for an in-depth session to learn from our panelists how the recently launched EOSC EU Node can support their multi-disciplinary and multi-national research workflows, as well as their visibility in the research community. Our distinguished panel includes representatives from both the research community and contributing organisations, sharing their use cases. Join us to get inspiration on how to use EOSC EU Node, as well as share your use cases and support us shape its evolution.

This session explores the important role of integrating Open Science into the training of early career researchers. It is essential not only to raise awareness of open science as such, but also to give good practices to researchers on how to apply them in their own field. Through the presentation of concrete examples, we will highlight innovative approaches and stimulate a discussion on practical strategies - in relation to, for example, Open Access, Open/FAIR Data, Open Research Software, and Open Educational Resources - with the aim of achieving Open Science Education.

Jointly organised by the EOSC tripartite collaboration and NFDI, the German National Research Data Infrastructure

Agenda:

14:00 Welcome by the chair
14:35 Lightning talks: the infrastructure landscape in Germany
15:00 Panel discussion
15:55 Wrap up and final remarks