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Dear readers,
We wish you pleasant summer days and bring you another edition of our newsletter, full of news and interesting updates from our community. At the end of June, we organised a successful networking event in Hradec Králové, and we are pleased to share with you an engaging interview from the meeting. Additionally, you will find invitations to the first autumn events, which promise a rich program and diverse opportunities for both professional and social discussion.
We look forward to seeing you in September!
The EOSC CZ Team
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Version 1.0 of the Czech Core Metadata Model for Research Data (CCMM) has been released – a foundational metadata model for describing research data within the framework of the National Data Infrastructure. This autumn, we are also preparing workshops and training sessions focused on working with CCMM, Dataspecer, and the creation of metadata profiles, about which we will inform you in the next edition.
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On 23 and 24 September, Brno will host the EOSC United project kick-off meeting, which will also serve as a joint working workshop with the EOSC Gravity project. Both projects will closely coordinate their activities and next steps. The EOSC United project, in which the EOSC CZ initiative is involved through EOSC CZ Secretariat, plays a key role in connecting the research community and shaping the future EOSC Federation. In collaboration with EOSC Gravity, it also provides feedback on d\eveloping the EOSC EU Node. Through these activities, EOSC United strengthens the position of the EOSC initiative in the EU and supports its development as a sustainable research infrastructure.
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On 19 June 2025, another EOSC CZ networking meeting was hosted by the University of Hradec Králové (UHK). The programme focused on using national e-infrastructures and tools supporting open science. An interesting topic of discussion was the search for a suitable repository for storing and describing archaeological data – an absence that the UHK is actively working to resolve. EOSC-CZ is helping to connect users with the developers of the emerging repository.
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In an interview with Associate Professor Hana Tomášková, Vice-Rector for Research, Development, and Knowledge Transfer at the University of Hradec Králové, held on the occasion of the EOSC-CZ Networking event in Hradec Králové, we discussed how open science operates in the Czech Republic today, where it encounters the biggest obstacles, and why data management is sometimes more challenging than it seems.
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How to Prepare European Research Data for Artificial Intelligence? Professor Ignacio Blanquer, member of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Board and coordinator of the Spanish e-Science network, talks about why Europe needs a federated and secure data environment based on FAIR principles to keep up with global competition.
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Negotiations on the 10th Framework Programme (FP10) and the EU budget, new strategies for data sharing and the use of AI in science and industry, decisions on the European Space Agency’s budget, and debates on a unified legal framework for start-ups. Additionally, elections in several countries may shift national research priorities.
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The current system of scientific publishing is facing growing criticism. Pressure for quantity, high fees, and the rising dominance of large publishers may undermine the quality and trust in research. Experts emphasise that solutions should focus on prioritizing quality over quantity, as well as reforming researcher evaluation and financial models. Generative AI brings new challenges to this debate. Read more in the article by Mandy Hill, Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press, published in The Guardian.
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You are invited to the Field-specific repositories for STEM webinar, which will take place on October 3rd. Participants will learn about the benefits of disciplinary repositories and the issues related to publishing data in the appropriate type of repository. The instructor will introduce disciplinary repositories for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
All our training courses are available on the EOSC CZ Training Centre website. If you've missed any sessions, you can access the recordings of completed training events on our YouTube EOSC Czech Republic channel.
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A mouse among zeros and ones
On September 26th, from 5 pm to 10 pm, the Researchers’ Night takes place – and we’ll be there! In both Brno and Ostrava, we will dive into the world of citizen science. In Brno, you can find us at the Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University, where among lines of code you might encounter the lesser white-toothed shrew or even the spotted mosquito. In Ostrava, at IT4Innovations at VSB-TUO, an engaging interactive challenge awaits you, where you can experience firsthand how to get involved in citizen science. Come and discover why Citizen Science is a treasure for both science and society as a whole.
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Mark your calendars for the EOSC Symposium 2025, the largest and most in-demand event on the EOSC calendar. Organised by the EOSC Association, the Symposium will take place 3–5 November in Brussels. Call for lightning talks and demos at the EOSC Symposium 2025 is now open. Submission deadline is on 5 September.
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