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Events

10 Oct

EOSC-A 11th General Assembly

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Abroad ENG

The 11th General Assembly meeting of the EOSC Association will be held online on the morning of Friday, 10 October 2025. Register by Friday, 3 October 2025 to attend the meeting.

13–16 Oct

International Data Week 2025

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM Conference Abroad ENG

International Data Week 2025 (IDW 2025) will take place on 13–16 October 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. This prestigious event, combining SciDataCon and the Research Data Alliance Plenary, will bring together researchers, data experts, policymakers, and industry leaders. The main theme, “Data for Positive Change,” will highlight the role of data in advancing research, empowering communities, and driving societal transformation.

29–31 Oct

Nordic Workshop on Bibliometrics and Research Policy 2025

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM Conference Abroad ENG

Over the course of three days you will have the opportunity to engage with experts from a variety of fields, including bibliometrics, research policy and library & information science. The aim of the workshop is to integrate bibliometric research with research policy, showcase the latest bibliometric research from the Nordic region and beyond, and strengthen connections between bibliometric research groups and their PhD students.

3–5 Nov

EOSC Symposium 2025

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Conference Abroad ENG

Please mark your calendars for the EOSC Symposium 2025, the largest and most in-demand event on the EOSC calendar. Organised by the EOSC Association for the second consecutive year, the Symposium will take place 03-05 November in Brussels.

10–12 Nov

Open Science Week 2025

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Conference CZ

Three days full of inspiration, sharing of experiences and practical examples focused on open science, research data management, open access, citizen science and legal aspects of open science. You can look forward to expert talks, lively discussions and networking that will bring together scientists, PhD students, librarians, project support, data stewards and all other friends of open science.

News

10 Dec 2024

The National Conference Highlighted Milestones and Challenges on the Path to Effective Research Data Management

The National EOSC CZ Conference, titled “From Storage to Repositories”, attracted over 200 participants – 113 onsite and nearly 100 online. The strong interest in the event confirmed the growing importance of research data management, open science, and the development of national and international data infrastructures.

6 Dec 2024

The 6th European Tripartite Event in Budapest: Discussions on EOSC Federation and Node Development

On 7 November 2024, the 6th European Tripartite Event on EOSC Management and Implementation was held in Budapest. The main topics were potential candidates for EOSC nodes, the EOSC Federation's status and EOSC governance's future after 2027.

28 Nov 2024

Experts on Open Science Gathered in Bratislava

On Thursday 14 November, the second edition of the Slovak Open Science Forum took place in Bratislava, focusing on open access, research data management, evaluation of scientific activities and citizen science. Among others, Matej Antol, the principal manager of the IPs EOSC-CZ, presented the EOSC CZ initiative and its contribution to Czech research and its link with European science.

12 Nov 2024

EOSC Symposium 2024 in Berlin: Towards the European Scientific Cloud Infrastructure

On 21-23 October, the EOSC Symposium 2024 took place in Berlin, attracting over 450 in-person participants and more than 900 online from over 60 countries. The event provided an opportunity to discuss the future of EOSC. It kicked off with the launch of the first EOSC EU Node, the key to connecting European data services and infrastructure.

12 Nov 2024

Reflecting on Open Science Week 2024: Fostering Open Science and Data Stewardship in the Czech Republic

On 21-23 October 2024, Open Science Week under the auspices of the Open Science Working Group of the Association of University Libraries (AKVŠ), took place in an online meeting format. The three-day programme featured a series of lectures and discussions on the development of open science, data stewardship and practical tools to help researchers in their daily practice.

11 Nov 2024

ESFRI has started the process of updating its Research Infrastructure Roadmap, which is expected to be completed in 2026

On Tuesday, 8 October 2024, the ESFRI Roadmap 2026 Information Day took place in Brussels, launching a new process to update the Roadmap, scheduled for December 2026. ESFRI will analyze the European research environment over the next two years to support key infrastructures enabling cutting-edge research.

31 Oct 2024

Networking at the Technical University of Liberec: Professor David Lukáš on the Importance of Open Science and Long-term Research Data Preservation

On Friday, 11 October, the third EOSC CZ networking event took place at the Technical University of Liberec to promote collaboration with scientists and the university in the field of open science. The discussion focused on sharing best practices, data management, and the EOSC CZ initiative's service offering.

24 Oct 2024

From Curiosity to Profession: a conversation on the evolution of the role of data stewards in the research environment

Dealing with data is very individual, it goes differently in every field, but it always has to make sense, according to data stewards Tereza Motalová and Martin Schätz

23 Oct 2024

Debating the Future of Data Management at the ELIXIR CZ 2024 Annual Conference

The 9th annual ELIXIR CZ conference took place from 9 to 11 October 2024, focusing on data management as a key element of modern research. The program focused on data management in EU projects, tools for efficient data handling and national data infrastructure. More than 20 experts presented challenges, innovations and best practices to offer practical solutions and foster collaboration in the scientific community.