Shaping the Future of Open Science in Flanders: Insights, Achievements, and Aspirations
A joint initiative of the Flemish research data network (FRDN), the Flemish Open Science Board (FOSB) and the Department of Work, Economy, Science, Innovation and Social Economy (WEWIS)
Network Day 2025
The Network Day 2025 will be held on the 22nd of May 2025 in Brussels, at the Herman Teirlinck Building on the Tour & Taxis site.
The Network Day will bring together members of the FRDN network to exchange their knowledge and experiences. With the completion of the first Open Science Policy Plan, this event is the perfect opportunity to highlight the network's key achievements and showcase inspiring practices and policy implementations from individual Flemish research institutions over the past five years, made possible through FOSB funding.
We will also look to the future of Open Science in Flanders, exploring the upcoming Flemish policy plan and international trends. In addition, international examples surrounding critical issues in Open Science will provide inspiration and stimulate discussion on the areas we want to focus on in the coming years.
We invite researchers, data stewards, policy makers, funders, project managers, IT and technical staff, legal officers and other stakeholders involved or interested in Open Science to participate and to share experiences and knowledge.
Programme
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8:30 – 9:20 |
Register & coffee |
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9:20 – 10:20 |
Welcome with FRDN highlights |
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10:20 – 10:50 |
Institutions showcase (part 1) |
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10:50 – 11:10 |
Break with posters |
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11:10 – 11:40 |
Institutions showcase (part 2) |
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11:40 – 12:00 |
Federal Open Science Cloud (FedOSC) |
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12:00 – 12:20 |
Open Science and its role in the future Flemish science policy |
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12:20 – 13:15 |
Lunch with posters |
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13:15 – 15:00 |
International inspiration |
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Stimulating FAIR data sharing - Anneke Zuiderwijk (TU Delft, The Netherlands) |
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Data stewardship - Aoife Coffey (Sonrai, Ireland) |
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Open Science KPIs - Marita Kari (National Open Science Secretariat, Finland) |
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Open Science Infrastructure - Laurents Sesink (SURF, The Netherlands) |
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Persisent Identifiers (PIDs) - Sven Bingert (NFDI, Germany) |
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15:00 – 15:15 |
Break with posters |
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15:15 – 16:15 |
Interactive discussions in smaller groups (parallel sessions) |
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Stimulating FAIR data sharing |
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Data stewardship |
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Open Science KPIs |
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Open Science Infrastructure |
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16:15 – 16:40 |
Groups report back |
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16:40 – 16:50 |
Closing remarks and poster award |
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16:50 – 18:00 |
Reception |
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Register now! Registration is open
Registrations will close on 15 May 2025.