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Köln

Konrad Förstner

At its core, science must serve society and contribute to

solving its challenges. Enhancing the efficiency, transparency, and

collaborative nature of scientific endeavors is essential for

achieving this goal. Open Science and the FAIR principles aim to

improve the scientific process by promoting openness, accessibility

and efficiency. Metadata, the essential information that

contextualizes research data, plays a crucial role in unlocking the

full potential of scientific data. Translating these ideals into

practical implementation, however, presents significant

challenges. These include the absence of established standards and

tools, as well as the slow adoption of these principles within

scientific communities due to a lack of supporting incentives and

norms. Additionally, the integrity of (meta)data infrastructure is

increasingly threatened by political interference, which can hamper

scientific progress globally. Recent events have demonstrated that

research infrastructure can be significantly impacted by policy

changes and funding cuts. These developments underscore the need to

rethink strategies for sustainable research data management and how

research infrastructures remain reliable for the global scientific

community.

The talk aims provide the foundation for a joint discussion that

brings together the perspectives and experiences of different research

communities.