Are you open to Open Science? Do you want to inform yourself and join the discussion about what Open Science has to offer and where the limits lie?
You are invited:
On July 4th and 5th, 2023, the 2. German Open Science Festival will take place in Cologne.
"Meet, Share, Inspire, Care!" - under the motto we picked up from the last Open Science Festivals in Hannover and Amsterdam, there will be a colourful mix of current topics and formats around Open Science:
Keynotes and panel discussions on open science practices with national and international experts.
Workshops that convey content from the field.
An open marketplace with information on local and international initiatives and services.
For students, (young) scientists, research professionals (e.g. librarians, data stewards, information scientists, publishers), policy maker, and science journalists
Organised by ZB MED - Information Centre Life Sciences, University and City Library of Cologne (USB), University of Cologne, Institute for Biomedical Informatics (IMI) and CECAD.
The festival takes place all day on July 4th and 5th, 2023 in the ZB MED and CECAD. For registration click here.
In the evening of July 3rd, 2023 we will also be celebrating 50 years of ZB MED - the future of science is Open Science!
You want to present your initative or project with focus on open science at the festival? Here you will find our Call for Marketplace.
Festival programme
Changes in the programme possible.
Programme July 04
from 08.30
Entry
9:30–10.00
Opening
10.00–11.00
Keynote 1
Dr. Benedikt Fecher (Subject and title will be announced soon.)
11.00–12.00
Panel 1
Open Science from global perspectives
Nino Pavliashvili, Director of National Science Library of Georgia, Tbilisi/Georgia Héctor Tuy, Academic researcher and Technical Coordinator on climate change adaptation and rural development at GIZ, Guatemala City/Guatemala, ORCID: 0000-0002-5963-6607 Prince Edem Samoh, Researcher and Laboratory Technician at Ashesi University and Open Bioeconomy Lab, Berekuso/Ghana, ORCID: 0000-0003-1786-1416 Dr. Jo Havemann, Trainer and consultant at Access 2 Perspectives and engaged in AfricArXiv, Berlin/Germany, ORCID: 0000-0002-6157-1494 Moderation: Dr. Eva Seidlmayer, Research fellow at ZB MED, Cologne/Germany, ORCID: 0000-0001-7258-0532
Realizing Open Science does not have the same conditions in all places. How do scientists and communities from different regions contribute to the global knowledge commons and how do they use it? What is the impact of different financial capabilities of scientific institutions, for example with regard to high Open Access article processing charges? And how can we learn from each other about potentials and solutions? With experts from three continents, the panel discussion will focus on perspectives on Open Science from different global angles. We would like to hear from the speakers for what they use open data and open publications and where they see challenges in their context. Also, we will discuss the problem of difficult visa approval for researchers to attend conferences as a obstacle of Open Science.
12.00-13.00
Ignite Talks: Open Science Success and Horror Stories
Open Research in Practice: Iterating between Ideas, Communities and Societal Impact Daniel Mietchen
15.00 - 16.00
Panel 2
Data rush in the wild: Real-life and Real-world data for research
Prof. Dr. Oya Beyan, Biomedical Informatics Institute, Medical Faculty, Cologne University and University Hospital Cologne; Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dagmar Krefting, Department of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Göttingen; Prof. Dr. Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences; Florian Siemund, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Philosophy, University of Cologne; Edit Herczog, Senior EU Liaison Adviser, GÉANT; Julia Gehrmann, Biomedical Informatics Institute, Medical Faculty, Cologne University and University Hospital Cologne
Real-world data is the new oil. If we get it, our research and AI models will outperform the ones designed with less data. However, real-life and real-world data come with many hurdles such as heterogeneity, quality, scarcity, ethical data use, and more. In this panel researchers from different communities will discuss opportunities and challenges along the research data cycle including data collection, sharing, ethics, and interdisciplinary and international cooperation. In our panel, we will host established researchers who have experience in data sharing and reuse, as well as early-career researchers who struggle to use real-world data for their daily work. We will share our experiences and learn from each other.
16.00 - 16.15
Closing
Festival Commitee
Dr. Miriam Albers, ZB MED
Prof. Dr. Ursula Arning, ZB MED
Prof. Dr. Oya Beyan, IMI at the University of Cologne
Dr. Jens Dierkes, USB Köln
Prof. Dr. Konrad Förstner, ZB MED
Dr. Hubertus Neuhausen, USB Köln
Prof. Dr. Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann, ZB MED
Elke Roesner, ZB MED
Dr. Eva Seidlmayer, ZB MED
The Open Science Festival is a joint event of:
ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health
The Federal Ministry of Health is a sponsor of ZB MED on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.
Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners
The robust, well-established partnership between ZB MED and the University of Cologne covers research, teaching and the provision of information. The Scientific Director of ZB MED also holds a professorship at the Medical Faculty.
ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia
Logo of Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.
Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners
A joint professorship is just one example of the cooperation between ZB MED and the University of Bonn in the fields of research and teaching. ZB MED’s Bonn site is located on the Poppelsdorf campus.
ZB MED advocates Open Access
ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.
Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners
ZB MED’s cooperation with TH Köln focuses on providing qualifications in information and data science through joint professorships and other strategies.
ZB MED is a member of DataCite
DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.
ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement
The objective is to work together to provide complementary information services for the life sciences.
ZB MED advocates equality
ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.
ZB MED is one of over 30 partners in the LFV Open Science
The network is committed to the research and development of working methods, infrastructures, and tools of Open Science.
ZB MED is a member of DAFA.
The "Deutsche Agrarfoschungsallianz" aims to improve the performance, transparency and international visibility of German agricultural research. It is a joint project of German agricultural research.
ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.
Climate protection, sustainability, responsibility, social solidarity.
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