Registration
09:00 - 09:30
Opening Remarks
09:30 - 10:15
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Welcome, Pierre-Paul Zalio, Campus Condorcet President
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Gilles Mathieu (Recherche Data Gouv deputy director, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research)
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Javier López Albacete (Directorate-General Research & Innovation, European Commission)
Keynote Speech: Sustainable Competence Centres
10:15 - 10:45
Suzanne Dumouchel, CNRS
Partnership Coordinator of OPERAS AISBL Director of the EOSC Association
Driving Change: Building Skills for a Collaborative Open Science Future
10:45 - 11.00
Sara Di Giorgio, GARR, Skills4EOSC Project Coordinator
Overview of the Skills4EOSC outcomes and the development of Competence Centres in support of the EOSC ecosystem.
The Role of Competence Centres in the EOSC ecosystem
11.00 - 11:15
Volker Beckmann Responsible for the implementation of EOSC in France at the French Ministry of Higher Education; Steering Board of the EOSC Association
Description of the Competence Centre, its activities, and its role in EOSC Federation. The talk highlights the importance of training, support and competence building within EOSC. It shows that the EOSC Federation can only work if the proper level of support is behind it and if competencies are available and shared.
Coffee break
11.15 - 11.45
Short refreshments before shooting.
Panel Session: Upskilling next-generation researchers: a conversation with competence centres in the EOSC era
11.45 - 12.30
As the EOSC Federation advances, researchers must adapt to evolving Open Science and FAIR research skills. This session gathers experts from national and thematic competence centres to discuss strategies, challenges, and best practices for upskilling researchers and strengthening training infrastructures in the EOSC era.
Moderator: Emma Lazzeri, CNR
Panelists:
- ICDI (Valentina Pasquale IIT)
- Gilles Mathieu (Recherche Data Gouv deputy director, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research)
- GRCC (Nana Anastasopoulou, GRNET)
- OSCARS, (Romain David CNRS) TBC
- OSCC, Magdalena Szuflita, Polish Open Science Competence Center
Empowering EOSC through skilled Data Stewards: when Open Science training matters
12:30 - 12:45
Eva Mendez, U3CM
Introduction to the role of Data Stewards in the EOSC ecosystem and their impact on open science practices.
Connecting Innovators: Networks Supporting Data Management Excellence
12:45 - 13:00
Curtis Sharma (TU Delft) and Giulia Caldoni (Bologna University)
Overview of the Data Steward Network/Communities and their collaborative initiatives to support data management in research.
Lunch break
13.00 - 14.30
Harmonizing Curricula and Preparing Learning Resources: Methodologies for Effective Training and Upskilling
14.30 - 14.45
Kevin Ashley, DCC
Panel session: Open science from the bottom to the top: Upskilling all the actors of open science
14:45 - 15:45
Moderator: Arnaud Gingold, OPERAS
Panelists:
Competence Centre Representatives
- Decision makers [Betty Evangelinou - GRNET]
- OPERAS, SSH training courses [Fotis Mystakopoulos, OPERAS]
- Jan Michalek (UiB, EPOS)
- Universities: [José Manuel Vega. Skills4EOSC trained PhD student at UC3M]
- Heimo Rainer (NHMW)
Closing Remarks and Conference Conclusion
15:45 - 16:00.
Claudio Prandoni, GARR
Future perspectives for EOSC training and Competence Centres' role in the next development phase