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Call for Panels

OS FAIR 2025 gives the opportunity to individuals, organisations and initiatives to present their work and ideas through a panel discussion addressing one of the conference tracks. 

The call for panels is an opportunity for individuals, teams and projects to showcase the latest knowledge and potential solutions to advance Open Science in the academic, commercial or public environment through a panel discussion.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS 7th MAY 2025

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Conference Tracks

Contributions to the main tracks may include, but are not limited to, the following topics:

Cross-cutting themes:

AI in Open Science | Policies for Equity & inclusion

Beyond Compliance: Measuring and Maximizing Open Science Impact

  • Societal Impact
  • Open Science in a context of competitiveness, research security, and dual use
  • The influence of Open Science on policy
  • Monitoring showing the impact of Open Science

Open, but at What Cost? Research Security & Open Science

  • Balancing openness and security
  • Dual-use and ethical risks
  • AI risks in Open Science
  • Global competitiveness & openness
  • Trust and governance
  • Technical implementations to support open science

Building the Digital Backbone: Open Science Infrastructures

  • Repositories and metadata
  • Diamond Open Access
  • AI-enhanced infrastructures
  • Sustaining Open Science infrastructure
  • Federated and national infrastructures

Rethinking Research Assessment

  • Beyond impact factors
  • Collaborative assessment models
  • Open Science & career progression
  • Policy perspectives on assessment reform
  • AI in peer review

Open Science for All: Skills & Community

  • Training Open Science skills
  • Community engagement
  • AI literacy for researchers, support staff, funders
  • Open Science in education

Please use templates below as a guide*

*note that you have to copy all details of your proposal in the submission portal (bottom right of the Call for Contributions tab).

Guidance

A panel session lasts 90 minutes and can have two or three speakers and at least 30 minutes of Q&A with the audience. The panel should include a moderated discussion among the panelists.
Authors are asked to submit a short proposal (150 - 250 words) that describes the main contributions of the panel. Proposals should contain a brief abstract, place an emphasis on the motivation for the work, and summarise contributions being presented.

- Abstract length should be a minimum of 150 words and should not exceed 250 words.
- The language of the conference will be English; therefore, the abstract must be in this language.
- All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by members of the Conference Programme Committee.

Please make sure to copy all information included in the template directly in the abstract section that you can find in the submission portal.

PANEL TEMPLATE:  .DOCX .ODT 

Evaluation

Panel proposals will be evaluated primarily on their potential to stimulate interesting discussions, facilitate the exchange of ideas, and promote collaborations. Additional criteria are:

  • Relevance
  • Impact on the wider community
  • Level of innovation
  • Originality
  • Openness and FAIR-ness of the solution / method / product
  • Interaction with the audience
  • Quality of the abstract

Special consideration will be given to ensure that a variety of topics and geographical / cultural range will be represented.
Applications will be evaluated by the Conference Programme Committee.

Travel support

We can offer limited travel support for speakers from low and middle income countries. If you are selected and would like to benefit from this support, please reach out to us.

Important dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: 30 April, 2025
    Extended: 7 May, 2025
  • Notification of acceptance / rejection: 23 May, 2025
  • Conference Dates: 15 – 17 September, 2025

Please note that the Open Science Fair 2025 is intended to be an in-person event. We expect all contributors (or their representatives) to be able to attend the conference on the premises.

Contact

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