Open Science: Interesting Conferences and Events for 2020

by Birgit Fingerle

In 2020 there will again be numerous events in the context of open science and related subjects. We have selected a small number of interesting events. A wide variety of more conferences, workshops, barcamps and other events is listed in our events calendar at ZBW MediaTalk.

Open Science Days 2020
02.03. – 03.03., Berlin (Germany)
“When looking at the different areas of Open Science in the past years, we were often confronted with the question on where and how the growing significance of Open Science does affect reality of a daily research routine within the various disciplines. Or: how it should be affected? This is the key question we would like to shed light on during the conference. A number of challenges for academic everyday life are reflected by the principles of Good Scientific Practice. Major changes within the complex system of research routine and publication workflows are caused not least by elements of Open Science turning into reality. This applies in particular to the fields of Open Access, Open Research Data and Open Research Software, which have been at the center of attention for quite some time now.”

Open Science Conference
11.03. – 12.03., Berlin (Germany)
“The conference addresses topics around Open Science such as: Innovations to support open science practices and their application and acceptance in scientific communities, Scientific benefit of open science practices and their impact in society, Open science education and science communication to the broad public.”

RRI for Real: Shaping the future of open science and society relations
19.03. – 20.03., Rome (Italy)
“At the University of Rome about 100 delegates will come together to exchange experiences and tools to support responsible and open institutional change. We look forward to enriching our project’s outcomes with different perspectives and your expertise.”

Collaborations Workshop 2020 (CW20)
31.03. – 01.04., Belfast (North Ireland)
“The Software Sustainability Institute’s Collaborations Workshop series brings together researchers, developers, innovators, managers, funders, publishers, leaders and educators to explore best practices and the future of research software.”

2020 Creative Commons Global Summit
14.05. – 16.05., Lisboa (Portugal)
“We’ve grown the CC Global Summit every year as hundreds of leading activists, advocates, librarians, educators, lawyers, technologists, and more have joined us for discussion and debate, workshops and planning, talks and community building.”

Open-Access-Tage 2020 (link in English language)
15.09. – 17.09., Bielefeld (Germany)
“Die Open-Access-Tage sind die zentrale jährliche Konferenz zum Thema Open Access und Open Science im deutschsprachigen Raum”

Force11: The Future of Research Communication and e-Scholarship
19.10. – 21.10., Donostia San Sebastián (Spain)
“At a FORCE11 annual conference stakeholders come together for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Researchers, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, informaticians, funders, educators, citizens, and others attend the FORCE11 meeting with a view to supporting the realization of promising new ideas and identifying new potential collaborators.”

More events in 2020 can be found in our events calender at ZBW MediaTalk.

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