Building Capacity for Open Science

11 June 2025
Location: Paris
Venue: Campus Condorcet
Centre de colloques
Place du Front populaire
93322 Aubervilliers
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The Skills4EOSC project’s final conference, ‘Building Capacity for Open Science’, will take place on June 11, 2025. The event is co-organized with the French Ministry of Research and other national partners and will be held at the Condorcet Campus in Paris. The conference will highlight the achievements of Skills4EOSC, which aims to empower researchers and professionals with the skills needed to advance the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

The conference will feature discussions on key topics, including the strategic vision for Open Science skills and the role of Competence Centres in supporting research and training. Sessions are also dedicated to exploring the impact of data stewardship and collaborative networks in driving Open Science forward and innovative approaches to upskilling professionals, decision-makers, and academia.

Skills4EOSC project’s final conference - Paris 11 June 2025

Agenda

Registration

09:00 - 09:30

Opening Remarks

09:30 - 10:15

Welcome, Pierre-Paul Zalio, Campus Condorcet President
Gilles Mathieu (Recherche Data Gouv deputy director, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research) pdf slides(2.38 MB)
Javier López Albacete (Directorate-General Research & Innovation, European Commission) pdf slides(829 KB)

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 slides(3.30 MB)
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 slides(4.20 MB)
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)
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 slides(2.52 MB)
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) slides(1.91 MB)
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 slides(3.23 MB)

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