Programme & Speakers

Registration at the UNESCO Headquarters entrance.

How can we measure the real impact of open science? What works, what doesn’t, and how can we do better? This opening session tackles these questions by drawing on the results of PathOS, a three-year EU-funded project dedicated to understanding how open science practices contribute to research, policy, and societal outcomes.

As the final public event of PathOS, this session sets the stage for the conference by sharing key insights, methods, and tools that underpin its core themes. Selected case studies will be presented to illustrate diverse impact pathways, followed by a panel discussion with case study experts on practical challenges, indicator development, and implications for future monitoring frameworks. The session concludes with audience Q&A.

Presenter:

• Ioanna Grypari, PathOS Coordinator, ATHENA Research Center & OpenAIRE

Chair of the panel:

• Ioanna Grypari, PathOS Coordinator, ATHENA Research Center & OpenAIRE

Panelists:

• Despoina Sousoni, ELIXIR Europe
• Simon Apartis, CNRS
• To be announced 

Enjoy a refreshing break with coffee and light refreshments. A great opportunity to network and exchange ideas informally.

This interactive session will open a discussion on the key impact pathways and synthesis findings from the PathOS project. Following a brief overview, participants will be invited to share reflections on the draft conclusions, highlight strengths, raise questions, and explore how the outputs can best support open science policy and practice. The session aims to gather diverse perspectives through open dialogue rather than formal feedback.

Presenter:

• Tony Ross-Hellauer (Know Center)

Online Moderator:

• Nicki Lisa Cole (Know Center)

Take a moment to relax, recharge, and connect with fellow participants over lunch.
Lunch will be provided on-site.

This session introduces two key tools developed through PathOS: the Open Science Impact Indicator Handbook and a framework for assessing the value of open science practices. The Handbook offers a structured set of indicators to monitor academic, societal, and economic impacts. The cost-benefit analysis framework demonstrates how selected indicators can inform strategic decision-making by estimating the potential benefits of open science practices.

The session will present one case study application of the framework, highlight challenges and insights, and invite discussion on how these tools can support national strategies, funder decisions, and institutional policies. The official handover of the Handbook will take place during the session.

• Vincent Traag

Enjoy a refreshing break with coffee and light refreshments. A great opportunity to network and exchange ideas informally.

Presentation on the final version of the OSMI Principles, emphasising their practical application. Panel discussion featuring representatives from key groups, such as Open Science infrastructures, exploring challenges in operationalisation. Includes moderator-led Q&A and audience input.

Presenters: 

• Nicolas Fressengeas, Université de Lorraine / French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
• Laetitia Bracco, Université de Lorraine

Chair of the panel:

• Vanessa Proudman, SPARC Europe

Panelists:

• Kamran Naim, CERN
• Arianna Becerril-Garcia, Redalyc / AmeliCA
• Michelle Barker, Research Software Alliance

Online moderator:

• Anastasiia Iarkaeva, QUEST Center for Responsible Research, Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité

This session will introduce the updated Monitoring Framework for National Contributions to EOSC and Open Science for tracking the implementation and uptake of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and open science. A key highlight of the session will be the launch of the second phase of the EOSC Open Science Observatory — an interactive, one-stop-shop policy intelligence tool for open science monitoring. The session will also feature a panel discussion with policymakers and country representatives, exploring how national open science data can be integrated into broader monitoring efforts.

Presenters: 

• Stefan Liebler, European Commission
• Tereza Szybisty, OpenAIRE AMKE

Chair of the panel

• Natalia Manola, OpenAIRE AMKE

Panel

• Volker Beckmann, EOSC-SB
• Eric Jeangirard, French Ministry of Higher Education and Research
• Stefan Liebler, European Commission, DG RTD, Unit A4
• Ana Persic, UNESCO

Enjoy a refreshing break with coffee and light refreshments. A great opportunity to network and exchange ideas informally.

Presentation on UNESCO’s global assessment of open science monitoring and its alignment with regional efforts. Panel discussion with representatives from different continents, focusing on regional challenges and solutions. Includes moderator-led Q&A and audience input.

Presenter:

• Rania Sabo, UNESCO

Chair of the Panel:

• Ana Persic, UNESCO

Panelist:

• Ahmed Mohammed Alabdulkader, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia  
• Cécile Ouattara-Coulibaly, l’Université Virtuelle de Côte d’Ivoire
• Ismael Rafols Garcia, UNESCO Chair in Diversity and Inclusion in Global Science, Leiden University, The Netherlands
• Jinxia HUANG, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Take a moment to relax, recharge, and connect with fellow participants over lunch.
Lunch will be provided on-site.

As Open Science monitoring frameworks multiply across Europe and beyond, the real challenge lies in putting them into practice. Research-performing and funding organisations (RPOs and RFOs) are expected to implement, report, and respond to a growing set of monitoring expectations. Yet questions remain around feasibility, cost, researcher engagement, and how institutional monitoring can align with national and global frameworks.

In this session, five major initiatives will reflect on how their work intersects with the institutional level, what assumptions are made, what frictions have emerged, and how principles are translated into practice. The chair, Susan Reilly (National Open Access Monitor of Ireland), will moderate a discussion on organisational uptake, drawing on national experience. Audience participation, particularly from RPO and RFO representatives, will be key to surfacing the real-world barriers and enablers of monitoring integration.

Chair of the session:

• Susan Reilly, Irish Research e-Library (IReL), Maynooth University.

Panellist: 

• To be announced.

Final reflections and closing of the conference.

Enjoy a refreshing break with coffee and light refreshments. A great opportunity to network and exchange ideas informally.