SEBD 2020 Special Session on Open Science


Rationale

The session is organised into two moments: an introductory tutorial on Open Science and a discussion with a panel of experts. The session will be highly interactive, and the participation of the audience will be achieved also through the use of ad-hoc tools
(mentimeter).

Tutorial

Speakers:

  • Paolo Manghi, CNR-ISTI, CTO of the European OpenAIRE e-infrastructure
  • Emma Lazzeri, CNR-ISTI, OpenAIRE National Open Access Desk

Tutorial contents:

  • How does science work today?
    • Scientific process and scientific communication
    • Scientific indicators
    • Market interests and business models in the current research evaluation system
  • Open Science
    • Open Science: science set free
    • Open Access: advantages, cultural barriers, European mandates and obligations
    • Open Data: why and how to manage research data
    • FAIRness of research products
  • Reproducibility of science and state of the art in Computer Science

Panel

Expert panel and discussion

  • Paolo Manghi, CNR-ISTI, CTO of the European OpenAIRE e-infrastructure

    Theme: OpenScience discovery and monitoring, the OpenAIRE graph

    Paolo Manghi is a researcher at ISTI (CNR, Pisa), head of an international and very active research group on issues concerning services for the support of Open Science scientific communication.

  • Shalini Kurapati, Polytechnic of Turin

    Theme: Data Stewardship

    Shalini Kurapati is an expert in research data management and Data Management Plan. She is a former data steward at TU-Delft and she currently works on the same issues at the Polytechnic of Turin.

  • Stefano Bianco, INFN

    Theme: The Plan-S

    Stefano Bianco is a researcher at the National Institute of Nuclear Physics and is one of the Expert Group Member of Plan-S, the plan launched at the end of 2018 by Coalition-S, a group of research funding bodies that aim to obtain full OA at all publications produced with public funds since 2021.

  • Emma Lazzeri, CNR-ISTI, OpenAIRE National Open Access Desk

    Theme: Projects funded by the EC and Open Access

    Emma Lazzeri is a researcher at the CNR and an expert in Open Science policies and strategies, she coordinates the National Open Access Desk of OpenAIRE in Italy.

Slides