Keeping the dynamic spirit of the first and second Open Science Fair shown in Porto (2019) and Athens (2017), OpenAIRE and key organisations dedicated to Open Science developed a four-day program to bring people together virtually. From 20-23 of September 2021, the participants had the chance to suggest ways to work together and produce roadmaps to implement Open Science.  

Two years after, we are able to once again meet in person and we are proud to co-organise the 4th Open Science Fair with our Spanish NOAD, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT).

Starting from 1 July to 31 Dec 2023, Spain will hold the presidency of the Council of the European Union, becoming the focal point of EU policy development and thus providing an excellent opportunity for the Open Science Fair to bring together key actors and perspectives for the implementation of Open Science.

OS FAIR 2023 Theme: Charting the course: Reimagining Open Science for future generations

The primary goal of the OS FAIR's fourth edition is to contemplate the future of Open Science and determine how to work together to pave the way for future generations. The conference aims to unite individuals from various communities and backgrounds worldwide to identify areas of collaboration, share successful practices, and create the space for collaborative interfaces. The conference programme will include dynamic workshops, innovative demos, engaging lightning talks and posters as well as distinguished keynote speeches and thought-provoking panel discussions. 

The OS FAIR will bring together a diverse group of participants, and the conference will suggest ways for these various actors to collaborate in creating roadmaps for Open Science implementation. We welcome participants from research communities and infrastructures, including librarians, content providers, repository managers, service providers, research administrators, scholarly communication innovators, learned societies, policy makers and funders, citizen science groups and initiatives.

Topics

We ask our community to submit their proposals and actively participate in our programme focusing on the following key priority topics:

• Advancing and reforming research assessment (RRA) and Open Science; connections, barriers, and way ahead
• AI impact on Open Science and Open Science impact on AI
• Innovation & disruption in scholarly publishing
• FAIR Data, software & hardware
• Openness in research & education
• Public Engagement & Citizen Science

Submission tracks

OS FAIR 2023 invites submissions on the theme and its topics in the following formats:

Workshops

Workshops should emphasise current topics of particular interest to the broad community of Open Science on the latest policy, legal, technical, and business issues in Open Science, FAIR data and related infrastructure. Proposals which cater for and encourage the participation of attendees will be favoured.

Lightning talks & demos

The call for Lightning talks & Demos is an opportunity for individuals, teams and projects to showcase the latest knowledge and potential solutions to support Open Science and FAIR data in the academic, commercial or public environment.

Posters

The call for posters is an opportunity for individuals and teams to showcase the latest knowledge and potential solutions to support Open Access and Open Science in the academic, commercial or public environment.

Note: For all proposals, the Programme Committee may, in some cases, accept an abstract while proposing tailoring of the agenda and/or duration. In this case, the author will be consulted. 

Selection Criteria 

The Programme Committee will review and select abstracts based on the following criteria:  

• Relevance
• Impact on the wider community
• Level of innovation
• Originality
• Openness and Fairness of the solution / method / product
• Quality of the abstract 

How to Submit Your Proposal

Before submitting make sure to go through the instructions on our dedicated page. To submit a proposal, please visit OS FAIR 2023 submissions portal submissions portal. The deadline for submission of abstracts is  the  24th of April 2023  30th April 2023.

Notification of Acceptance 

We expect to announce the outcomes of the peer review in mid-May 2023. 

Questions about our call for proposals? Please send us an email at

NB: This Call for Papers has been created by the OS FAIR 2023 Programme Committee.

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