OpenAIRE contributed to the discussion on the future of research assessment at the 18th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2026), held from 26–29 May 2026 at the University of Bucharest, Romania.During the conference's Open Systems session, Leonidas Pispiringas presented the paper" Open Infrastructure for Research Assessment: A FAIR-Aligned Framework for Researcher Profiles derived from the OpenAIRE Graph", in the "Open Systems" session, chaired by Ma...