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The 8th OpenAIRE workshop took place as part of the RDA Ninth Plenary Meeting, Barcelona, and explored legal hindrances and possible solutions to open up research data. With the presentation of legal studies in making data open and interoperable, lessons learnt from the funders and with a critical understanding of issues related to text and data mining, data privacy and licenses, the event was an excellent opportunity to deepen all these issues.

The workshop was also the opportunity to discuss the new OpenAIRE legal study (summary here) and to present the data anonymization service developed by the OpenAIRE IT experts (presentation here).

 

8thOpenAIREworkshop 

PROGRAMME - recordings and presentations

09:00-09:30 - Welcome and OpenAIRE introduction [recordings]

Oriol Pujol Vila, Vice-Rector for Digital Transformation (University of Barcelona)

Pedro Príncipe, University of Minho (OpenAIRE) [presentation]

Anthony Ross-Hellauer, University of Göttingen (OpenAIRE) [presentation]

09:30-10:30 - The Studies: Legal studies in making data open and interoperable

The Open Research Data Pilot: Personal Data and PSI Rules, Andreas Wiebe and Nils Dietrich, University of Göttingen (OpenAIRE) [presentation] [recordings]

Legal Interoperability of Research Data: Principles and Implementation Guidelines, Christoph Bruch, Helmholtz Open Science Coordination Office (RDA/CODATA Legal Interoperability Interest Group) [presentation] [recordings]

10:30-11:00 - The Funders:  Lessons learnt 

Horizon 2020 Open Research Data Pilot, Jean-Claude Burgelman, Directorate General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission [presentation][recordings]

11:00-11:30 - Panel discussion [recordings] 

Moderator: Ignasi Labastida i Juan (University of Barcelona)

Andreas Wiebe and Nils Dietrich, University of Göttingen (OpenAIRE); Christoph Bruch, Helmholtz Open Science Coordination Office (RDA/CODATA Legal Interoperability Interest Group); Jean-Claude Burgelman, Directorate General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission

12:00-13:30 - Panel: The Infrastructures: services and tools 

Moderator: Prodromos Tsiavos (OpenAIRE, EOSCpilot)

Peter Doorn, DANS-KNAW [presentation] [recordings]

Stelios Piperidis, ILSP-ATHENA (CLARIN-EL, OpenMinted) [presentation] [recordings]

Jordi Rambla De Argila, CRG-Center for Genomic Regulation (European Genome-Phenome Archive at the CRG) [presentation] [recordings]

14:30-15:45 - Breakouts sessions

1) Text and Data Mining

 Moderators: Natalia Manola & Stelios Piperidis; Rapporteur: Iryna Kuchma

2) Data privacy & handling sensitive data [presentation]

 Moderators: Manolis Terrovitis & Nils Dietrich; Rapporteur: Anthony Ross-Hellauer

3) Licenses and access rights

 Moderators: Ignasi Labastida i Juan & Andreas Wiebe; Rapporteur: Gwen Frank

15:45-16:00 - Coffee

16:00-16:30 - Wrap-up

Natalia Manola (OpenAIRE) and the breakout sessions rapporteurs: Iryna Kuchma, Anthony Ross-Hellauer, Gwen Frank (report available soon)

 8thopenaireworkshop intro

Title: OpenAIRE workshop - Legal issues in Open Research Data

RDA pleanry meeting co-associated event - Date: 4 April 2017

Target Audience: Research managers, Librarians, Researchers, Project coordinators, Data archive managers, Repository managers, IT Specialist, Policy development managers and policy consultants.

Venue: University of Barcelona (Aula Magna, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 Barcelona)

Information: https://www.rd-alliance.org/openaire-workshop-legal-issues-open-research-data

WORKSHOP SCOPE

Whether measurements from sensors, results from simulations or interview recordings, modern scholarship generates incredible amounts of digital information which, properly kept and shared, holds the potential to drive new research and innovation. Recognising this, funders are implementing policies for RDM and data sharing, such as the Horizon 2020 Open Research Data Pilot, which aims to improve and maximise access to the research data generated by EU-funded projects. This growing interest in open access, preservation and dissemination of research data, however, brings with it a number of legal challenges in areas including intellectual property considerations, data protection and privacy.

This 8th OpenAIRE workshop have explored legal hindrances and possible solutions to open up research data, with a critical understanding of the key legal issues surrounding open data, including data protection, IPR and PSI and foster data sharing and re-use. The workshop was also the opportunity to discuss the new OpenAIRE legal study and to present the data anonymization service developed by the OpenAIRE IT experts.