Conference

Advancing Open Science: The Barcelona Declaration and Open Metadata

• Date: Friday, December 6, 2024
• Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
• Description: At the Advancing Open Science event held in Vilnius, participants discuss the most important developments in open science and research information in Europe and Lithuania. The keynote speaker, Prof. Ludo Waltman (Leiden University, The Netherlands), presents the Barcelona Declaration, a document highlighting the importance of open access to research information. Recent Lithuanian open access policy priorities and their impact on the national research ecosystem are presented, and representatives from the university alliances Arqus, Transform4Europe and ERUA share their experiences and practical solutions in promoting open science. Discussions also explore how to make the process of sharing scientific information more efficient, including new tools such as the Research Organization Registry (ROR).

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