Open Science - Exploring Research Data

Open Science aims to transform science by making research more open, global, collaborative, creative and closer to society.

This event will promote and discuss support for a culture of good research practice on managing, using, sharing and publishing research data. Researchers, research institutions, research-support providers and funders all have key roles to play in supporting an enabling environment and in developing the resources, expertise and infrastructure required in order to sustain the long term value of the research data. The immediate motivation for this event is the HRB invited visit of Professor Barend Mons, Chair of the High Level Expert Group of the European Open Science Cloud Initiative.

Main activites are:

1. Keynote: Professor Barend Mons, Chair of the High Level Expert Group of the European Open Science Cloud Initiative

2. Case studies and exemplars on current practice and infrastructure in Ireland for research data management, sharing and stewardship

• Professor Mark Lawler, Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast
• Dr John Howard, University Librarian and Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Informatics at University College Dublin (UCD) and Executive Director of the Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA).
• Professor Susan Schreibman, Professor of Digital Humanities and Director of An Foras Feasa, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
• Tom Fahey, Professor of General Practice in Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Principal Investigator for the HRB Centre for Primary Care Research

3. Open Interactive Panel and Audience Discussion

• Professor Mark Lawler, QUB
• Professor John Howard, ISSDA, UCD
• Professor Tom Fahey, RCSI
• Professor Susan Schreibman, NUIM
• Ms Rebecca Grant, Digital Archivist at the Digital Repository Ireland (DRI)
• Ms Niamh Brennan, Programme Manager for Research Informatics in Trinity College Library, TCD
• Dr Evelyn Flanagan, data manager, Clinical Research Facility, UCC

Key Outputs

• Advocacy and Skills - Promote awareness on the importance of data management and EU stewardship plans, the EU recommendations and targets for 2020 regarding research data, FAIR principles, data sharing and open data, and the mandatory requirements in Horizon 2020
• Informative – Consider how best the HRB and other key players in the research system could facilitate and support best practice on use and re-use of research data, meet new EU recommendations and approach development of new expertise.

The event is free of charge but places are strictly limited on a 'first-come, first-served' basis.

Please note that this event is Day 2 of a two-day Open Science event. A separate policy workshop on Monday 27th June 2016 will discuss Ireland's current and future relationship with the wider Open Science agenda.