The Open Science and Research Winter Conference 2026 will take place at the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki under the theme "From Open to Operational."
The programme features thematic sessions on researchers' perspectives on the key bottlenecks of open science, the opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence in research, and the development of interoperable open science ecosystems and processes.
The event will be held in a hybrid format, with sessions offered in both English and Finnish.
Monday, 16 November, 13:00–13:30 EET: EOSC EDEN: How to Identify Research Data for Long-Term Preservation? & FIDELIS: Transparency as a Prerequisite for Trust and Collaboration
At the conference, Juhla Lehtonen from the EOSC EDEN project will present the current progress on the project's Reuse Fitness Model, a framework to identify what data are candidates for long-term preservation. The presentation will also briefly introduce the newly launched Digital Curation and Preservation Network, established to strengthen digital curation and long-term preservation quality and practices in Europe.
Monday, 16 November, 13:00–13:30 EET: FIDELIS: Transparency as a Prerequisite for Trust and Collaboration
The presentation by Henna Kaartinen and Juha Lehtonen will feature one of the key outcomes from the FIDELIS project, the TTRAM matrix, as a use case in the Finnish Social Science Data Archive, and a quick glimpse to the FIDELIS Network and FIDELIS Training & Support Programme, designed to help repositories and service providers improve their practices, build capacity, and advance trustworthiness and sustainability. The session will be presented collaboratively between the Finnish Social Science Data Archive and CSC - IT Center for Science.
See the full agenda and learn more about the Open Science and Research Winter Conference.
