Open Science Conference 2017: Report | ZBW MediaTalk

"The conference, a continuation and further development of the Science 2.0 Conference, addresses the current open science movement which is strongly influenced by European research policy. The topic’s timeliness and relevance was already noticeable in the run-up to the conference, which was booked out early with 220 participants from 34 countries.

While delivering his opening speech, conference chair Klaus Tochtermann therefore made it clear: ‘Open science gained momentum’.

The Open Science Conference once again mainly consisted of lectures by internationally renowned experts. There were also two panel discussions, two workshops and a poster session in which 18 accepted contributions from a total of 57 submissions were presented. The poster session addresses a call from the community to also open the conference up to what is currently happening in different open science projects and the respective communities. This year’s focus was on research data and their infrastructures as well as open educational resources (OER) as an aspect of open science. Furthermore, alternative methods for evaluating scientific achievements were discussed."