Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

Paris Conference on Open Research Information



Programme


The Paris Conference on Open Research Information took place on September 23-24, 2024 at Sorbonne University, Paris.

The detailed conference programme is available for download.

Day 1

10:00-17:30 CEST

The first day of the conference featured in person and online talks about open research information by signatories and supporters of the Barcelona Declaration. Below you can find an overview of these presentations. A list of all abstracts is also available.

The organizers of the Declaration also provided updates on the most recent developments related to the Declaration.


Session 1: Universities - policies

Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Milan)Research Information for Inclusiveness
Ana Ranitovic (University of Groningen)Engaging the Research Community to Drive the Transition to Open Research Information
Anne-Catherine Fritzinger / Amélie Church (Sorbonne University)Challenging established policies and practices : why Sorbonne University decided to use and promote Open Research Information
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Session 2: Universities - data and practical implementations

Silvio Peroni (University of Bologna)The UNIBO path: how we comply with the Declaration's Commitments
Fabian Franke (University of Bamberg)Promoting the Openness of Research Information at the University of Bamberg In the Spirit of the Barcelona Declaration
Mathijs de Zwaan (VU Amsterdam)Using open research information for research assessment in the Netherlands - Open enough to get a foot in the door
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Session 3: Funders/national/governments

Katharina Rieck (Austrian Science Fund - FWF)The FWF’s approach to Open Research Information
Lorenzo Bacci (Regione Toscana)Open research information to inform regional policies: the case of Tuscany Region
Sophia Zherebchuk (State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine)Enhancing Open Research Information: The State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine’s Contribution to Advancing Global Open Access Initiatives
Isabelle Blanc / Nicolas Fressengeas (Ministry for Higher Education, Research and Innovation, France)French research simplification policy through PIDs : research information openness as a consequence
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Session 4: International collaborations

Angeliki Tzouganatou (OpenAIRE) / Thanasis Vergoulis (Athena Research Center)Harmonizing the Barcelona Declaration and CoARA Efforts: Advancing Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment (CoARA Working Group “Towards Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment")
Ludovic Thilly (Coimbra Group)Accelerating the uptake of the Barcelona Declaration’s principles: the catalyst role of networks in the emergence of change and influencing policy agenda setting
Judith Naidorf (CLACSO)Towards Building a Roadmap for the Barcelona Declaration: Contributions from Latin America (FOLEC-CLACSO) / Hacia la construcción de una hoja de ruta de la Declaración de Barcelona: aportes desde América Latina (FOLEC-CLACSO)
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Session 5: Infrastructures I

Simon Willemin (TOBI project - ETH Zurich)How to curate open scholarly metadata databases?
Rupert Gatti (Thoth)Leveraging the power of open research information to foster open collaboration towards an equitable not-for-profit ecosystem for Open Access books
Matt Buys (DataCite)Open Metadata, Open Minds: Driving Research Impact through Collaboration and Innovation
Ginny Hendricks (Crossref)No open science without open metadata
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Session 6: Infrastructures II

Arianna Becerril-Garcia / Saray Córdoba (Redalyc, AmeliCA and CLACSO)Building Digital Public Goods of Open Research Information for Inclusiveness and Sustainability of Scientific Communication: The Latin American use case
Kathleen Shearer (COAR)A vision for repositories in support of the Barcelona Declaration
Christian Hauschke (TIB) / Kyle Demes (OpenAlex) / Michele Mennielli (Lyrasis)Towards an Open Research Information Ecosystem: Synergies with Open Software and Open Metadata Providers
Juan Pablo Alperin (PKP)Addressing structural inequalities in research information
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Day 2

9:00-16:00 CEST

The second day of the conference was used to generate ideas for a joint roadmap for open research information. More information about the outcomes of the conference will be shared soon.


Venue


The Paris Conference on Open Research Information was hosted by Sorbonne University, one of the initial signatories of the Barcelona Declaration. The conference will took place on the Pierre and Marie Curie Campus in Paris’ 5th arrondissement. Online participation was facilitated for all plenary sessions and breakout sessions.


Organizing committee


  • Amélie Church (Sorbonne Universite)
  • Bernardo Rondelli (SIRIS Foundation)
  • Bianca Kramer (Sesame Open Science)
  • Cameron Neylon (Curtin Open Knowledge Institute)
  • Nees Jan van Eck (CWTS, Leiden University)
  • Ludo Waltman (CWTS, Leiden University)

Contact information


For more information about the Paris Conference on Open Research Information, please contact us at conference@barcelona-declaration.org.