FAIR-IMPACT and FAIRCORE4EOSC partners are glad to invite the broad European research community to FAIRfest, a festival celebrating advancements of FAIR solutions in the European Open Science research landscape.
FAIR in Europe and Worldwide
The Festival will take place on the 20th and 21st of February 2025 in The Hague, The Netherlands.
The event is tied up with the 19th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC25), and will be an opportunity for the European community to meet with the IDCC international audience to learn and debate aound the latest achievements around:
- F for Findability: Persistent Identifiers & Knowledge Graphs
- A for Accessibility: Semantic Artefacts
- I for Interoperability: from the technical to legal interoperability
- R for Reusability: Certification, metrics & guidelines for FAIR data and software
A true Festival, with Marketplace
Adopters and implementers of FAIR enabling solutions, tools, methodologies and practices will do a showcase in a marketplace-like settled area. You will have the chance to go around stands, coffee tables and poster areas, stop at those that grab your attention and ask all your questions to those who already "did it". You’ll get demonstrations of the FAIRCORE4EOSC components, you’ll listen to stories of implementation of the FAIR techniques in real research scenarios from the teams who received support from the FAIR-IMPACT support programme, and you’ll meet FAIR Champions, FAIR ambassadors, interoperability experts and practitioners.
Standing Keynotes, real-life adopters: the agenda
Four plenary sessions will be mixed up with parallel, technical sessions. Standing keynotes will kick-start provocative discussion items, and case studies and use cases will be described during two parallel sessions in the afternoon of day 1. The wide-ranging agenda is conceived to leave you time to think, discuss, and enjoy food, coffee, tea and company.
Never visited Madurodam? Then come!
The FAIRFest is taking place in Madurodam (www.madurodam.nl), a beautiful miniature park in the Scheveningen district of The Hague. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments. Join us for a unique opportunity to also have a special dinner in the charming atmosphere of the park!
Target audience: Researchers and data practitioners, data stewards, data service providers and repository managers, research performing organisation staff, open science national level initiatives, and representatives of projects, initiatives, and actors in both EOSC and FAIR ecosystems.
Venue: Madurodam, George Maduroplein 1, 2584 RZ The Hague, The Netherlands
Draft Agenda:
Day 1: February 20, 2025 (Thursday) 09:00 - 17:00 CET
| Session | Timing | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome & Introduction | Plenary |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Adopters’ Marketplace Elevator Pitches | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break | |||
| 2 |
10:30 - 12:00 |
F for Findability: Persistent Identifiers & Knowledge Graphs | Plenary |
| 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Adopters’ Marketplace (FC4E and FAIR-IMPACT Marketplace) | |||
| 3 | 14:00 - 15:30 | A for Accessibility: Semantic Artefacts | Plenary |
| 4 | 15:30 - 16:30 | Supporting FAIR Implementation: FAIR-IMPACT Stories & FC4E Case Studies | Parallel Sessions |
| 5 | 16:30 - 18:00 | I for Interoperability: from technical to legal interoperability | Plenary |
| 18:00 Closure | |||
| 18:30 Self-Paid Dinner at Madurodam with Exclusive Access to the Park | |||
Day 2: February 21, 2025 (Friday) 09:00 - 13:00
| Session | Timing | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09:00 - 10:30 | R for Reusability: Certification, metrics & guidelines for FAIR data and software | Plenary |
| 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break | |||
| 2 | 11:00 - 12:30 | Concluding session: reflections from stakeholders | Plenary |
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13:00 Event closure/ lunch |
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