The document summarizes key elements of the European Commission's 2018 Data Package, which outlines measures to create a common European data space by making different types of data more accessible and reusable across borders and sectors. It discusses proposals to recast the Public Sector Information Directive to require member states to make high-value public and research data available through APIs for free reuse. It also covers principles for business-to-business data sharing and facilitating data delivery from companies to the public sector while respecting commercial interests. Finally, it outlines revisions to the Commission Recommendation on access to scientific information to update open science policies and practices.
Open Data and Re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI) ccAustralia
Internet Governance of Open Government Data
Workshop 303
Internet Governance Forum
22 October 2013
Bali, Indonesia
Jim Wretham
Head of Information Policy
The National Archives
United Kingdom
Open Data and Re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI) ccAustralia
Internet Governance of Open Government Data
Workshop 303
Internet Governance Forum
22 October 2013
Bali, Indonesia
Jim Wretham
Head of Information Policy
The National Archives
United Kingdom
The presentation we gave at two workshops on Open Access policies organised by EU-funded project PASTEUR4OA on 9 & 10 February 2016 in Brussels. Basically, nothing really new, but this is probably the shortest presentation we have made to present the European Commission mandate for open access in Horizon 2020.
Open Research in Ireland: Infrastructures for Open Researchdri_ireland
As part of a webinar series on Open Research in Ireland, the National Open Research Forum (NORF) presented a webinar focused on Infrastructures to support Open Research on 30 March 2021. This presentation features an introduction to NORF, delivered by Dr Daniel Bangert (Digital Repository of Ireland), and a summary of landscaping work by the NORF Working Group on Infrastructures delivered by Eoghan O’Carragain (University College Cork) and Caleb Derven (University of Limerick).
(Inter)disciplinary Infrastructures for Social Sciences and Humanitiesdri_ireland
As part of a webinar series on Open Research in Ireland, the National Open Research Forum (NORF) presented a webinar focused on Infrastructures to support Open Research on 30 March 2021. This presentation on (inter)disciplinary infrastructures for social sciences and humanities was delivered by Sally Chambers (Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities).
Big Data Europe SC6 WS 3: Where we are and are going for Big Data in OpenScie...BigData_Europe
Where we are and are going for Big Data in OpenScience
Keynote talk at the Big Data Europe SC6 Workshop on 11.9.2017 in Amsterdam co-located with SEMANTiCS2017: The perspective of European official statistics by Fernando Reis, Task-Force Big Data, European Commission (Eurostat).
A Research Data Catalogue supporting Blue Growth: the BlueBRIDGE caseBlue BRIDGE
Presentation by Massimiliano Assante, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
How the FAIR principles should manifest in reality is largely open to interpretation. In this presentation it is described the approach exploited in the context of the BlueBRIDGE EU project. This approach culminates in an open, flexible and rich catalogue where an ample set of research resources are expected to be seamlessly discovered and accessed by overcoming interoperability and reusability issues. Behind the catalogue there is a rich and powerful infrastructure (D4Science.org) that enacts the catalogue FAIRness by deploying and operating a set of service and facilities enabling to actually have access the catalogue items payload (beyond metadata). The presentation describes some of the prototypical patterns implemented to enable the collaborative production and publication of scientific output compliant with the Open Science and FAIR principles. More on BlueBRIDGE here www.bluebridge-vres.eu
Vortrag im Rahmen der EERA-Session: Open Science and Educational Research? Inclusion and Exclusion at the European Open Science Cloud; am 5. September 2018 in Bolzano (Italien).
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
RTD.A2. Open Data Policy and Science Cloud
Katarzyna Szkuta
Research Data Services and Data Collections: Library Synergies for Economic R...LIBER Europe
This presentation by Thomas Bourke was part of the "Research Data Support Meets Disciplines: Opportunities & Challenges" workshop at LIBER's 2017 Annual Conference in Patras, Greece. For more information, see www.libereurope.eu
ICOS: Integrated Carbon Observation System Open data to open our eyes to clim...Blue BRIDGE
Presentation by Harry Lankreijer, ICOS-Carbon Portal, Lund University, Sweden.
ICOS is a pan-European research infrastructure (RI) for observing and understanding the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of Europe and its adjacent regions. The major task of ICOS is to collect and make available in a transparent manner, the high-quality observational data from its state-of-the-art measurement stations. These ICOS data – from atmosphere, ecosystem and ocean stations – will contribute to research aiming to describe and understand the present state of the global carbon cycle. The Carbon Portal will be the virtual data center that present the data products and make it available. This presentation will briefly present the work of ICOS and the Carbon Portal towards open data with FAIR principles. ICOS has an open data policy with free use, requesting the user to give appropriate credit (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ). The Carbon Portal is developing a data catalogue using an ontology based on a semantic metadata description. This will make it possible to integrate ICOS observations with data from other RI’s as well with data of global networks. For integration, the Carbon Portal is actively following the developments of international standards for eg. metadata and data citation.
The presentation we gave at two workshops on Open Access policies organised by EU-funded project PASTEUR4OA on 9 & 10 February 2016 in Brussels. Basically, nothing really new, but this is probably the shortest presentation we have made to present the European Commission mandate for open access in Horizon 2020.
Open Research in Ireland: Infrastructures for Open Researchdri_ireland
As part of a webinar series on Open Research in Ireland, the National Open Research Forum (NORF) presented a webinar focused on Infrastructures to support Open Research on 30 March 2021. This presentation features an introduction to NORF, delivered by Dr Daniel Bangert (Digital Repository of Ireland), and a summary of landscaping work by the NORF Working Group on Infrastructures delivered by Eoghan O’Carragain (University College Cork) and Caleb Derven (University of Limerick).
(Inter)disciplinary Infrastructures for Social Sciences and Humanitiesdri_ireland
As part of a webinar series on Open Research in Ireland, the National Open Research Forum (NORF) presented a webinar focused on Infrastructures to support Open Research on 30 March 2021. This presentation on (inter)disciplinary infrastructures for social sciences and humanities was delivered by Sally Chambers (Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities).
Big Data Europe SC6 WS 3: Where we are and are going for Big Data in OpenScie...BigData_Europe
Where we are and are going for Big Data in OpenScience
Keynote talk at the Big Data Europe SC6 Workshop on 11.9.2017 in Amsterdam co-located with SEMANTiCS2017: The perspective of European official statistics by Fernando Reis, Task-Force Big Data, European Commission (Eurostat).
A Research Data Catalogue supporting Blue Growth: the BlueBRIDGE caseBlue BRIDGE
Presentation by Massimiliano Assante, CNR-ISTI, Pisa, Italy
How the FAIR principles should manifest in reality is largely open to interpretation. In this presentation it is described the approach exploited in the context of the BlueBRIDGE EU project. This approach culminates in an open, flexible and rich catalogue where an ample set of research resources are expected to be seamlessly discovered and accessed by overcoming interoperability and reusability issues. Behind the catalogue there is a rich and powerful infrastructure (D4Science.org) that enacts the catalogue FAIRness by deploying and operating a set of service and facilities enabling to actually have access the catalogue items payload (beyond metadata). The presentation describes some of the prototypical patterns implemented to enable the collaborative production and publication of scientific output compliant with the Open Science and FAIR principles. More on BlueBRIDGE here www.bluebridge-vres.eu
Vortrag im Rahmen der EERA-Session: Open Science and Educational Research? Inclusion and Exclusion at the European Open Science Cloud; am 5. September 2018 in Bolzano (Italien).
European Commission
DG Research and Innovation
RTD.A2. Open Data Policy and Science Cloud
Katarzyna Szkuta
Research Data Services and Data Collections: Library Synergies for Economic R...LIBER Europe
This presentation by Thomas Bourke was part of the "Research Data Support Meets Disciplines: Opportunities & Challenges" workshop at LIBER's 2017 Annual Conference in Patras, Greece. For more information, see www.libereurope.eu
ICOS: Integrated Carbon Observation System Open data to open our eyes to clim...Blue BRIDGE
Presentation by Harry Lankreijer, ICOS-Carbon Portal, Lund University, Sweden.
ICOS is a pan-European research infrastructure (RI) for observing and understanding the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of Europe and its adjacent regions. The major task of ICOS is to collect and make available in a transparent manner, the high-quality observational data from its state-of-the-art measurement stations. These ICOS data – from atmosphere, ecosystem and ocean stations – will contribute to research aiming to describe and understand the present state of the global carbon cycle. The Carbon Portal will be the virtual data center that present the data products and make it available. This presentation will briefly present the work of ICOS and the Carbon Portal towards open data with FAIR principles. ICOS has an open data policy with free use, requesting the user to give appropriate credit (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ). The Carbon Portal is developing a data catalogue using an ontology based on a semantic metadata description. This will make it possible to integrate ICOS observations with data from other RI’s as well with data of global networks. For integration, the Carbon Portal is actively following the developments of international standards for eg. metadata and data citation.
EDF2014: Marta Nagy-Rothengass, Head of Unit Data Value Chain, Directorate Ge...European Data Forum
Invited Talk of Marta Nagy-Rothengass, Head of Unit Data Value Chain, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology: at the European Data Forum 2014, 19 March 2014 in Athens, Greece: Public Sector Information (PSI) at European Commission (EC)
“Open Research Data: Implications for Science and Society”, Warsaw, Poland, May 28–29, 2015, conference organized by the Open Science Platform — an initiative of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at the University of Warsaw. pon.edu.pl @OpenSciPlatform #ORD2015
Open Research Data: Present and planned EC Policy, Jean-Claude Burgelman impl...Platforma Otwartej Nauki
“Open Research Data: Implications for Science and Society”, Warsaw, Poland, May 28–29, 2015. The conference was organized by the Open Science Platform — an initiative of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at the University of Warsaw. pon.edu.pl @OpenSciPlatform #ORD2015
The event presents real-life examples from European organisations that have used the Rulebook for Fair Data Economy to develop data-driven business. The online event was organised on 3 March 2021 by Sitra.
Presentations:
- Jaana Sinipuro, Sitra
- Olli Pitkänen, 1001 Lakes
- Marko Turpeinen, 1001 Lakes
- Lars Nagel, International Data Spaces Association
- Cátia Pinto, Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde
- Matthias De Bièvre, aNewGovernance
E. Baldacci, 30 Novembre - 1 Dicembre 2021 -
Webinar: Sistemi moderni di integrazione dei dati: l’esperienza dell’Istat e di altri attori
Titolo. Data interoperability and data stewardship role
E. Baldacci, 30 Novembre - 1 Dicembre 2021 -
Webinar: Sistemi moderni di integrazione dei dati: l’esperienza dell’Istat e di altri attori
Titolo: Data interoperability and data stewardship role
OpenAIRE-COAR conference 2014: Open Access in H2020, by Anni Hellman - Europe...OpenAIRE
Presentation at the OpenAIRE-COAR Conference: "Open Access Movement to Reality: Putting the Pieces Together", Athens - May 21-22, 2014.
Open Access in H2020, by Anni Hellman - European Commission.
Open Source & Open Data Session report from imaGIne 2014 ConferenceGSDI Association
Session report from the imaGIne 2014 Conference held in Berlin, Germany, in October 2014. Session was chaired by Dr. Gabor Remetey-Fulopp, of HUNAGI, who were co-organisers for Session 8C1.
A research-friendly copyright environment in the digital age: a European pers...Jean-François Dechamp
A 30-minute presentation that builds the case for a copyright exception for scientific research in the European legislation, in order to allow data analytics (Text and Data Mining / TDM)
The present report is the analysis of the answers to the questionnaire that the European Commission prepared on open access and preservation policies in Europe, with a view to taking stock in 2011 of the status of implementation of the 2007 Council conclusions on scientific information in the digital age.
A workshop held in Brussels in November 2010 gathered around 20 invited national experts from EU Member States, with the aims of getting an understanding of Member States’ implementation of the 2007 Council Conclusions on scientific information in the digital age. This report documents the proceedings, sets them in the context of developments so far on open access and preservation at an international level and makes a set of recommendations for future EC action.
Introduction:
RNA interference (RNAi) or Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing (PTGS) is an important biological process for modulating eukaryotic gene expression.
It is highly conserved process of posttranscriptional gene silencing by which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) causes sequence-specific degradation of mRNA sequences.
dsRNA-induced gene silencing (RNAi) is reported in a wide range of eukaryotes ranging from worms, insects, mammals and plants.
This process mediates resistance to both endogenous parasitic and exogenous pathogenic nucleic acids, and regulates the expression of protein-coding genes.
What are small ncRNAs?
micro RNA (miRNA)
short interfering RNA (siRNA)
Properties of small non-coding RNA:
Involved in silencing mRNA transcripts.
Called “small” because they are usually only about 21-24 nucleotides long.
Synthesized by first cutting up longer precursor sequences (like the 61nt one that Lee discovered).
Silence an mRNA by base pairing with some sequence on the mRNA.
Discovery of siRNA?
The first small RNA:
In 1993 Rosalind Lee (Victor Ambros lab) was studying a non- coding gene in C. elegans, lin-4, that was involved in silencing of another gene, lin-14, at the appropriate time in the
development of the worm C. elegans.
Two small transcripts of lin-4 (22nt and 61nt) were found to be complementary to a sequence in the 3' UTR of lin-14.
Because lin-4 encoded no protein, she deduced that it must be these transcripts that are causing the silencing by RNA-RNA interactions.
Types of RNAi ( non coding RNA)
MiRNA
Length (23-25 nt)
Trans acting
Binds with target MRNA in mismatch
Translation inhibition
Si RNA
Length 21 nt.
Cis acting
Bind with target Mrna in perfect complementary sequence
Piwi-RNA
Length ; 25 to 36 nt.
Expressed in Germ Cells
Regulates trnasposomes activity
MECHANISM OF RNAI:
First the double-stranded RNA teams up with a protein complex named Dicer, which cuts the long RNA into short pieces.
Then another protein complex called RISC (RNA-induced silencing complex) discards one of the two RNA strands.
The RISC-docked, single-stranded RNA then pairs with the homologous mRNA and destroys it.
THE RISC COMPLEX:
RISC is large(>500kD) RNA multi- protein Binding complex which triggers MRNA degradation in response to MRNA
Unwinding of double stranded Si RNA by ATP independent Helicase
Active component of RISC is Ago proteins( ENDONUCLEASE) which cleave target MRNA.
DICER: endonuclease (RNase Family III)
Argonaute: Central Component of the RNA-Induced Silencing Complex (RISC)
One strand of the dsRNA produced by Dicer is retained in the RISC complex in association with Argonaute
ARGONAUTE PROTEIN :
1.PAZ(PIWI/Argonaute/ Zwille)- Recognition of target MRNA
2.PIWI (p-element induced wimpy Testis)- breaks Phosphodiester bond of mRNA.)RNAse H activity.
MiRNA:
The Double-stranded RNAs are naturally produced in eukaryotic cells during development, and they have a key role in regulating gene expression .
THE IMPORTANCE OF MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE SAMPLE RETURN.Sérgio Sacani
The return of a sample of near-surface atmosphere from Mars would facilitate answers to several first-order science questions surrounding the formation and evolution of the planet. One of the important aspects of terrestrial planet formation in general is the role that primary atmospheres played in influencing the chemistry and structure of the planets and their antecedents. Studies of the martian atmosphere can be used to investigate the role of a primary atmosphere in its history. Atmosphere samples would also inform our understanding of the near-surface chemistry of the planet, and ultimately the prospects for life. High-precision isotopic analyses of constituent gases are needed to address these questions, requiring that the analyses are made on returned samples rather than in situ.
Cancer cell metabolism: special Reference to Lactate PathwayAADYARAJPANDEY1
Normal Cell Metabolism:
Cellular respiration describes the series of steps that cells use to break down sugar and other chemicals to get the energy we need to function.
Energy is stored in the bonds of glucose and when glucose is broken down, much of that energy is released.
Cell utilize energy in the form of ATP.
The first step of respiration is called glycolysis. In a series of steps, glycolysis breaks glucose into two smaller molecules - a chemical called pyruvate. A small amount of ATP is formed during this process.
Most healthy cells continue the breakdown in a second process, called the Kreb's cycle. The Kreb's cycle allows cells to “burn” the pyruvates made in glycolysis to get more ATP.
The last step in the breakdown of glucose is called oxidative phosphorylation (Ox-Phos).
It takes place in specialized cell structures called mitochondria. This process produces a large amount of ATP. Importantly, cells need oxygen to complete oxidative phosphorylation.
If a cell completes only glycolysis, only 2 molecules of ATP are made per glucose. However, if the cell completes the entire respiration process (glycolysis - Kreb's - oxidative phosphorylation), about 36 molecules of ATP are created, giving it much more energy to use.
IN CANCER CELL:
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
introduction to WARBERG PHENOMENA:
WARBURG EFFECT Usually, cancer cells are highly glycolytic (glucose addiction) and take up more glucose than do normal cells from outside.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) In 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
WARNBURG EFFECT : cancer cells under aerobic (well-oxygenated) conditions to metabolize glucose to lactate (aerobic glycolysis) is known as the Warburg effect. Warburg made the observation that tumor slices consume glucose and secrete lactate at a higher rate than normal tissues.
Slide 1: Title Slide
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
Richard's entangled aventures in wonderlandRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
Multi-source connectivity as the driver of solar wind variability in the heli...Sérgio Sacani
The ambient solar wind that flls the heliosphere originates from multiple
sources in the solar corona and is highly structured. It is often described
as high-speed, relatively homogeneous, plasma streams from coronal
holes and slow-speed, highly variable, streams whose source regions are
under debate. A key goal of ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter mission is to identify
solar wind sources and understand what drives the complexity seen in the
heliosphere. By combining magnetic feld modelling and spectroscopic
techniques with high-resolution observations and measurements, we show
that the solar wind variability detected in situ by Solar Orbiter in March
2022 is driven by spatio-temporal changes in the magnetic connectivity to
multiple sources in the solar atmosphere. The magnetic feld footpoints
connected to the spacecraft moved from the boundaries of a coronal hole
to one active region (12961) and then across to another region (12957). This
is refected in the in situ measurements, which show the transition from fast
to highly Alfvénic then to slow solar wind that is disrupted by the arrival of
a coronal mass ejection. Our results describe solar wind variability at 0.5 au
but are applicable to near-Earth observatories.
Seminar of U.V. Spectroscopy by SAMIR PANDASAMIR PANDA
Spectroscopy is a branch of science dealing the study of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy refers to absorption spectroscopy or reflect spectroscopy in the UV-VIS spectral region.
Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy is an analytical method that can measure the amount of light received by the analyte.
1. The 2018 Data Package
Jean-François DECHAMP
Victoria TSOUKALA
European Commission
DG RTD.A2
Open Data Policy & Science
Cloud
ERCEA, room COV 2 24/SDR0, 5 June 2018
Malte BEYER-KATZENBERGER
European Commission
DG CONNECT.G1
Data Policy & Innovation
3. Communication:
Towards a common European data space
The data economy will flourish if different types of data are
accessible & re-useable:
- across borders
- for & by different types of organisations (private, public, research)
- for & by different sectors (e.g. energy, manufacturing, health…).
Mandate: DSM Mid-Term Review (May 2017)
The communication outlines a package of measures as a key step
towards the creation of a common European data space:
A seamless digital area with the scale that will
enable the development of new products and
services based on data.
4. Proposal for a recast of the PSI
Directive
Main elements of the proposal:
• Creation of a high quality public data infrastructure: Certain
"high value" public data should be available for free and
through APIs;
• Obligation on MS to make available research data in Open
Access (interplay with revised Recommendation to MS on the
'how to');
research data re-usable, also for commercial purposes
(insofar as already accessible via repositories);
re-use of research data to be free of charge;
• Ensure equal access for all – no exclusive agreements on
access to public data with private companies.
5. "B2B data-sharing"
How to improve the flow of data in B2B situations?
• 2017 policy Communication on questions of data access, rights
on data (limited to non-personal and "IoT" data);
• 2018 Principles:
Contractual freedom of companies to share or not to share;
principles to guide contractual negotiations so that markets for
IoT data and products remain fair and competitive:
• Transparency in contracts on access and use of data;
• Recognition of different roles in shared value creation;
• Respect for each other's commercial interests;
• No distortion of competition;
• Minimised data lock-ins.
• Guidance document accompanying the principles/ Support
Centre (as of 2019)
6. Business data for public good?
• 2017 policy Communication on questions of data access, rights
on data identifies question of "access for public interest and
scientific purposes"
• 2018 Principles: Private law contracts as the basis of data
delivery from companies to public sector bodies, but suggesting
that such delivery take place
• at preferential terms
against promise
• to respect a purpose limitation principle (no "once-only");
• not to undermine commercial exploitation of the data
and to proceed in a transparent manner.
Preferential nature of the terms to be considered against public
purpose.
7. Commission Recommendation on access to
and preservation of scientific information
The Recommendation of 2012
• Part of package that contained measures to improve and
harmonize access to scientific information produced in Europe
(incl. Horizon 2020)
• Coherence between the environment of researchers 'at home'
and the EU Framework Programme(s)
• A soft law measure
• Creation of the European Commission Expert Group on National
Points of Reference on Scientific Information (NPR) – 2nd report
for period 2014-2016
• A valuable and impactful instrument for policy making
8. Commission Recommendation on access to
and preservation of scientific information
The revision of 2018
• Technical update required to fit today's standard research
practices bases on Open Science (OS), and to reflect the most
recent developments in EU policies
• Title unchanged
• Announced in European Cloud Initiative (COM(2016) 178 final)
• Discussion at the 5th meeting of the EC Expert Group on
National Points of Reference (NPRs) in December 2017
• Joint exercise DG CONNECT & DG RTD
• Interservice Group and interservice consultation
9. Commission Recommendation on access to
and preservation of scientific information
The main changes (1/2)
• OA to scientific publications (1-2): different channels of
publications, references to 'offsetting deals', intellectual property
rights, Text and Data Mining (TDM) and technical standards that
enable re-use...
• Management of research data, including OA (3-4): Data
Management Plans, FAIR data, "as open as possible, as closed as
necessary", TDM and technical standards that enable re-use...
• Preservation and re-use (5): minor changes
• Infrastructures for OS (6-7): European Open Science Cloud...
10. Commission Recommendation on access to
and preservation of scientific information
The main changes (2/2)
• Skills and competences (8): an enlarged, separate section
• Incentives and reward (9): an enlarged, separate section incl.
references to schemes and systems for researchers to share
data and commit to other Open Science practices (e.g. metrics)
• Multi-stakeholder dialogue on open science (10): systemic
change towards open science, all research outputs from all
phases of research cycle...
• Structured co-ordination (11) and information to the EC (12):
minor changes
• Inclusion of recent references, editing and formatting
11. Commission Recommendation on access to
and preservation of scientific information
The expected impact
• 2018 C(2018) 2375 final as an even more powerful policy
instrument that is fit for purpose
• Focus on the entire ecosystem of scientific information
• Translations available in all official EU languages for tailored
reference at national level
The next steps
• A new compass for Member States