Slovak Open Science Forum 2026

Tuesday 1 Dec 2026, 09:00 → 16:00 Europe/Bratislava

Palffy Palace

The Slovak Open Science Forum (SOSF) is a unique event focusing on current trends and challenges in open science – an important pillar of modern research.

This year`s programme includes experts talking about infrastructure and the ecosystem in science and research in the age of AI, digital infrastructure for the humanities, preprints as an open infrastructure, as well as open access and the open science survey carried out in Slovakia.

Konferencia Slovak Open Science Forum je podujatie zamerané na aktuálny vývoj a výzvy v oblasti otvorenej vedy. 

Tento rok prináša expertov, ktorí budú prednášať o infraštruktúre a ekosystéme vo vede a výskume v ére AI, digitálnej infraštruktúre pre humanitné vedy, preprintoch, ako aj o otvorenom prístupe a prieskume stavu otvorenej vedy realizovanom v roku 2026 na Slovensku.

09:00 → 09:30 Registration starting

09:30 → 09:40 Welcome

09:40 → 10:10 From Open Access to AI-Ready Knowledge: Building Trust in an AI-Driven Research Ecosystem

Speaker: Ms Anna Walek (OAPEN)

10:10 → 10:40 The OpenAIRE Graph: on Research Assessment in Open Science

Speaker: Mr Paolo Manghi (OpenAIRE A.M.K.E.)

10:40 → 11:00 The Story of Building an Open National Digital Humanities Community

Speaker: Mr Andrej Gogora (Inst. of Ethnology and Social Anthropology SAS; DARIAH-SK)

11:00 → 11:20 Coffee Break

11:20 → 11:50 Preprints as Open Infrastructures: Rethinking Academic Dissemination, Peer Review, and Scholarly Autonomy

Speaker: Ms Hanna Gaweł (Inst. of Information Studies, JU in Kraków)

11:50 → 12:00 Why Open Access Alone Is Not Enough: Building a Sustainable Research Ecosystem in Slovakia

Speaker: Ms Maria Kadlec Markova (Springer Nature)

12:00 → 12:45 Lunch Break

12:45 → 13:15 Who Manages a University’s Intellectual Capital?

Speaker: Mr Jozef Mišutka (Dataquest)

13:15 → 13:45 The development of Open Access publishing in Slovakia

Speaker: Mr Kirill Ivanov (Elsevier)

13:45 → 14:15 Survey of Open Science in Slovakia: Findings and Conclusions

Speaker: Ms Jitka Dobbersteinová (CVTI SR)

14:30 → 16:00 Meet the Experts (Elsevier): One-to-One Consultations: Scopus, research evaluation, academic publishing and e-resources

One-to-One Consultations with Giorgia Nicolini and Kirill Ivanov (Elsevier): Scopus, research evaluation, academic publishing and e-resources

14.30 - 16.00 – 15-minute sessions available to registered only

Conveners: Ms Giorgia Nicolini (Elsevier), Mr Kirill Ivanov (Elsevier)