Events
This page features National Open Research Forum (NORF) and NORF-funded projects events, other relevant open research events both nationally and internationally, along with past events.
Save the Date!
We are delighted to announce that Ireland’s first annual National Open Research Festival will take place at the Royal Irish Academy, on 2-3 November 2023. Further information will be made available over the coming weeks. For now, make sure to mark the dates in your...
DRI Coffee Morning: January 2023
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 10:00 Location: Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2 and Zoom On Wednesday, 25 January, Ireland’s National Open Research Coordinator, Dr. Daniel Bangert, will host the Digital Repository of Ireland’s first coffee morning of...
NORF National Action Plan and Projects’ Launch Event
Date: Monday, 21 November 2022 Time: 14:00-15:30 GMT Location: Online Register hereThe National Open Research Forum (NORF) is delighted to announce an online event on 21 November 2022 to launch Ireland’s National Action Plan for Open Research 2022-2030 and projects...
National Open Research Coordinator Presents at Ireland’s first EOSC National Tripartite Event
On 28 September 2022, the Department for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) hosted Ireland’s first European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) National Tripartite Event at the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Pearse St, Dublin. The...
EOSC National Tripartite Event, 28 September 2022
An Irish EOSC National Tripartite Event is being hosted by DFHERIS, EOSC Association, HEAnet and NORF.
NORF collaborates with FAIRsFAIR and EOSC Synergy on Data Stewardship training
In mid-July, Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF), FAIRsFAIR and EOSC Synergy delivered a three-day workshop to support the development of data stewardship skills among staff in higher education institutions and other research performing organisations in Ireland.
Open Access and Bibliodiversity in Irish Scholarly Publishing, 26 August 2021
NORF will hold a workshop with Irish academic publishers and other stakeholders to explore publishing practices across disciplines as well as models and infrastructure for Open Access publishing.
Open Access and the Humanities: A Dialogue on Future Directions for Ireland, 25 August 2021
Together, Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF) and the Irish Humanities Alliance (IHA) will host a workshop for researchers in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to discuss future directions for Ireland’s transition to Open Access.
NORF, FAIRsFAIR and EOSC Synergy Data Steward Instructor Training
Ireland’s National Open Research Forum (NORF), FAIRsFAIR and EOSC Synergy will deliver a three-day workshop on the 12th, 14th and 16th of July 2021 to support the development of data stewardship skills among staff in higher education institutions and other research...
NORF Open Research in Ireland webinar: Open Access, 4 May 2021
As part of a webinar series on Open Research in Ireland, the National Open Research Forum (NORF) is presenting a webinar focused on Open Access to research publications.
A Full House at NORFest 2025: Shaping the Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland
On 7 November, Day Two of NORFest 2025, OpenAIRE, IReL, and the NORF projects (ABOARD; MOSS-I and Sonraí, whose work touch on open research practices, infrastructures, or assessment) co-hosted a hands-on, discussion-driven workshop titled 'The Next Phase of Open...
Inside the ENGAGED project session at NORFest 2025
On 7 November 2025, Day Two of the National Open Research Forum (NORFest) 2025 in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), the NORF-funded ENGAGED project hosted a community engagement workshop titled 'New Faces: The Future of Open Research and Public Engagement'....
National Open Research Festival 2025 summary
Ireland’s National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 took place on the 6-7 November, 2025 in the Royal Irish Academy (RIA), Dublin. This two-day booked-out event had over 150 guests in attendance. It shone a spotlight on global open science, cross-cutting policy...
DARIAH-IE wants to hear from Arts & Humanities researchers in Ireland
DARIAH-IE is a national infrastructure for the Arts & Humanities in Ireland. It is the Irish node of the European-wide a research infrastructure, DARIAH-EU, which aims to enhance and support digitally enabled research and teaching. As DARIAH-IE continues to...
Dr Dermot Lynott awarded Open Research & Scholarship Award
Congratulations to Dr Dermot Lynott, Maynooth University (MU), lead of the NORF-funded TROPIC (Training for Open Research in an Irish Context) project, who was recently awarded the inaugural Open Research & Scholarship Award from Maynooth University, in...