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PROGRAMME, NATIONAL OPEN RESEARCH FESTIVAL 2025

Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson St, Dublin

Thursday, 6 November 2025

Time    
09:00

Registration
10:00

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Michelle Doran, National Open Research Coordinator, National Open Research Forum
10:15

Keynote Address

Joy Owango, Founding Director of TCC Africa
11:00

Panel: Global Open Research

Chair: Alexandra Delipalta, Director, RDA Europe
Panelists:

  • Rebecca Lawrence, Vice-Chair of DORA
  • Joy Owango, Founding Director of TCC Africa
  • Lautaro Matas, Executive and Technical Director of LA Referencia
12:00

Lunch
13:00-14:45

Parallel Sessions
 
Cross-cutting Policy Agendas

Lightning Talk Session 1
Co-designing a National Resource on the Responsible Use of Research Metric – Colleen Thomas, Research Culture & Engagement Manager, University College Dublin

Sharing Arts Practice Research FAIRly – Ed Kearns, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Limerick

Open Research Training for Health Science PhDs – Ruth Geraghty, Research Data Coordinator, RCSI

Communicating FAIR Expectations through Data Policies – Beth Knazook, Research Data Manager, Digital Repository of Ireland

Introductory remarks: ‘Knowledge Security and Open Science: It is complicated…’

Speaker: Franklin van der Hoeven, Programme Manager, Open Science, TU Delft

Panel: Connecting Research Security, Academic Freedom, and Research Integrity in an Open Research Environment

Chair: Senator Laura Harmon
Panelists:

  • Franklin van der Hoeven, TU Delft
  • Padraig Carmody, TCD, MRIA, ALLEA Taskforce on Academic Freedom and Research Security
  • Maura Hiney, UCD MRIA, Adjunct Professor of Research Integrity
Open Research 101 Workshop A

Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA): Extending FAIR Data Principles into Practice

Organiser(s):
Jane Gray, Principal Investigator, QSA*Net, Maynooth University
Rong Bao, Postdoctoral Researcher, QSA*Net, Maynooth University
14:45-15:00

Coffee Break
15:15-15:30

Parallel Sessions
 
Open Research for Innovation

Lightning Talk Session 2
The iFrame Project into establishing a national framework for research data management – Marcus Leaning, Researcher, University of Limerick

APCs in the wild… who gets our money and can we really afford this? – Donna Ó Doibhlin, Scholarly Communications Librarian, UCC

Open Educational Practices in Open Research: Synergies and Impact – Marta Bustillo, Digital Learning Librarian, UCD

Making Visible the Invisible: Open Research to Expose Global Profit Shifting, Inequality, and Corporate Power – Lakshmi Menon, PhD. Researcher, UCD

Building Synergies for Open Research: Development of a national EOSC node for Ireland – Jenny O’Neill, Research Engagement Officer, HEAnet

Panel: Open Research for Innovation

Chair: Clare Dillon, Open Ireland Network
Panelists:

  • Aedin Culhane, Professor of Cancer Genomics and Director of the Limerick Digital Cancer Research Centre
  • Lautaro Matas, Secretary Technical and Executive of LA Referencia
  • Joy Owango, Founding Director of TCC Africa and Keynote speaker.
  • Kalpana Shankar, Professor of Research Policy and Practice and PI of ROCHE
Open Research 101 Workshop B

Myths, Maps and Missions: Becoming an Open Researcher

Organisers:
Dermot Lynott, Coordinator, TROPIC, Maynooth University
Dounia Lakhzoum, Postdoctoral Researcher, Maynooth University
16:30-17:00

Closing Remarks

Friday, 7 November 2025

Time      
09:30

Registration
10:00–11:00

NORF-funded Projects Meeting
11:00–12:45

Parallel Community Engagement Workshops
 
A. The Next Phase of Open Research Monitoring in Ireland: Community Priorities and Practice
Organisers:
Susan Reilly, Director, IReL
Jack Hyland, Manager, IReL
Aaron Binchy, Project Manager, National Open Access Monitor, IReL
B. Making Real-world Impact with Your Open Science Initiative Using Evidence-based Digital Marketing Skills
Organisers:
Bethan Iley, OSPARK Coordinator, OLS
Joyce Kao, Research Software Engineer, Digital Research Academy
Heidi Seibold, Co-founder, Digital Research Academy
Debs Udoh, Research Software Engineer, OLS
Yo Yehudi, Executive Director, OLS
12:45–13:45

Lunch
13:45–15:30

Parallel Community Engagement Workshops
 
C. New Faces: The Future of Open Research and Public Engagement
Organisers:
Michael Foley, Coordinator, ENGAGED, Trinity College Dublin
Jo-Hanna Ivers, Principal Investigator, Trinity College Dublin
James Brunton, Principal Project Partner, Dublin City University
Louise Hopper, Project Partner, Dublin City University
Kathyan Kelly, ENGAGED Project Manager, Trinity College Dublin
Autumn Brown, ENGAGED Researcher, Dublin City University
Tracey-Jane Cassidy, ENGAGED Engagement Lead, Trinity College Dublin
D. ROCHE Project Update: Open Science in Public Private Research Partnerships
Organisers:
Kalpana Shankar, Principal Investigator, ROCHE, University College Dublin
Gail Sheppard, Co-Principal Investigator, ROCHE, Maynooth University
E. Co-designing a National PID Strategy Template for EOSC Alignment
Organiser:
Jenny O’Neill, Research Engagement Officer, HEAnet
15:30

Event Concludes