- exchange ideas and insights on open science practices with (inter)-national experts
- a place to connect
- hands-on workshops
- a market place with information on local and international initiatives and services
Organization of the Festival:
- Where? Welfenschloss of the Leibniz University Hannover
- Who? Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) and Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology (TIB) are organizing the Festival
Roots of the Festival:
- Our neighbours in the Netherlands are a role model regarding their implementation of open science practices and we were inspired by their Open Science Festival (opensciencefestival.nl) and their slogan
- Meet. Share. Inspire. Care.
KEYNOTE



Dr. Sarah de Rijcke is Professor in Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies and Scientific Director at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) in Leiden, the Netherlands. She is Co-chair of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI). Sarah specialises in social studies of research evaluation, and has published widely on the topic of the relations between quality control mechanisms and knowledge production in different fields. She contributed as an author to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science.
WORKSHOPS
- Modern Science Communication - Dr. André Lampe (science communicator)
- Open Science in Energy Research - Ludwig Hülk (Reiner Lemoine Institute)
- Reproducible Data Analysis with Python and Jupyter Notebooks for Novices (Carpentry Style) - Dr. Konrad Förstner, Rabea Müller (ZB MED)
- Library Carpentry: OpenRefine - Katrin Leinweber, Linna Lu (GitLab, The Carpentries / TIB)
- Open Research Knowledge Graph - Oliver Karras and Anna-Lena Lorenz (TIB)
- Making online teaching open: Introduction to the LiaScript software - Noreen Krause, Britta Beutnagel (TIB)
- Wiki-edit-athon "Women in Science"- Iva Berlin (long-time Wikipedian)
- Open Access Escape Room - Yvana Glasenapp (LUH)
- Reproducibility Hackathon - Anja Eggert, Frank Krüger (Open Reproducible Data Science and Statistic)
- Transparency and Openness in Peer Review: Towards a new publication and evaluation culture - Ludo Waltman (CWTS Leiden)
- Using Wikipedia for Science Communication - Paul Börsting, Maximilian Heimstädt (Weizenbaum Institute / UdK Berlin)
PANEL: OPEN SCIENCE- JUST SCIENCE DONE RIGHT
How can Open Science support scientific integrity? How does the present system of research evaluation slow down the implementation of open science practices?



Jun.-Prof. Dr. Stefanie Büchner
Leibniz University Hannover
Member of Die Junge Akademie



Dr. Rainer Lange
Wissenschaftsrat, Head of the Research Policy Department



Prof. Dr. Sarah de Rijcke
Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) Leiden, Netherlands
Research on Research Institute (RoRI)
PANEL: WHO OWNS SCIENCE?
International experts will discuss how data traffic in science is commercialized and how this affects open science.



Prof. Dr. Arianna Becerril-García
Professor UAEM, Mexico
Executive Director of Redalyc
Chair AmeliCA



Felix Reda (invited, tbc.)
Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V.
FESTIVAL COMMITEE



Dr. Anneke Meyer
Research Funding and Research Data Management



Dr. Reingis Hauck
Head of Research and Innovation Services



Dr. Yvana Glasenapp
Research Data Management and Open Science
THE OPEN SCIENCE FESTIVAL IS A JOINT EVENT OF:





