Workshop

Empower Your Research with Openness and Transparency

Organisers: VU LSC
Event date & time: 11 September 2025, 09:00–16:30 (CET)
Event type: Online workshop

Discover the latest advancements, best practices, and inspiring initiatives in Open Science through a series of expert talks from leading researchers and activists across the globe. Whether you are an Open Science advocate, researcher, graduate student, or academic professional, this workshop offers valuable insights to help you integrate openness, reproducibility, and innovative research assessment into your work.

Why Attend?
• Gain practical knowledge from global Open Science leaders
• Learn how to increase the visibility and impact of your Open Science initiatives
• Discover tools and practices to enhance research quality and transparency
• Engage with programs supporting researcher incentives and systemic reform
• Be part of a growing global movement to change how science is conducted and shared

Registration fee: The event is free, but registration is required.
Registration via https://forms.office.com/e/jBtJSA6sAw until 7 September, 2025 (the login link to the workshop will be sent to registered participants a few days before the event).

Detailed program

Agenda at a glance

(All times are in CET)

9:15-10:00

Heidi Seibold – Your Open Science initiative deserves to be seen

10:00-10:45

Tracey Weissgerber – Building Better Research: From Meta-Science to Graduate Incentives for Openness and Reproducibility

10:45-11:30

Thed van Leeuwen – Developments on Open Science in the Netherlands over the last 10-15 years

11:30-12:15

Anton Bespalov – Assessing quality of research practice: Traceable and transparent experimental records

12:15-13-15

Break

13:15-14:00

Björn Brembs – Automating linked open data publication

14:00-14:45

Richard Sever – Preprints: communicating at the speed of science

14:45-15:30

David Mellor – Preregistering research to improve rigor and transparency

15:30-16:15

Mark Laubach – The OpenBehavior Project: Empowering Neuroscience Through Open-Source Tools

Empower Your Research with Openness and Transparency

Agenda at a glance

Organizers

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