Day 1: Mon, 08.09.2025

TimeProgram Event
8:00-9:00Registration and Networking
9:00-9:45

Welcome by Vice-rector Manuela Baccarini and Daily Orientation

Location: Main Lecture Hall

9:45-10:45

Keynote: Florian Aigner

The Gravity of Misunderstanding - How Science Flips Our Intuition Upside Down

Location: Main Lecture Hall

10:45-11:00Break
11:00-12:15

Expert Roundtable: Openness in Dialogue: Science, Citizens, Communication

Moderation: Katharina Rieck (FWF), Panelists: Daniel Dörler, Katja Mayer, and Franz Kerschbaum 

Location: TBD

Workshop: From Open to Impact – Open Science and Knowledge Valorisation

Location: TBD

Workshop: Doing Open Science: Turning Requirements into Opportunities

Claudia Hackl, Lisa Hönegger, Julia Geistberger

Location: TBD
12:15-13:30Lunch and Networking
13:30-15:00

The Persistent Identifier Heist: an escape room activity

Paloma Marín-Arraiza, Matthias Heni

Location: TBD

Workshop: From Data Chaos to Scientific Synergy: PhD Candidates and Mentors Working in Synch

Michael Feichtinger, Emily Kate

Location: TBD

Workshop: Finding Suitable Research Thesis Data

Monika Bargmann, Otto Bodi-Fernandez, Dimitri Prandner

Location: TBD
15:00-15:30Break and Networking
15:30-16:30

Lightning Talks

Moderation: Meghan Bohardt

Location: Main Lecture Hall

Speed Networking

Moderation: Elena Fürst, Consuelo Mahrer

Location: TBD
16:30-16:45Break
16:45-18:00

Poster Pitches followed by Poster Session with Market Booths

Moderation: Dominik Denk, Victoria Eisenheld

Location: Main Lecture Hall

Workshop: Scientific Scavenger Hunt: Explore the Unknown with Open Knowledge Maps

Peter Kraker

Location: TBD
18:00-19:00Free Time
19:00-21:00Festival Dinner

Welcome: Vice-rector Ronald Maier
Spotlight Talk: Günther "Gunkl" Paal

Location: Habibi & Hawara

 Day 2: Tue, 09.09.2025

TimeProgram Event
9:00-9:30Registration and Networking
9:30-9:45

Daily Orientation

Location: Main Lecture Hall

9:45-10:45

Keynote: Mark Hahnel

The Need for Open Science as We Enter the Fourth Paradigm of Academic Research

Location: Main Lecture Hall

10:45-11:00Break
11:00-12:15

Debunking Open Science Myths: An Interactive Quiz Challenge

Christian Gumpenberger, Ben McLeish

Location: Main Lecture Hall

Workshop: Journals betreiben gemeinsam mit Bibliotheken: Was brauchen Forschende?

Christian Buchmayer, Christoph Hornung, David Krassnig, Bernhard Schubert

Location: TBD

Workshop: Open Science betreiben: Anforderungen in Chancen verwandeln?

Claudia Hackl, Lisa Hönegger und Julia Geistberger

Location: TBD

Institutional Open Science Roundtable
12:15-13:30Lunch and Networking
13:30-15:00

Panel Discussion: The Dark Side of Open Science

Moderation: Ben McLeish
Panelists: Ulrike Felt, Paloma Marín-Arraiza, Barbara Schober, Toma Susi

Location: Main Lecture Hall

15:00-15:30Break and Networking
15:30-17:00

Panel Discussion in cooperation with Open Science Austria: Open Science Policies: Strategien, Herausforderungen, Chancen

Moderation: Celine Wawruschka
Panelists: Clemens Apprich, Stefan Hanslik, Katharina Rieck, Barbara Sanchez-Solis

Location: TBD

Workshop: Science goes Hollywood

Werner Gruber

Location: Main Lecture Hall

17:00-17:15Break
17:15-17:45

Closing Remarks

Emily Kate

Location: Main Lecture Hall