Day 1: Mon, 08.09.2025

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

Welcome 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

10:45-12:00

Mini-Panel: 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 und Julia Geistberger

Location: TBD

12:00-13:30Lunch 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 Prander

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

Location: TBD
16:30-18:00

Poster Pitches followed by Poster Session with Market Booths

Moderation: Dominik Denk, Victoria Eisenheld

Location: Main Lecture Hall

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

 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

10:45-12:00

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

Panel Discussion: The Dark Side of Open Science

Moderation: Ben McLeish
Panelists: Toma Susi, Paloma Marín-Arraiza et al.

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

17:00-17:30

Closing Remarks

Andreas Brandtner

Location: Main Lecture Hall