Stakeholders Soap Box

It is assumed that at the end of the morning plenary and breakout sessions event participants will have received information and updates on the EOSCPilot and its developments, and they will be in the position to discuss some of the key issues to be addressed to implement the EOSC:

• Open Science and user needs
• Key services and their provision
• EOSC Governance

After an introduction, in which the main messages and outcome from the morning will be outlined, participants will breakout into three separate rooms. Each group will be composed of stakeholders and project participants with common or matching interests. The three Stakeholder breakout session groups are:

• Group 1: Service Providers, Research infrastructures, e-Infrastructures,
• Group 2: Academic institutions, research-performing organisations and research libraries,
• Group 3: Government agencies, Funders, Industry.

Each session aims to engage participants by letting them interact as much as possible with each other. One or more session organisers will have 5-10min to set the scene and explain the format of the session. Participants in the room will be given three topics/questions and will be divided in small groups.

The questions will be specifically tailored and relevant to the interests of each stakeholder group.

Each group will be composed of 5-8 people at most. Each group will have to self-appoint a moderator and note taker. The session organiser will time the discussion and every 15-20min ask the groups to address a new topic. To facilitate the work of the moderators and keep the discussion focused the audience may be asked to answer multiple-choice questions, use sticky notes or other techniques.

At the end of the session the organiser will get short summary and notes from the moderators/rapporteurs. A short summary will feed back to the Wrap-up session that closes the day.

Chair Name and Organisation
Session organiser: Valentino Cavalli, LIBER