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5 h EOSC SOA
Gene al Assembly
EOSC SOA Gene al
Assembly
TU Wien
24.11.2025
18 h No embe 2025
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Opening
•Wol gang Kas ne (VR TU Wien)
•Ili e Hasani-Ma iqi (1s Chai o he GA)
ACONET 2030: A b ie glimpse in o he u u e
•Pe a Ka lhube (ACONET Associa ion)
A Yea in Re iew
•Ba ba a Sánchez Solís (Chai o he EOSC SOA Managemen Boa d)
O icial Business: Elec ions
EOSC EU Nodes Upda es
•Nodes De elopmen in he EOSC Fede a ion - Bob Jones (EOSC Associa ion)
•EOSC Node PL in he EOSC Fede a ion: Building a Na ional Ga eway o EOSC –
Ane a Pazik-Ayba (NCN Poland)
•Towa ds an Aus ian EOSC Node – Ili e Hasani-Ma iqi (1s Chai o he EOSC
SOA Gene al Assembly) & S e an Hanslik (BMFWF)
Closing
AGENDA
Opening
Wol gang Kas ne (VR TU Wien)
Ili e Hasani-Ma iqi (1s Chai o he Gene al Assembly)
24.11.2025
5 h EOSC SOA Gene al Assembly
ACONET 2030
A b ie glimpse in o he u u e
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ACONET 2025
ACOne : ~300 Pa icipa ing O ganisa ions
ACOma ke : IT-Se ice B oke
ACONET Associa ion: 47 Membe s
Boa d o ACONET Associa ion =
ACOne S ee ing Commi ee
ACOne -Team, ZID, Uni e si y o Vienna
ACOne Loca ions: 22
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ACONET 2025 –Roles and Responsibili ies
Since 1992: Ope a ion o he
Ne wo k Backbone & Se ices
In Coope a ion wi h 22
Loca ions
Rep esen a ion as an NREN*
O ganisa ion a GÉANT
Sha eholde ACOma ke
*NREN = Na ional Resea ch and Educa ion Ne wo k
Founded 1986
S a egic Ad iso y Boa d
Aus ian Manda ed
O ganisa ion (EOSC, EGI)
P ojec Coo dina ion AQUne
Communi y P og amme
Sha eholde ACOma ke
Founded 2019 (8 Uni e si ies
& ACONET Ve ein)
IT-Se ice B oke (EDU)
Con ac ual pa ne o
licences
Coo dina ion o new se ices
and p ojec s (Secu i y,
Academic AI)
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ACONET 2025 - Challenges
G owing Demands
•Demand o digi alisa ion and IT se ices is ising sha ply
•In e na ional ini ia i es such as GÉANT, EOSC and Eu oHPC equi e inc easingly s ong na ional
ep esen a ion
Dependencies
•S a egic decisions and esou ce managemen lie exclusi ely wi h he Uni e si y o Vienna
•No plu alis ic go e nance s uc u e ha in ol es he en i e communi y
F agmen a ion
•Sepa a ed oles o ACOne , ACOma ke GmbH and ACONET Associa ion lead o ic ion losses
•Lack o s a egic o ien a ion and basic unding a ACOma ke GmbH
Risks
•Lack o lexibili y and inno a i e s eng h jeopa dise compe i i eness
•Risk o losing connec ion o in e na ional ini ia i es and p ojec s
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ACONET 2030
A mode n, independen NREN O ganisa ion
S a egic co e objec i es
•Independen suppo ing o ganisa ion: P o ision o IT and digi alisa ion se ices o he en i e di e se Communi y
•Plu alis ic go e nance: S a egic managemen by all pa icipa ing ins i u ions
•Sus ainable inancing: S able basis o long- e m inno a ion and g ow h
Bes P ac ices
•Analysis o and o ien a ion owa ds success ul models in Eu ope
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S akeholde Engagemen
& Communi y Building
•Qua e ly upda es o Re e ence Poin s
•Pos e p esen a ions
•Symposium Clus e Fo schungsda en
•Open Science Fes i al, Uni e si y o Vienna
•E en s:
•3 EOSC Associa ion Gene al Assemblies
•NHMW Wo kshop: Open Science and Scien i ic Collec ions in Aus ia
•AG Open Science de Bundesmuseen in Aus ia (Wo king Session)
•Fo um Kul u pool, Linz
•T ipa i e E en B no, CZ
•2nd Aus ian Lib a y Cong ess (WG REA)
•STS Con e ence G az (WG REA)
•In o-sha e e en s wi h selec ed Manda ed O ganizsa ions
5 new Pa ne s since he 4 h GA in 2024
20 Pa ne s in o al
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Towa ds an Aus ian EOSC Node
Wha has happened so a …
•EOSC Ca é, 8 Ap il 2025
•The BMFWF eques ed he chai pe sons o he GA and
Managemen Boa d o ini ia e coo dina ed discussions
wi h he communi y on de eloping a na ional EOSC Node
•P epa a ion and Discussion
•Dialogue Mee ings wi h sho lis ed candida e nodes
•EOSC-A webina s on p og ess o build-up phase and
ela ed oppo uni ies
•AUT Kicko mee ing on 11 July 2025
•Pa icipan s: BMFWF, he ACOne Associa ion and EOSC
SOA S ee ing Commi ee
•2 b eakou g oups: (1) Requi emen s p o ile o he Aus ian
Node & (2) Which o ganisa ions seem sui able o us o ake
on he ole o he Aus ian Node?
•Iden i ica ion o possible se ices (su ey)
•Coo dina ed ia Re e ence Poin s
•In o webina o Re e ence Poin s on 2 Oc obe 2025
•Discussion o indings in No embe
•Cascading g an call o P ojec Cha e
•Published in No embe , a EOSC-A Symposium
•Coo dina ed by INFRAEOSC p ojec EOSC G a i y
Kicko mee ing, 11 July 2025, a TU Wien
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S ee ing Commi ee: Membe ship Upda e
O he SC Membe s: Philip Fische , NHMW; S e an Hanslik, BMFWF; Ili e Hasani-Ma iqi, TU G az, 1s Chai o
he EOSC SOA GA; Michael K anewi e , JKU; Ba ba a Sánchez Solís, cu en Chai o he EOSC SOA MB;
Pamela S ückle , Uni e si y o G az
1s Chai : Bea e Guba
Posi ion: Lib a y Di ec o , TU
Wien
2nd Chai : And eas B and ne
Posi ion: Lib a y Di ec o ,
Uni e si y o Vienna
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S ee ing Commi ee: Tasks and Ac i i ies
•Con inuous moni o ing o he EOSC SOA objec i es and
achie emen s: Key Pe o mance Indica o s 2024 we e
published in he Aus ia Coun y P o ile Q1/2025:
h ps://doi.o g/10.5281/zenodo.15111547
•Con ibu ing o he wo kshop held on 11 July 2025
•Two egula mee ings (26 Sep embe 2025, 14 No embe
2025), bo h ocused on he EOSC Fede a ion and an EOSC
Na ional Node candidacy
•Recommenda ions o a se ice po olio deli e ed by an
Aus ian EOSC Node in p epa a ion
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Wo king G oups (WGs) Resul s
WG Aus ia Coun y Repo :
•T ansi ioned his yea in o a egula moni o ing g oup
•Q3/2025 (published on 30 Sep embe 2025):
h ps://zenodo.o g/ eco ds/17277479
WG Resea che Engagemen in Aus ia:
•Flicke , K. e al. (2025): Zu En wicklung on EOSC (SOA). Pe spek i en aus dem
Fo schungsall ag in Ös e eich [accep ed manusc ip ], in 2. Ös e eichische
Biblio hekskong ess. Wien, 25-28 Mä z 2025, Sch i en de VÖB. Lib a y
Publishing. G az Uni e si y.
•Flicke , K. e al. (2025): T us in Resea ch P ac ices & In as uc u es [accep ed
manusc ip ], in Con e ence P oceedings o he STS Con e ence G az, C i ical
Issues in Science, Technology and Socie y S udies, 5-7 May 2025. Ve lag de TU
G az. TU G az.
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EOSC Ca é
EOSC Ca é – 8 Ap il 2025: Focus → EOSC Nodes
•Ga he communi y s akeholde s
•Discuss cu en de elopmen s and u u e pe spec i es
BMFWF Reques o Coo dina ed Discussions:
•Who? Chai s o he EOSC GA and MB
•Who wi h? na ional and scien i ic communi y
•Objec i e: de elop an app oach owa ds es ablishing an
AUT EOSC Node
Repo om he EOSC S ee ing Boa d Membe :
•Release: upda ed guidance on minimum equi emen s,
ope a ional esponsibili ies, unding models o na ional
nodes
•E alua ion: pilo EOSC Nodes → ocus: echnical
eadiness, go e nance s uc u es, se ice ca alogue
in eg a ion
Upcoming Discussions: Fu u e Go e nance
•A en ion u ned o he u u e go e nance o EOSC
•Scope: upcoming F amewo k P og amme 10 (FP10):
Join Unde aking (JU) s. O he Go e nance
A chi ec u es:
•Inc easing dialogue ega ding he op imal go e nance
model o EOSC in FP10
•Op ions: Join Unde aking (JU) model s. al e na i e
a chi ec u es ha p ese e lexibili y and b oad
s akeholde in ol emen
S akeholde Engagemen :
•Collec inpu om he communi y
•Deli e ecommenda ions → go e nance
a angemen s
O icial Business:
Elec ions
Mode a o : Philipp S ege
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Elec ions: O e iew
Chai s o he EOSC SOA Gene al Assembly:
- 1s Chai : Ili e Hasani-Ma iqi, TU Wien
- 2nd Chai : Pe e K ake , OKMaps
Managemen Boa d:
- 1s Chai : Dimi i P andne , JKU
- New membe s ( o be elec ed): Miguel Rey Mazon, TU G az & Lisa
Hönegge , Uni e si y o Vienna
- Shi om chai o membe pe o a ion policy: Ba ba a Sánchez Solís,
TU Wien
Wo king G oups:
-„EOSC – Needs om he Aus ian esea ch communi ies“
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Elec ions: Chai s o he Gene al Assembly
1s Chai o he GA
Name: Ili e Hasani-Ma iqi
A ilia ion: TU G az
2nd Chai o he GA:
Name: Pe e K ake
A ilia ion: OKMaps
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Elec ions: Managemen Boa d
1s Chai o he MB
Name: Dimi i P andne
A ilia ion: JKU
•The EOSC SOA Managemen
Boa d consis s o 4 membe s
o EOSC SOA pa ne s
→ei he EOSC-A membe s, o
EOSC-A obse e s
•Annual o a ion o
chai manship among pa ne s
•Chai ep esen s he
managemen eam
•Chai becomes new membe o
he EOSC SOA S ee ing
Commi ee
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EOSC Node PL
in he EOSC Fede a ion
Building a Na ional Ga eway o EOSC
Poland: Why do we wan o be a node?
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Na ional Policy on Open Resea ch Da a
(2025)
Ins i u ional OS policies (2023)
RDM and DS MOOCs (2025)
Policies Skills and
compe ences
Use s o RDM and DS MOOCs (2025)
Da a S ewa ds ne wo k
Da a In as uc u es
EOSC s uc u es
Resea ch
In as uc u es
E-In as uc u es
1Na ional Da a S o age ne wo k
1PLG id ne wo k (compu ing)
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1Polish Roadmap o Resea ch
In as uc u es ( o be upda ed in 2025)
60 Resea ch In as uc u es lis ed
on he Polish Roadmap o RI
Publica ion eposi o ies (2023)
Resea ch da a eposi o ies (2023)
O he esea ch ou pu eposi o ies
(2023)
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EOSC-PL Ne wo k
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Membe s o he EOSC-PL Ne wo k
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2AI Fac o ies (2025)
EOSC Node Poland / O e iew
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Go e nance:
A coo dina ed ede a ion:
•ligh cen al s ee ing
•s ong communi y
execu ion
•i e a i e app oach
S uc u e:
•De ined oles and
esponsibili ies
•S ee ing g oup
•Regula weekly mee ings
•Ad hoc Wo king G oups
Use cases:
•Implemen a ion o
ede a ing capabili ies
•Designing and
implemen ing esea ch
wo k lows based on
esou ces ac oss
Fede a ion
Node’s en y poin :
•Disco e y pla o m
•Fede a ed AAI
•FAIR-by-design wo king
space o esea che s
1In eg a ion
B ing esou ces in o he EOSC
Fede a ion
2S anda ds
Ensu e compliance wi h FAIR
p inciples ac oss all in eg a ed
se ices
3Access
P o ide ede a ed (AAI) o a seamless
use expe ience
4In e ope abili y
Enable open science in e ope abili y
ac oss pla o ms and se ices
5Impac
Facili a e c oss-bo de collabo a ion
and e icien esou ce use o esea che s
Objec i es:
In ol emen o s akeholde s
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1. Cen e o Geospa ial and Sa elli e Analysis o he Wa saw Uni e si y
o Technology
2. CLARIN-PL W ocław Uni e si y o Science and Technology
3. Collegium Medicum Jagiellonian Uni e si y
4. Cy one AGH
5. Gdańsk Uni e si y o Technology
6. Ins i u e o Biochemis y and Biophysics o he Polish Academy o
Sciences (IBB PAN)
7. Ins i u e o Li e a y Resea ch o he Polish Academy o Sciences (PAN)
8. Ins i u e o Geophysics o he Polish Academy o Sciences (PAN)
9. Ins i u e o Oceanology o he Polish Academy o Sciences (IO PAN)
10. ICM Uni e si y o Wa saw
11. Jagiellonian Uni e si y
12. Lublin Uni e si y o Technology
13. Łukasiewicz Resea ch Ne wo k
14. Medical Uni e si y o Gdańsk
15. Minis y o Science and Highe Educa ion
16. Na ional In o ma ion P ocessing Ins i u e –S a e Resea ch Ins i u e
(OPI POB)
17. Na ional Science Cen e Poland
18. Na ional Synch o on Radia ion Cen e SOLARIS
19. Nicolaus Cope nicus Uni e si y in To uń
20. Polish Pola Conso ium
21. Poznań Supe compu ing and Ne wo king Cen e
22. Sano Cen e o Compu a ional Medicine
23. SWPS Uni e si y
24. Uni e si y o Gdańsk
25. Uni e si y o Łódź
26. Uni e si y o Siedlce
27. Uni e si y o Silesia in Ka owice
EOSC-PL Ne wo k
EOSC Node PL / membe ship EOSC Node PL / onboa ding
Fo mal s a us
Scope o in ol emen
Decision-making igh s e he Node
Obliga ions
Possibili y o onboa d esou ces
Fo m o engagemen
o mal accession - RoP no o mal membe ship
go e nance s uc u es, s a egy, and
deli e y o ag eed objec i es
yes
yes
long- e m and sys ema ic
inclusion o esou ces in he EOSC-PL
in as uc u e
no
ensu ing ha esou ces comply wi h
equi emen s
yes
modula and lexible
co-c ea ing he s a egy, ac i i y in wo king
g oups, epo ing
EOSC-PL / esou ces
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EOSC Node Poland
Na ional node
Open da a and esea ch
eposi o ies
Digi al in as uc u e
o esea ch
Specialized esea ch ools
Knowledge sha ing
and aining
Pla o ms o Open
Science
BRIDGE o
Knowledge
ORD ca alog
RepOD
RODBUK
BRIDGE o
Knowledge
ICON –s o age and
compu ing
PLG id - s o age
and compu ing
PLG id –
domain se ices
RODBUK as
a echnology
Digi al Tissue
and Cell A las and he
Vi ual Mic oscope
OS Compe ence
Cen e
OS, FAIR and
EOSC ainings
RDM MOOCs
Lib a y o Science
Polish OS Pla o m
Oneda a
Da a S ewa dship
MOOCs
Co e se ices o esou ce
disco e y and access
•Poznan Supe compu ing and Ne wo king Cen e
•CI TASK
•Cy one
•W ocław Cen e o Ne wo king and Supe compu ing
•ICM Wa saw Uni e si y
•Na ional Cen e o Nuclea Resea ch
eosc.pl –a ga eway o ede a ed esea ch en i onmen
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acili a es collabo a i e da a sha ing ac oss o ganiza ions and esea ch
eams
enables eamwo k on cu a ed da ase s
suppo s me ada a anno a ion and da a disco e y
uni ies access o dis ibu ed and he e ogeneous s o age esou ces
No only disco e abili y
EOSC.pl is becoming a space o esea che s o wo k wi h and euse da a in compliance wi h FAIR
p inciples.
Wo k low example on eosc.pl
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1. In eg a e da a – da ase s om public
eposi o ies and EOSC nodes a e impo ed by
e e ence in o Oneda a spaces and ha es ed in
he eosc.pl ca alogue
2. Selec da ase s – he use en e s
da a.eosc.pl and selec s inpu da ase s om
he dis ibu ed ca alogues ia Oneda a
3. Choose en i onmen – he use chooses one
o many compa ible en i onmen s
4. Run analysis – he use con igu es Oneda a
as a da a sou ce in Galaxy and launches a
wo k low; he execu ion uns on PLG id’s Pulsa
se e
5. Ga he esul s – ou pu s a e w i en back o
he use ’s Oneda a space as RO-C a e wi h
p o enance, suppo ed by Galaxy EU
6. Publish – inal esul s can be published and
sha ed h ough he eosc.pl ca alogue, making
hem disco e able and eusable by o he s
EOSC –a key enable o
Eu ope’s Resea ch & Digi al S a egies
Embedded in majo EU s a egies, including:
•ERA Policy Agenda 2025–2027 –ad ancing open science h ough da a
sha ing and e-use
•Eu opean S a egy on Resea ch & Technology In as uc u es –
le e aging digi alisa ion and AI o s onge RIs
•Eu opean S a egy o AI in Science –enabling AI up ake by p o iding
AI- eady da a and links o AI Fac o ies
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EOSC S ee ing Boa d
EOSC S ee ing Boa d - co-chai ed be ween EC and coun ies‘ ep esen a i es
Topics
•EOSC Fede a ion build-up
•EOSC pos -2027 –HE 2028-34 go e nance and inancing o EOSC
Publica ions
•The Eu opean Open Science Cloud as a co ne s one o a “Fi h F eedom” in Resea ch
and Inno a ion
•Why EOSC is Pi o al o Eu opean Compe i i eness
•EOSC akes nex s eps o es ablish a ede a ion o sha ing o esea ch da a and
digi al esou ces
•Opinion pape on EOSC as a common good
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EOSC S ee ing Boa d
EOSC S ee ing Boa d - links esea ch communi ies and EC wi h he esea ch
minis ies o ad ance a sus ainable and as -g owing EOSC
Looking ahead:
•Ongoing discussion on how s ongly coun ies a e willing o und EOSC
•Mo e he EOSC Fede a ion in o ull p oduc ion, onboa d new nodes and
expand i s co e age and se ice o e ings
•Ac i ely engage esea che s and use s o accele a e he adop ion and
e ec i e use o EOSC ools and se ices
•S akeholde s a e encou aged o ad oca e a ins i u ional and na ional
le els o EOSC’s necessi y and added alue
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“Le ’s seize his momen !”: Momen um made
isible a EOSC Symposium 2025
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EOSC Fede a ion: he ne wo k o EOSC Nodes
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A us ed, i ual ede a ion (‘sys em o sys ems’) ha connec s exis ing esea ch da a in as uc u es
a he Eu opean, na ional, and ins i u ional le els
Towa ds an Aus ian EOSC Node
A u u e Aus ian EOSC Node has he po en ial o be a key ga eway
be ween Eu opean and Aus ian esea ch
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•Aus ian Policy on
Open Science &
EOSC
•Ins i u ional FAIR
Da a Policies
•Skills &
Compe ences
•Da a S ewa ds
Towa ds an Aus ian EOSC Node (Who?)
EOSC Suppo O ice Aus ia
•suppo s na ional coo dina ion and alignmen wi h EOSC
goals
•se es as umb ella o ganiza ion o he Aus ian EOSC Node
and ensu es Aus ia's pa icipa ion in he build-up phase o he
EOSC Fede a ion
•i is manda ed o coo dina e he wo k and p epa e he
applica ion o Aus ian EOSC Node
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Towa ds an Aus ian EOSC Node (How?)
•Engaging EOSC SOA pa ne s and he na ional scien i ic
communi y
•De ining an app oach aligned wi h he equi emen s o he
EOSC Fede a ion Build-Up G oup
•Building on lea nings om he i s wa e and exchanging
expe ience wi h manda ed o ganiza ions
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Open Calls
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Towa ds an Aus ian EOSC Node
Applica ion equi emen s
•Submission o a p ojec cha e o he c ea ion o a Node
(na ional, mul ina ional, hema ic, o e-in as uc u e)
accompanied by a w i en endo semen om co esponding
au ho i y/au ho i ies
•Ag eemen wi h exis ing Node(s) o o he applican s o align on and
p opose he de elopmen o a leas one scien i ic mul i-Node use case
o one use case ealising a conc e e con ibu ion o ede a ing
capabili ies
•Demons a ion o capaci y o unc ion as a communi y ga eway
•Commi men o a leas i e indi iduals o he du a ion o he Build-up
phase
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