8.30–9.00 a.m.
 

Registration of participants
 

9.00–09.15 a.m.
 

Welcoming and greetings
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Dorner, Vice President Research &Transfer, DIT 

09.15–10.30 a.m.
 

Workshop agenda and aim of the meeting in Germany:
Dr. Olesea Sirbu & Dr. Kristin Seffer

Synergies to similar Open Science projects in other regions:
Dr. Olesea Sirbu

Short introduction of each partner (1–2 slides/3–5 minutes pitches):
“How is the state of the art on Open Science infrastructure at your institution?”
(UNZA, Botho, UB, UBL, BITRI, JMC, VU, DIT)

10.30–11.00 a.m.
 

Group photographs - Coffee break
 

Project Snapshot and Achievements

11.00–11.15 a.m.
 

Report about the Debriefing Workshop and presentation of the results of the self-evaluation tool and the survey
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Mwelwa, JMC, Botswana Joseph

11.15–11.25 a.m.
 

Summary of the 1^st Open Science Forum at UNZA and 2^nd Open Science Forum at Botho
Speakers: Dr. Ivy Rose Mathews, Botho University, Botswana & Francina Makondo, University of Zambia

11.25–11.45 a.m
 

Report about the acquired tools and the equipment and how it will be used in order to achieve the project aims
Speaker: Dr. Olesea Sirbu, EPDRI, Slovenia

11.45–11.55 a.m.
 

Open Science Awareness & Capacity Building Workshop at VU Amsterdam – Meeting Results & Evaluation
Speaker: Geertje Tijsma, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

11.55 a.m.–12.30 p.m.

 

Reflections: Gaps and necessary information to be gathered in the coming days to develop the

• OS infrastructure concept note
• Science Shop 2.0 concept note

Intensive Training Sessions, Day 1

2.00–3.00 p.m

Workshop: Starting a joint Diamond Open Access journal?
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Michelle Cummings-Koether & Kristin Seffer, DIT; Francine Makondo, UNZA

3.00–3.30 p.m.
 

Expert trainings (I): Open Data and data management infrastructure in Bavaria
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer, CIO DIT

3.30–4.00 p.m.
 

Expert trainings (II): The EU Regulation 2023/138 on high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use & the Bavarian Open by Data Competence Centre, Bavaria
Speaker: Luis Moßburger, Data engineer at open bydata, Munich/Germany

4.00–4.30 p.m.
 

Discussions & conclusions of Day 1

Intensive Training Sessions, Day 2

Expert trainings (IV): Science Shop 2.0 – Best Practice Model & Community-Engaged Research and Learning
Speaker: Norbert Steinhaus, Science Shop Bonn

Expert trainings (VI): Citizen science/participation – The public planning tool PUBinPLAN & campus tour at DIT’s main campus
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Roland Zink, Institute for Applied Computer Sciences, DIT

Expert trainings (VII): Brief insight into Open Science infrastructure in Germany & Open Access infrastructures at the DIT
Speaker: Markus Putnings, Head of DIT Library

Expert trainings (VIII): Anonymizing Data for Open Data Repositories
Speaker: Sebastian Wilhelm, Applied Research in Engineering Sciences (Applied Computer Science), TC Grafenau/DIT

Expert trainings (IX): Open Hardware
Speaker: Daniel Leza, UNZA

Expert trainings (X): Open Science in Research and Innovation in Africa
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Mwelwa, JMC, Botswana & Francina Makondo, University of Zambia

Dinner & Bavarian evening (at own costs) at the traditional restaurant “Zur Knödelwerferin” (dumpling hurler)

Expert trainings (III): National Research Data Management Infrastructure in Germany & the European Open Science Cloud
Speaker: Lukas Jansen, National Research Data Infrastrcture (NFDI), Germany