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March 21, 2025
We are excited to announce the launch event of the Open Science Community Torino (OSCT) which will be held in Turin at the Rettorato of the University of Turin, Aula Blu, in Via Po, 17, on the 21st of May 2025, from 14:00 to 16:00.
The OSCT is born in a tumultuous period for Academia in Italy and the world: budget cuts threaten to severely restrict what science can achieve, pressure from policymakers to defend the reason of existence of many research topics makes scientists uneasy, the ever-growing costs of publication are ethically questionable at best and exploitative at worst, and the hyper-competitiveness in science is growing to be an obstacle to scientific advancement.
In this context, we hope that the Open Science Community, with already over 20 “early bird” members, can provide a new way of doing science based on community building, transparency, best practices and mutual respect.
We would be thrilled to see you at the launch event! Here is a brief outline:
- What Open Science is, why you should be interested and what it can do for you, your research and your well-being;
- What the Open Science Community Torino is and what it is trying to do;
- A roundtable with experts in Open Science, Reproducibility and Open Access to answer your questions and talk about OS, its challenges and how we can make our vision a reality;
- An Open Science Cafe’ where we will informally chat and network in front of a snack.
See you there!