Close to 500 community stakeholders and European policy makers met at the EOSC Symposium in Brussels from 3.-5. November 2025 to discuss the future of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and the federation of operative EOSC nodes. SCC operates the central EOSC helpdesk system as part of the EOSC EU node and contributes to the EOSC Node EUDAT as well as the NFDI-driven EOSC node Germany. One member of the SCC delegation at the event was even on stage at the ceremony for EUDAT (holding the “A” letter in the picture).
The first day was opened by an inspiring keynote of Robbert Dijkgraaf, President-elect of the International Science Council, former Minister of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands and a theoretical physicist and mathematician, on the future of European (Open) Science. The day culminated in the signing ceremony of the EOSC federation’s MoU as a shared path to operations for the 13 EOSC nodes of the first wave and the EOSC Association. The last day started with a keynote from Shelley Stall, Vice President of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) reflecting on the history of the AGU and the current situation in the US including changes in the US science policy. The audience showed their appreciation and respect with standing ovations.
- Further information: eosc.eu/news/welcome-to-the-eosc-federation-mou-establishes-shared-path-to-operations/
- Program including presentations: indico.cern.ch/event/1543880/timetable/?layout=room#20251103.detailed