Workshop and 13th National Information day: Open Access to Scientific Publications, Data and Data Science, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud, 22 September 2022

The annual National Open Science Information Day, where the achievements of the last year in the field of Open Science in Bulgaria are traditionally summarized and presented, this year is collocated with a NI4OS-Europe dissemination workshop. The aim is to present the results of the Bulgarian participation in the European project NI4OS- Europe, funded under the Horizon 2020 program. The program includes overview of the OS activities in Bulgaria in 2022, news from the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria, analysis and statistics on the activity of the Bulgarian Open Science Portal, NI4OS-Europe highlights, Bulgarian contribution to the NI4OS and EOSC ecosystem, synergies with the other EU projects. The program will conclude with a discussion on the National Initiative for Open Data and Cloud Computing.

Organizers: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics and Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, BAS, Bulgaria

Timetable:

15:00 – 15:30 Peter Stanchev, Aneta Karaivanova, Yanita Zherkova, Hristiyaniya Klisarova, Radoslav Pavlov, Georgi Simeonov – The 13th National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access, Bulgarian Open Science Cloud

15:30 – 15:40 Yanita Zherkova (MES), Hristiyaniya Klisarova (NACID) – The new national program to stimulate open source publications

15:40 – 15:50 Hristiyaniya Klisarova – Bulgarian portal for open science – statistics and analysis

15:50 – 16:10 Aneta Karaivanova, Emanouil Atanassov, Todor Gurov, Peter Stanchev, Georgi Simeonov – Bulgarian contribution to the Open Science services in NI4OS-Europe

16:10 – 16:30 Aneta Karaivanova, Emanouil Atanassov, Todor Gurov – On the HPC/HPDA/AI competences in Bulgaria

16:30 – 17:00 Discussion – moderator: Todor Gurov

Discussion topics:

• Open Access indicators
• Bulgarian national initiative on Open Data and Cloud Computing
• Disseminate best practices in the field
• Discuss research problems in the field
• Discuss the possibilities of establishing a network of open-access repositories
• Contribute to the problems of the harmonization of national legislation and practices, and
• Discuss the possibilities of developing training courses for creators and managers of scientific digital repositories to ensure interoperability

The workshop will be held on September 23, 2022, in the Regional Library “Peyo Yavorov” (address: ul. “St. St. Kiril and Metodiy” 41, Burgas) and virtually at Zoom.

The registration can be done at the following link: https://events.iict.bas.bg/event/50/registrations/18/

All registered will receive a link with a password to the ZOOM platform to participate in the meeting.

For more information: https://events.iict.bas.bg/event/50/