Present and future of Open Science at the GenOA Week 2024

Data management for research and private sectors this is the title of the presentation that the NODC gave on 5 November at the conference “Open Science for Public Research Entities: building community”, which was organised by the Open Science working group of Consultation of the Presidents of Public Research Institutions (CoPER) and the Open Science working group of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics. The event was part of the GenOA Open Access week: an International event dedicated to all the aspects of Open Science, which took place in Genoa (Italy) from 4 to 8 November. The GenOA week was organised by the University of Genoa, the Italian Institute of Technology, the National Institute for Nuclear Physics, the National Research Council, and the Italian Library Association - Ligurian Section. During the week all the Communities involved presented the activities implemented in favour of Open Science and discussed future scenarios and actions to be undertaken. After an overview of NODC's activities and services, an example of how NODC works for the private sector was given through the management of Adriatic LNG's data. In this context, NODC data stewards manage, secure and provide access to the marine data collected for the environmental monitoring programme, which were required for the construction and operation of the Adriatic LNG regasification plant. This is located in the North Adriatic Sea, 14 km off the Venetian coast. The monitoring was carried out from 2005 to 2022, in particular by ISPRA from 2005 to 2016 and by OGS from 2017 to 2022. The data range from seabed granulometry to pollutants and nutrients in water, sediment and biota, as well as physical and chemical oceanography. The data are available through the Search and download service for physical and biogeochemical data.

On 6 November, NODC also participated in the 3rd face-to-face meeting of the Italian Data Steward Community, which was part of the GenOA week. It was shown how intensive work is underway to create a European network of national data steward communities covering all disciplines from social sciences and humanities to medicine and environmental sciences. The speakers also reported on the progress made at European level in defining and recognising the various professional roles grouped under the general term of data steward and the associated minimum skills requirements. Further information is available on the Skills4EOSC project website.