Conference
programme
THURSDAY, 11 September 2025
9:00 – 9:30
Conference opening
Moderator: Jelena Viličić
9:30 – 11:00
Session 1: Research Quality, Peer Review, and Assessment in Open Science
Moderator: Drahomira Cupar
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Beyond Proxies: Re-Evaluating Quality in Scholarly Communication for Meaningful Research Assessment
→ Jadranka Stojanovski
SHORT TALKS
Research Assessment at the European University of the Future
→ Saša Zelenika and Nataša Jakominić Marot
Bringing More Equity and Inclusion to Peer Review with PREreview
→ Vanessa Fairhurst
Redefining Academic Publishing in Ukraine: National Journal Rankings for a European Future
→ Iryna Izarova and Yuliia Hartman
POSTER PRESENTATION
Participatory Open Science Policy-Making in Finland: Developing the First National Citizen Science Policy
→ Jonni Karlsson and Elena Svahn
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
Session 2: Legal Frameworks and Rights in Open Science
KEYNOTE LECTURE
SHORT TALKS
Barriers and Enablers for Open Science in Slovenian Copyright Law
→ Maja Bogataj Jančič
How Promising Are Institutional Rights Retention Policies as a Route to Open Science?
→ Ignasi Labastida Juan, Iva Melinščak Zlodi, Vanessa Proudman, Clara Riera-Quintero and Jon Treadway
Is the Repository Infrastructure Ready for the Implementation of Secondary Publication Rights and Rights Retention?
→ Ana Lazarova, Eric Luth and Iva Melinščak Zlodi
POSTER PRESENTATION
Open Science, Rights Retention and SPR in Slovenian Legal Order
→ Maja Bogataj Jančič
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30
Session 3: Implementation, Education, and Perceptions of Open Science
Moderator: Iva Melinščak Zlodi
SHORT TALKS
Project SPOZNAJ and Action Plan for Open Science: Institutional Implementation of Open Science in Slovenia
→ Miro Pušnik and Tea Romih
Open Science Perceptions Across Career Stages: Comparing Early-Career and Senior Croatian Researchers in a European Context
→ Una Pale Simon, Maja Hoić, Inga Patarčić, Ksenija Baždarić, Ivan Buljan, Antica Čulina, Ana Marušić and Jadranka Stojanovski
Bridging Gaps in Open Science Education and Support: A Survey of Croatian Researchers
→ Maja Hoić, Una Pale Simon, Inga Patarčić, Ksenija Baždarić, Ivan Buljan, Antica Čulina, Ana Marušić and Jadranka Stojanovski
SPONSOR PRESENTATION
→ EBSCO
POSTER PRESENTATION
FEMLEAD Virtual Learning Lab: Advancing Inclusive Gender Methodologies in Open Science and STEM
→ Tomislav Ivanjko and Ivana Hebrang Grgić
Science Communication and Social Media Engagement Among Croatian Researchers: Insights from a National Survey
→ Inga Patarčić, Una Pale Simon, Maja Hoić, Ksenija Baždarić, Ivan Buljan, Antica Čulina, Ana Marušić and Jadranka Stojanovski
The Role of an Academic Library in Publishing: The Case of the Journal Tourism and Hospitality management – Past, Present, and Future
→ Iva Kovačević Melinčević and Martina Jošavac
Open Science in Ukraine: Challenges and Opportunities in Wartime
→ Tetyana Yaroshenko
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30
Session 4: Reforming Research Systems to Achieve Excellence and Diversity
Moderator: Lea Škorić
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Leveraging Multilevel Governance to Achieve Excellence and National Research System Diversity
→ Merle Jacob
ROUND TABLE #1
National and Institutional Responses to Reforming Research Assessment
→ Panellists: TBA
18:00 – 20:00
Zagreb walking tour
20:00 – 23:00
Conference dinner
FRIDAY, 12 September 2025
9:00 – 10:30
Session 5: Quality in Research Data Sharing and Reuse
Moderator: Ksenija Baždarić
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Why We Need to Work Together for Better Open Bibliometric Data: Improved Research, More Informed Science Policy, and a Healthier Publishing Landscape
→ Mikael Laakso
SHORT TALKS
Fostering a Culture of Data Citation for High-Quality Research
→ Christina Bornatici
On Open Practices and Quality Standards of Research Data in Dataverse UNIMI (with a Focus on SSH Disciplines)
→ Carolina Manfredini, Laura Giovinazzi and Margherita Criveller
Guidelines for Sharing Research Data on Human Participants
→ Marijana Glavica and Vedran Halamić
SPONSOR PRESENTATION
→ SAGE
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30
Session 6: Diamond Open Access – Policy, Strategy, Governance and Practice
Moderator: Iva Grabarić Andonovski
SHORT TALKS
Services, Taskforces, and Governance of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH)
→ Johan Rooryck and Pierre Mounier
Resources and Guidelines for Diamond OA Publishing
→ Laurent Delvalle, Marguerite Jan, Iryna Kuchma, Iva Melinščak Zlodi, Irakleitos Souyioultzoglou, Jadranka Stojanovski and Milica Ševkušić
A Diamond and Its European Reflections: The SeDOA Consortium for Diamond Open Access
→ Michael Kaiser and Nanette Rißler-Pipka
Enhancing Research Quality Through University Press Services
→ Paola Galimberti, Andrea Collivignarelli and Rossella Filadoro
Blind Spots in Scholarly Infrastructure: Rethinking the Role of University Journals
→ Maryna Nazarovets
Certification and Evaluation of Journals from the Perspective of the National Platform for OA Journals (short talk)
→ Ljiljana Jertec Musap and Draženko Celjak
POSTER PRESENTATION
Diamond Discovery Hub: Where Community-Owned Research Shines (poster presentation)
→ Kelly Achenbach and Hanna Varachkina
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch break
13:30-15:00
Session 7: Infrastructure and Tools for Open Science
Moderator: Bojan Macan
SHORT TALKS
Plugging into Quality: Boosting Diamond OA Journals with OJS Plugins
→ Martina Dvořáková and Radek Gomola
CRAFT-OA – The OpenAIRE Publisher Dashboard: Empowering Diamond Open Access Publishing Through Transparency and Insights
→ Leonidas Pispiringas
The OpenAIRE Graph’s Quality Framework and Its Impact on Scholarly Communication
→ Stefania Amodeo, Paolo Manghi, Miriam Baglioni, Claudio Atzori, Giulia Malaguarnera and Leonidas Pispiringas
Federating Scientific Communities for Open Discovery: The LUMEN Data Mesh Framework
→ Julien Homo, Kévin Darty, Thomas Klebel, Yann Le Franc and Luca De Santis
SPONSOR PRESENTATION
→ JAMS
https://pubmet2025.unizd.hr/farkas-abstractPOSTER PRESENTATIONS
The Impact of Funders’ Data Management Plans (DMPs) Mandate on Croatian Institutions: Insights from the Dabar Platform (2020–2024)
→ Lovorka Čaja, Ivana Končić and Martina Žugaj
HR-CLARIN Research Infrastructure and Open Science Repository
→ Daša Farkaš, Vanja Štefanec and Marko Tadić
Wikipedia and Disinformation: A Case of Homeland War in the Republic of Croatia
→ Dominik Dujić and Tomislav Ivanjko
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00
Session 8: Quality in Research and Science Publishing
Moderator: Jadranka Stojanovski
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Lost in publication: a journey through questionable evidence
→ Livia Puljak
ROUND TABLE #2
Enhancing Quality in Diamond Open Access Publishing
→ Panellists: TBA
17:00 – 17:15
Conference closing
18:00 – 20:00
Sleeping Dragon and Other Legends tour
