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<a href="https://council.science/blog/open-science-round-up-the-hidden-infrastructure-behind-research-reform/">https://council.science/blog/open-science-round-up-the-hidden-infrastructure-behind-research-reform/</a></div>
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Research reform needs metadata reform: open science depends on open, trusted, well-maintained infrastructure that makes all scholarly contributions visible, connected and assessable.</div>
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<b>Open Science events and opportunities </b></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://dcm2026.com/" target="_blank" id="OWAe014f7b2-9ab3-a96f-a8dc-291846824330" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">Dataverse Community Meeting
2026</a></span> 12-15 May 2026, Barcelona, Spain </li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://operas-eu.org/news-and-events/calendar-2/operas-2026-sciros-conference/" target="_blank" id="OWAfc4b4925-886b-b87c-552f-be4b5845a189" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">OPERAS
2026 & SCIROS Conference</a></span> 18-21 May 2026, Warsaw Poland </li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.civica.eu/news-events/events/detail/civica-open-science-conference-2026-shaping-the-future-of-open-research" target="_blank" id="OWA0779e499-3b93-c639-8a0c-31d91a78d97b" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">CIVICA
Open Science Conference 2026</a></span> 20 May, London, UK </li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://eosc.eu/events/eosc-a-13th-general-assembly" target="_blank" id="OWA0697382b-50b6-ca00-09f8-78ab7af258bb" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">European
Open Science Cloud 13th General Assembly</a></span> 28-29 May, Brussels, Belgium </li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://force11.org/" target="_blank" id="OWA7e589c67-bf54-c24c-288b-9fe26902c20b" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">FORCE2026 Conference</a></span>
3-5 June, Singapore</li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://or2026.openrepositories.org/conference-organization/" target="_blank" id="OWAbf63cafa-9c38-b97b-0b8a-912c286bcf30" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">Open
Repositories 2026</a></span> 8-11 June, 2026, online</li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://icssi.org/" target="_blank" id="OWA8a839d25-fcbb-7bd3-ea03-45877286c6a4" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">International Conference on
the Science of Science and Innovation (ICSSI)</a></span> 29 June-1 July 2026, Boulder Colorado, USA </li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/call-participation-unesco-and-codata-survey-open-science-data-policy-times-crisis" target="_blank" id="OWA18282c34-600f-ad32-f116-6e765ce1e9a9" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">Call
for participation: UNESCO and CODATA survey on open science for data policy for times of crisis</a></span> [Deadline: 11 May 2026] </li><li style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 36, 81); margin: 0px 0px 5px;">
<span style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);" role="presentation"><a href="https://event.fourwaves.com/oecdbluesky2026/pages" target="_blank" id="OWAc9bcd0fa-002b-692a-96c9-4eac781dc6cf" class="OWAAutoLink" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: rgb(23, 123, 159);">Call
for contributions: 4th OECD Blue Sky Forum</a></span> [Deadline: 21 May 2026] </li></ul>
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