CONFOA - Lusophone Conference on Open Science

As part of the conference, the following contributions will be delivered by the Portuguese national pilot:

Workshop: FAIRness in Data Repositories: Metrics, Benchmarks and Tools Developed by OSTrails

Objective: The workshop aims to strengthen the capacity of curatorship and management teams of research data repositories to assess deposited datasets against the FAIR data principles. It seeks to improve data curation processes in research data repositories, particularly in the context of FAIRness assessment.

Target Audience: Librarians/repository managers, data stewards/experts, and research communities/data infrastructures.

Date & Time: October 8, 2026, 10:30 – 12:00

Trainers: Anabela Duarte (UMINHO), André Vieira (UMINHO), Filipa Pereira (FCT I FCCN), and Pedro Príncipe (UMINHO)

Poster: Operationalising Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans through the OSTrails Project: From Theory to Practice

Target Audience: Researchers, librarians/repository managers, and data stewards/experts.

Date & Time: October 8, 2026, 15:30 – 16:00

Authors: Anabela Duarte (UMINHO), André Vieira (UMINHO), Filipa Pereira (FCT I FCCN), Pedro Príncipe (UMINHO), Pedro Sobral (UFP), and Sara Pestana (UMINHO)

Demo Session: FAIR Assessment of Datasets Deposited in Repositories: A Demonstration of the FAIR Champion Tool

Target Audience: Researchers, librarians/repository managers, and data stewards/experts.

Date & Time: October 9, 2026, 12:00 – 12:30

Authors: Anabela Duarte (UMINHO), André Vieira (UMINHO), Filipa Pereira (FCT I FCCN), Pedro Príncipe (UMINHO), Pedro Sobral (UFP), and Sara Pestana (UMINHO)

Further information about the conference and the individual contributions can be found here: https://confoa.rcaap.pt/2026