Improving access to and reuse of R&I results, publications and data for scientific purposes

Key takeaways from the event

Did you miss the event, and would you like to have an overview of the main findings and messages?

Below you will find the supporting document with the draft main findings of the study and slides from the presentations.

• Supporting document on draft main findings of the study
• Slides from the presentations at the event

Programme

09:00 - 09:15 | Virtual Doors Open

09:15 – 09:20 | Welcome Address

• Introduction to the workshop's purpose and agenda rundown
  by Michael Arentoft, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Open Science and Research Infrastructures

09:20 – 09:30 | Opening Keynote

• Implementing Framework Conditions for Research and Innovation in the European Research Area
  by Anna Panagopoulou, Director, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation - ERA & Innovation

09:30 - 10:00 | Study Approach Overview

• Overview of study framework, emphasis on dual work streams
  by Rūta Dėlkutė-Morgan, Research Manager, PPMI
• Literature review goals for copyright legislation analysis
  by Dr. Caterina Sganga, Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law, Sant’Anna
• Multi-criteria and feasibility assessment approach
  by Rūta Dėlkutė-Morgan, Research Manager, PPMI
• EU data and digital legislation analysis
  by Dr. Thomas Margoni, Research Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven, and member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)
  and Dr. Luca Schirru, Postdoctoral researcher at CiTiP

10:00 – 10:30 | Potential Interventions in EU Copyright law

• Potential update of copyright exceptions for research use
  by Dr. M.R.F. Martin Senftleben, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the Amsterdam Law School
• Potential introduction of an EU-wide Secondary Publication Right
  by Dr. Caterina Sganga, Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law, Sant’Anna

10:30 – 11:00 | Impact of EU Data and Digital Legislation on Research

Presenter: Dr. Thomas Margoni, Research Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven, and member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)

11:00 – 11:30 | Keynote Speakers from Stakeholder Groups

• cOAlition S
  Dr. Johan Rooryck, Executive Director of cOAlition S and Professor of French Linguistics at Leiden University
   
• STM Association
  Mark Walford, Vice President, Rights & Business Development at Sage and member of the STM Intellectual Property Committee
   
• LIBER Europe
  Dr. Giannis Tsakonas, LIBER Vice-President and CPC Chair, Director, Library & Information Center, University of Patras
   
• European University Association
  Vinciane Gaillard, Deputy Director for Research and Innovation
   
• Knowledge Rights 21
  Benjamin White, Co-Founder of Knowledge Rights 21, Chair of LIBER Europe’s Copyright and Legal Matters Working Group and researcher at Bournemouth University’s Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management
   
• Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
  Dipl.-Inf.  Dr. sc. agr. Christian Manteuffel, Head of Smart Livestock Farming Unit at FBN

11:30 – 12:15 | Interactive Feedback Forum

Participants are encouraged to engage with the study team by posing any questions they may have

Moderated by Rūta Dėlkutė-Morgan, Research Manager, PPMI

12:15 - 12:45 | Lunch Break

12:45 – 14:00 | Focused Discussion Groups

The groups will be organised in two rounds, meaning you can participate in two breakout sessions of 30 minutes.

• Room 1
  Views on barriers to open access and the challenges experienced due to the current Copyright Legislation or its interpretation
  moderated by Dr. M.R.F. Martin Senftleben, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the Amsterdam Law School
   
• Room 2
  Views on potential introduction of an EU-wide Secondary Publication Right
  moderated by Dr. Caterina Sganga, Associate Professor of Comparative Private Law, Sant’Anna
   
• Room 3
  The new data legislation landscape – Challenges and Opportunities for research institutions
  moderated by
  • Dr. Luca Schirru, Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), KU Leuven
  • Dr. M. M. M. Mireille van Eechoud, Professor of Information Law, Institute for Information Law (IViR) and Dean of Amsterdam Law School
     
• Room 4
  Views and experiences with the current Text and Data Mining Exceptions
  moderated by Dr. Kacper Szkalej, Researcher in Intellectual Property Law, Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the Amsterdam Law School
   
• Room 5
  Views on issues cutting across copyright and data legislation issue
  moderated by Dr. Thomas Margoni, Research Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminology, KU Leuven, and member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP)

14:00 – 14:30 | Feedback from Focused Discussion Groups, and Next Steps

• Host: Michael Arentoft, Head of Unit, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Open Science and Research Infrastructures

Questions?

Please contact the Commission on the following email address if you have questions on the event: rtd-open-science-and-research-infrastructuresec [dot] europa [dot] eu (rtd-open-science-and-research-infrastructures[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu).