2nd OSCARS Annual General Meeting

The 2nd OSCARS Annual General Meeting will take place in Seville - Spain, at the Barceló Sevilla Renacimiento in Avenida Alvaro Alonso Barba. 

The event will start on March 10th, 2026, at 10:30 CET (for OSCARS consortium members), on March 11th, 2026, at 8:30 CET (for project representatives) and will end in the afternoon of March 12th, 2026, at 16:30 CET.

OSCARS consortium members and funded projects are invited to join us to reflect on the achievements from the first two years of OSCARS and outline the roadmap for the next ones.

Learn more about the successful projects of the 1st and 2nd OSCARS Open Calls for Open Science projects and services and their first results, and use the opportunity to discuss common challenges with the OSCARS consortium members and the representatives of the funded projects.

The venue will accommodate up to 120 attendees, OSCARS members, as well as representatives of the funded projects from the Open Calls.

Up to one representative per project will have the opportunity to attend and present the challenges, solutions, and the potential scientific impact of their initiatives, and work with the wider community.
From the OSCARS consortium we would expect about 3 representatives per beneficiary or affiliated entity. Depending on numbers we will invite additional guests individually.

Browse the DRAFT PROGRAMME of the event

REGISTER HERE before 13 February 2026

CONCEPT

The meeting is planned as F2F only, to enable as much direct contact between all participants as possible. Presentations are kept to an absolute minimum and are meant to deliver mainly the background information to enable meaningful discussions in the interactive Speed dating/poster and World Café sessions. 

Day 1 is intended as a consortium only day, giving the WPs some space for internal work but also cross-WP sessions and group work in general (World Café session in the afternoon). We will start with the OSCARS WPs giving a short overview of activities in the first two years, next steps planned and the input needed from the consortium and the funded projects. This will be followed by internal WP meetings and a first World Café session in the afternoon.

For day 2 and 3 we will be joined by one representative per funded project. 

The second day will be used to get all participants up to speed on the new set of funded projects and the first outcomes of the 58 projects of the 1st round. All projects will be asked to prepare a poster in addition to the presentation.

Presentations will have the same format as last year - 3 slides in 3 minutes. In between the 5 sessions, we will have extended coffee breaks that will be used for “speed dating @ posters”. The day will close with a first World Café session identifying 3 common challenges followed by a quick reporting back round.

Projects from the 1st round will be assigned to one session based on the main challenge they are addressing, not the cluster they are related to, the same as last year.

The third and final day will be all around working together on the common challenges identified the day before, across consortium/WPs and funded projects from both rounds. The outcome should be a clear understanding of what those challenges are, who is addressing them in which project and what next steps could be undertaken to tackle them. This should make sure that  future work in the projects and the consortium/WPs addresses actual community needs, but also hopefully lead to an enhanced cooperation across all participants, and the development of first plans that secure the availability of project results beyond the projects’ lifetime.

OBJECTIVES

• Strengthening the community through F2F interaction
  • Bring new funded projects into the community
  • Initiate closer cooperation between the funded projects
  • Further develop cooperation between OSCARS WPs and funded projects
• Identifying gaps/needs and activities for the 2nd half of the project
  • Training/support/mentoring
  • Prioritise activities for the next year

WHY ATTEND? 

• To get an overview of the activities carried out in the first two years of OSCARS implementation;
• To outline next steps and collect the input needed from consortium and funded projects to keep up with OSCARS implementation;
• To get an overview of the challenges tackled and activities planned in the OSCARS funded projects;
• To network and enhance collaboration between OSCARS members and funded projects.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• OSCARS members
• Representatives of the OSCARS funded projects

CONTACT

For any further question about the programme, or any other organisational aspect, please contact communication@oscars-project.eu