FOR2026 Program

Please note that this is a preliminary version of the conference program. The final program will be released by the end of February.

1. Day | 4 May 2026

9:30- 9:45Welcome and introduction.
Professor Gerhard Kramer, TUM Vice-President
Sabina Leonelli, TUM Professor and PI of PHIL_OS
9:45-10:30First Plenary: The Munich Declaration / Manifesto for Equitable Open Research.
Sabina Leonelli
10:30-11:00Break
11:00-13:00Session 1: Contributed papers.
Chair: Paola Castano (University of Exeter)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00Session 2: Contributed papers.
Chair: Richard Williams (TUM)
16:30-18:00Break
16:30-18:00Plenary Panel:  Intelligent and Responsible Data Sharing.
Chair: Kim Hajek (TUM)
Carole Goble (Elixir, University of Manchester); Simon Hodson (CODATA);
Paul Groth (Professor of Algorithmic Data Science, University of Amsterdam); 
Stephan Guttinger (Ethical Data Initiative, University of Exeter)
18:00-20:00 Reception and Poster Session

2. Day | 5 May 2026

9:00-11:00Session 3 contributed papers.
Chair: Emma Cavazzoni (TUM)
11:00-11:30Break
11:30-13:00 Plenary Panel: Equity and Justice in Open Research Implementation.
Chair: Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna)
Louise Bezuidenhout (CWTS-Leiden University); Tony Ross-Hellauer (Know Center);
Antonia Schrader (Helmoltz Association Open Science Office)
Cameron Neylon (Barcelona Declaration for Open Research Information);
Rachel Ankeny (University of Wageningen); Aleksandra Lazic (ABRIR- Advancing
Big-team Reproducible Science through Increased Representation)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00Session 4 (6 x papers – 15’ presentation and 5’ questions )
Chair: Rena Alcalay (TUM)
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-18:00Plenary: Brian Rappert (University of Exeter)
On openness, transparency, secrecy, and revelation.
Commentator: Helen Longino (Stanford University)
Chair: Sabina Leonelli 
18:00-19:30Reception and poster session
19:30Conference Dinner for invited speakers and PHIL_OS team

3. Day | 6 May 2026

9:00-10:30Plenary Panel: The Future of Open Research
Chair: Benedikt Fecher (Wissenschaft im Dialog)
Oskar Xavier Guerrero Gutiérrez (GYA- Global Young Academy);
Stephanie Jurburg (GYA- Global Young Academy);
Eva Avdic (Cochrane Early Career Professional Network, University of Sarajevo);
Daniel S. Katz (Research Software Alliance, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-13:00Working Groups: Munich Declaration for Equitable Open Research
11:00-11:20 Summary of Manifesto and circulation of text
11:20-11:50 Working groups on various sections of the manifesto
11:50-12:20 Working groups
12:15-13:00 Plenary discussion with reporting from WGs
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Session 5 (6 x papers – 15’ presentation and 5’ questions)
Chair: Nathanael Sheehan (TUM)
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-17:00 Final discussion and closing
Chair: Sabina Leonelli