Kindly find the 4th UN Open Science and Open Scholarship conference, to take place on the 16-18 October, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. . They are launching a call for potential Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to take part in the several panels of the conference (at least one ECR per panel).
You are therefore invited to express your interest in participating in this high-level global event that brings together policymakers, researchers, civil society, and international organisations to advance open science in alignment with the UN Pact for the Future. Participation may be virtual or in person (limited funding support may be available—details to follow).
To apply fill this form: https://forms.gle/QVbtTbJmbyjbJwBC7 by the 10th of July 2025!
Conference Themes and Panels
You may express interest in one or more of the following panels:
Theme 1: AI, Open Science & the Global Digital Divide:
- Panel 1 Communities embedded in AI & Open Science infrastructures
Topics: digital heritage, multilingualism, data sovereignty, AI for small-scale research
- Panel 2: Human rights in the application of AI to open science
Topics: digital public goods, data privacy, climate AI, AI for SDGs
Theme 2: Science Communication & Public Engagement
- Panel 3: Public trust in science and access to knowledge
Topics: open peer review, science journalism, trust in open systems
- Panel 4: Public participation in creating knowledge
Topics: citizen science, participatory data governance, inclusive literacy
Theme 3: Open Infrastructure & Access to Knowledge
- Panel 5: Healthy knowledge ecosystems
Topics: platform openness, South–South collaboration, open hardware/software
- Panel 6: Realising open infrastructure for humanity
Topics: indigenous knowledge, national repositories, libraries as infrastructure
Selection and Support:
- Selections will prioritise:
- Early career researchers
- For GYA members – demonstrated engagement with GYA
- For non GYA affiliates – engagement with your Young Academy (with reference contacts)
- Relevance of the work and experience in the proposed topic
- The potential contributions to the panel
- Diversity of background and perspectives
Participation may be virtual or in person (limited funding support may be available—details to follow).
With kind regards,