Full Programme
Day 1
CESSDA Workshops
Kulturhuset, Galleriet, 3rd floor
Monday, 15 June 2026 – all times CET
08:45
–
09:00
Opening Session
09:00
–
10:00
Workshop 1: Interoperability Ecosystem
Back to Basics
Speaker
Darren
Bell, UK Data Service, United Kingdom
10:00
–
10:30
Tea/coffee break
10:30
–
12:00
Workshop 2: Trust & Landscape
CoreTrustSeal Support: CESSDA Common Evidence
Speaker
Mari
Kleemola, FSD, Finland
Speaker
Maaike
Verburg, DANS, Netherlands
12:00
–
13:00
Lunch
13:00
–
14:00
Workshop 3: Sensitive Data Access
Advancing Access to Sensitive Data within CESSDA
Speaker
Brian
Kleiner, FORS, Switzerland
Speaker
Deborah
Wiltshire, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany
14:00
–
15:00
Workshop 4: CESSDA Dataverse
Multilingual Dataverse Services: Models, Solutions, and Workarounds
Speaker
Lars
Kaczmirek, AUSSDA, Austria
Speaker
Lorenz
Makula, University of Vienna
15:00
–
15:30
Tea/coffee break
15:30
–
17:00
Workshop 5: Data Citation
Data Citation and Tracking: Practical Solutions for CESSDA
Speaker
André
Jernung, SND, Sweden
Day 2
CESSDA Workshops
Kulturhuset, Galleriet, 3rd floor
Tuesday, 16 June 2026 – all times CET
09:00
–
12:30
26th Service Providers' Forum
12:30
–
13:30
Lunch
15:00
–
15:30
Tea/coffee break
16:30
–
17:30
Closing
Day 3
Looking Back to Look Ahead
Media City Bergen, Atlantis Auditorium, lower level
Wednesday, 17 June 2026 – all times CET
08:45
–
09:30
Welcome Session
Chair
Bonnie
Wolff-Boenisch, CESSDA ERIC
Speaker
Matthias
Reiter-Pázmándy, Federal Ministry of Education, Austria
Speaker
Vigdis
Namtvedt Kvalheim, Sikt, Norway
Speaker
Marthe
Nordtug, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
Speaker
Rapporteur
Johan
Van Der Eycken, SODHA, Belgium
09:30
–
11:00
Session 1: Landscape
Shaping the European Research Area
Chair
José Luis Martinez
Peña, ESFRI Forum
Panellist
Eija
Juurola, ACTRIS ERIC
Panellist
Klaus
Tochtermann, EOSC/ZBW, Germany
Panellist
Giovanni
Lamanna, CNRS LAPP Laboratory, France
Discussant
Michael
Arentorf, European Commission
Rapporteur
Olja
Toljagic, Research Council of Norway
11:00
–
11:30
Tea/coffee break
11:30
–
13:00
Session 2: Data
FAIR, TRUST, and CARE in the Data Ecosystem for AI
Chair
Ingrid
Dillo, DANS, Netherlands
Panellist
Darren
Bell, UK Data Service, United Kingdom
Panellist
Tiziana
Ferrari, EGI Foundation
Panellist
Mari
Kleemola, FSD, Finland
Panellist
Bojana
Tasic, FORS, Switzerland
Discussant
Simon
Hodson, CODATA
Rapporteur
Marijana
Glavica, CROSSDA, Croatia
13:00
–
14:30
Lunch
14:30
–
16:00
Session 3: People
Skills for Open Science: From National Priorities to Global Collaboration
Chair
Steven
McEachern, UK Data Service, United Kingdom
Panellist
Darja
Fišer, CLARIN ERIC
Panellist
Hilary
Hanahoe, RDA
Panellist
Eva
Stensköld, SND, Sweden
Panellist
Erik Øiolf
Sørensen, NHH, Norway
Discussant
Georg
Lutz, FORS, Switzerland
Rapporteur
Maja
Dolinar, ADP, Slovenia
16:00
–
16:30
Tea/coffee break
16:30
–
17:15
Keynote Session 1
Social Science Data for Societal Change
Chair
Helena
Laaksonen, FSD, Finland
Keynote
Linda
Nøstbakken, Statistics Norway
Rapporteur
Miloslav
Bahna, SASD, Slovakia
Day 4
Innovate, Collaborate, and Act
Media City Bergen, Atlantis Auditorium, lower level
Thursday, 18 June 2026 – all times CET
09:00
–
09:15
Opening
09:15
–
10:45
Session 1: Landscape
Future-ready Together: Bridging Research and Policy
Chair
Dimitra
Kondyli, SoDaNet, Greece
Panellist
Rory
Fitzgerald, European Social Survey, United Kingdom
Panellist
Matthew
Gray, Australian National University, Australia
Panellist
Hilde
Orten, Sikt, Norway
Panellist
Brett M.
Powell, Roper Center, United States
Discussant
Carthage
Smith, OECD
Rapporteur
Olga
Zhmurko, ČSDA, Czechia
10:45
–
11:15
Tea/coffee break
11:15
–
12:45
Session 2: Data
New Developments in Social Science: A Snapshot
Chair
Nicolas
Sauger, Progedo, France
Panellist
Mercé
Crosas, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
Panellist
Catalina
Franco, Centre for Applied Research (SNF) and FAIR at NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
Panellist
Pei-shan
Liao, Academia Sinica, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Panellist
Katrin
Weller, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany
Discussant
Audroné
Telešienė, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Rapporteur
Eiríkur
Stephensen, University of Iceland/DATICE, Iceland
12:45
–
14:00
Lunch
14:00
–
15:30
Session 3: People
Re-imagine Research: Evolving with Society and Data
Chair
Christof
Wolf, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany
Panellist
Seok-ho
Kim, Seoul National University, South Korea
Panellist
Yasuyuki
Minamiyama, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
Panellist
Javier
Teran, United Nations OCHA
Panellist
Lynn
Woolfrey, University of Cape Town, DataFirst, South Africa
Discussant
Jeannette
Jackson, ICPSR, University of Michigan, United States
Rapporteur
Sonia
Stefanizzi, DASSI - University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
15:30
–
16:00
Tea/coffee break
16:00
–
16:45
Keynote Session 2
Our Common Future
Chair
Vigdis
Namtvedt Kvalheim, Sikt, Norway
Keynote
Barbara
Wasson, University of Bergen, Norway
Rapporteur
Yana
Leontiyeva, ČSDA, Czechia
16:45
–
17:00
Closing Session
Wrap-up, looking forward and farewell
Chair
Bonnie
Wolff-Boenisch, CESSDA ERIC
Speaker
Matthias
Reiter-Pázmándy, Federal Ministry of Education, Austria
19:00
–
22:00
Conference Dinner
Frescohallen (Vågsallmenningen 1)