From February 4 to 6, Rome will host three days of events dedicated to policy-makers, researchers, and stakeholders, focusing on the achievements, the developed tools and resources and the future opportunities offered by Italy’s first Open Cloud for Social Sciences.
The FOSSR Final General Conference will offer an opportunity to present project results and progress to stakeholders and the public, while creating a space for dialogue and debate, in the spirit of fostering a research environment that enables open, shared, and simplified access to data.
The FOSSR infrastructure, funded through NRRP–NextGenerationEU and coordinated by the CNR Research
Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth (CNR-IRCrES), promotes open sharing of data and methodologies toadvance research in Social Sciences across Italy.
- More info: FOSSR DAYS 2026.
Complete Agenda
09:00: Welcome and registration
09:30: Introduction and Institutional Greetings | Michele Mazzola (MUR), Salvatore Capasso (CNR-DSU), Giovanni Cerulli (CNR-IRCrES, FOSSR Scientific Coordinator). Venue: Sala Convegni
10:00: Plenary session 1: What strategic challenges were faced, and what the outcomes achieved? Challenges and opportunities: reflections from the building of an Open Science Research Infrastructure | Giovanni Cerulli (CNR-IRCrES), Marco Sprocati (CNR-IRCrES), Daniela De Gregorio (CNR-ISMED), Massimiliano Saccone (CNR-DSU), Maria Elisa Rosati (CNR-ISTC), Emanuela Reale (CNR-IRCrES); discussant: Fabio Vitali (MUR). Venue: Sala Convegni
10:50: Q&A session
11:00: Coffee break
11:30: Morning parallel sessions:
Parallel session 1: Which knowledge and competences for the future of open science infrastructures? Inside FOSSR’s Training and Capacity Building programme | Andrea Orazio Spinello (CNR-IRCrES), Sonia Stefanizzi (UniMIB), Valentina Tudisca (CNR-IRPPS), Claudia Pennacchiotti (CNR-IRPPS), Serena Fabrizio (CNR-IRCrES), Rita Giuffredi (CNR-IRCrES), Erica Rizziato (CNR-IRCrES); chair: Andrea Orazio Spinello (CNR-IRCrES). Venue: Sala Marconi
Parallel session 2: The AI revolution in social data creation, management and mining. FOSSR innovation in data analysis | Rocco Paolillo (CNR-IRPPS), Lorenzo Giammei (INAPP), Emanuela Varinetti (CNR-IRCrES), Miguel Ceriani (CNR-ISTC), Sara Zuppiroli (CNR-ISTC), Fabio Longo (CNR-ISTC), Lorenzo Anastasi (CNR-ISTC), Misael Mongiovì (CNR-ISTC), Antonio Zinilli (CNR-IRCrES), Francesco Poggi (CNR-ISTC), Giusy Tuccari (UniCT e CNR-ISTC); chair: Andrea Giovanni Nuzzolese (CNR-ISTC). Venue: Sala Convegni
12:30: Plenary session 2: What does sustainability really mean for research infrastructures? FOSSR sustainability and long-term impact | Marco Sprocati (CNR-IRCrES), Massimiliano Saccone (CNR-DSU), Emanuela Reale (CNR-IRCrES); discussants: Angelica Maineri (ODISSEI), Michele Mazzola (MUR). Venue: Sala Convegni
13:20: Q&A session
13:30: Lunch break and networking
14:30: Coffee and hands-on session: Ready to explore FOSSR’s innovation? A live demo tour of FOSSR services
15:30: Afternoon parallel sessions:
Parallel session 3: Is dissemination enough to build an RI community? FOSSR community-building and communication: building networks, sharing knowledge | Serena Fabrizio (CNR-IRCrES), Rita Giuffredi (CNR-IRCrES), Elisa Storace (CNR-IRCrES); chair: Alessandra Maria Stilo (CNR-IRCrES). Venue: Sala Pareto
Parallel session 4: How to explore socio-economic change in Italy? Methodologies and themes of the FOSSR panels and infrastructures | Sonia Stefanizzi (UniMIB), Guglielmo Weber (UniPD), Antonio Zinilli (CNR-IRCrES), Giulio Ecchia (UniBO), Letizia Mencarini (UniBocconi), Cristiano Vezzoni (UniMI), Loredana Cerbara (CNR-IRPPS), Andrea Orazio Spinello (CNR-IRCrES), Giulia Andrighetto (CNR-ISTC); chair: Antonio Zinilli (CNR-IRCrES). Venue: Sala Marconi
Parallel session 5: How can a network of data-centres sustain open knowledge? Inside the hardware and software backbones of the Italian open science cloud | Lorenzo Anastasi (CNR-ISTC), Biagio Peccerillo (CNR-ISTI), Pier Giuseppe Meo (CNR-ICAR), Giuseppe Lanzafame (CNR-IRCrES); chair: Mario Sicuranza (CNR-ICAR). Venue: Sala Convegni
16:30: Roundtable: Are today’s infrastructures ready for tomorrow’s social science research? Stakeholders roundtable on the future development of Open Science Research Infrastructures for Social Science | Edoardo Bemporad (MUR), Marcel Das (Uni. Tilburg), Angelica Maineri (ODISSEI), Maria Luisa Lavitrano (UniMIB), Nicoletta Amodio (Confindustria), Mauro Bertelletti (MUR, tbc), Matthias Weber (AIT), Emma Lazzeri (CNR); moderator: Emanuela Reale (CNR-IRCrES). Venue: Sala Convegni
17:20: Q&A session
17.30: Wrap up and conclusion