2022

• 10/2022

  Fifth bloxberg Summit for Consortium Members

  October 26-27, 2022 I Protaras I Cyprus

  October 26-27, 2022 I Couch I Worldwide

  

  The fifth bloxberg summit will be organized by one of the founding members of bloxberg, the University of Nicosia.
  Please note that bloxberg will be a conference by invitation only addressed to delegates from research organizations.
• 09/2022

  5. FDM Workshop: Forschungsdatenmanagement in der MPG

  September 13-14, 2022 | Virtual Meeting

  

  Die Anforderungen und die Bedürfnisse an das Management von Forschungsdaten steigen. Gleichzeitig differenzieren sich die Anforderungen in den verschiedenen Fächern weiter aus, sodass neue Bedürfnisse aber auch Lösungswege entstehen.

  Diese Entwicklungen wollen wir aufzeigen und allen FDM-Interessierten innerhalb der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ein Forum bieten. Hierfür organisieren wir für den 13. und 14. September 2022 den nun 5. Workshop zum Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft.

   More information: FDM Website
• 05/2022

  Discussion Series: Human Research Data in Practice

  May 24, 2022 I 02:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  April 19, 2022 I 02:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  March 22, 2022 I 02:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  January 25, 2022 I 02:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  November 23, 2021 I 02:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  

  Dealing with human research data poses special challenges for research data management. In order to strengthen the internal networking in this field within the Max Planck Society, the Max Planck Digital Library is organizing this discussion series. We therefore cordially invite all interested MPG colleagues on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at 2 pm (.ics file here), to discuss current questions of human research data.

  You can find more info about the Discussion Series on the FDM Workshop website.

  More details about the program here.
• 05/2022

  Hybrid Workshop: Future Opportunities for Software in Research

  May 12-13, 2022 I Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology I Plön

  May 12-13, 2022 I Virtual

  

  Software literacy has become a key competence for scientists across all disciplines. Scientists use software every day, and software development is becoming an increasingly important component of scientific productivity. However, the software needed for certain research projects can get highly complex and take up resources otherwise needed for core research. In the demanded professionalization of software development in research, specialized Research Software Engineers have emerged in recent years. With their help, researchers tackle the challenges in the areas of software and data, such as reproducibility, correctness, user-friendliness, performance, or maintenance.

  We would like to cordially invite all interested scientists, research software engineers, IT and computing specialists, and individuals involved in creating, using, or otherwise dealing with research software in the Max Planck Society. We also welcome participants from other research institutions.

  The workshop will be held in hybrid form, so you will be able to connect remotely or come to the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön.

  You can find more info about the event here.

  Register here.
• 05/2022

  Fourth bloxberg Summit for Consortium Members

  May 3-4, 2022 I UCL I London I United Kingdom

  May 3-4, 2022 I UCL I Couch I Worldwide

  

  The fourth bloxberg summit will be organized by one of the founding members of bloxberg, the University College London (UCL).
  Please note that bloxberg will be a conference by invitation only addressed to delegates from research organizations.
• 03/2022

  Edmond Tutorial after Major Update

  March 23, 2022 | 02:00 PM CET | Language: English

  March 24, 2022 | 11:00 AM CET | Language: German

  

  Edmond – the Open Research Data Repository of the Max Planck Society has received a major update. To introduce the new features of Edmond we will offer two virtual tutorials of 30 minutes with a short presentation, a live demonstration, and questions & answers. Join us!

  You can register here for the tutorials.

  More info on the update here.
• 01/2022

  RDMO for MPG: Virtual Workshop!

  January 18, 2022 I 05:00 PM | Virtual

  January 26, 2022 I 09:00 AM | Virtual

  February 03, 2022 I 01:00 PM | Virtual

  February 11, 2022 I 11:00 AM | Virtual

  

  The service “RDMO for MPG” supports the organization of data management and the writing of data management plans for various funding organizations. Via this platform, DMPs can be written both more quickly and with other scientists involved in the project. At the same time, the plans can be updated throughout the various project phases and possibly forwarded to funding organizations.

  To facilitate the introduction of this new service, the RDM Support of the MPDL offers virtual tutorials via Zoom in January and February 2022. Join us!

2021

• 11/2021

  Workshop: Digital Publications in the Humanities

  November 2, 2021 I 09:00 am - 01:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  

  Digital means and open-access policies are changing the landscape of scientific publishing in the humanities and social sciences, too. The workshop wants to explore both major challenges and concrete solutions in a highly dynamic interdisciplinary field of scientific practice. It aims at sharing past experiences and visions for future developments. Speakers and participants (especially from the GSHS) from different sectors such as digital humanities, publication management, research data management, libraries, public relations are invited to share their knowledge. At the same time, we will discuss perspectives for further development and possibilities for cooperation within the MPG.

  The workshop will focus on exchange. So we would like to ask you what issues in digital publishing are currently on your mind? And what would you or your colleagues like to talk about and share? Such urgent topics of conversation would help us to organize the appropriate talks.

  You can find more info on the FDM Workshop website.

  The registration for the workshop is now available.
• 10/2021

  Open Science Days 2021

  October 19, 2021 I 01:15 pm - 04:45 pm | Virtual Meeting

  October 20, 2021 I 09:30 am - 02:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  

  The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) cordially invites you to participate in the Open Science Days 2021. The conference will take place as a virtual zoom meeting and is going to extend over two half days.

  When looking at the different areas of Open Science in the past years, we were often confronted with the question of where and how the growing significance of Open Science does affect the reality of a daily research routine within the various disciplines. Or: how it should be affected? This is the key question we would like to shed light on during the conference. A number of challenges for academic everyday life are reflected by the principles of Good Scientific Practice. Major changes within the complex system of research routine and publication workflows are caused, not least by elements of Open Science turning into reality. This applies in particular to the fields of Open Access, Open Research Data, and Open Research Software, which have been at the center of attention for quite some time now.

  You can find more info on the Open Science Days website.

  You can look up the official program for the Open Science Days here.

  The registration for the conference is open for everybody and is now available.
• 10/2021

  Talk Series: Open Science in Practice

  June-October, 2021 | every Wednesday | on Zoom

  

  Open Science practices have become more and more a part of researchers‘ everyday life. The MPDL presents a virtual series of pertinent talks to provide Max Planck colleagues with the latest information on Open Science best practices, tools, platforms, and regulations. We invited speakers from diverse fields to present their Open Science-related projects, experiences, or initiatives.
  The 2021 virtual talk series will take place every Wednesday at 1:00 pm from June to October. You can find more info here.
• 10/2021

  Open Science Ambassadors Conference

  October 18, 2021 | online

  

  Open Access Ambassadors become Open Science Ambassadors!

  The MPG PhDnet, together with the Max Planck Digital Library, are inviting you to the 3rd Open Science Ambassadors conference and to become an Ambassador for Open Access and Open Science at your Institute. The next event will be held online on October 18, 2021, within the MPDL’s Open Science Days. Through the lecture series, participants will learn more about the ways Open Access and Open Science practices are being implemented within the Max Planck Society.
• 09/2021

  ELN Workshop: Living with Electronic Laboratory Notebooks 2021

  September 20, 2021 I 1:00 pm - 6:15 pm CEST | Virtual Workshop

  September 22, 2021 I 9:00 am - 1:30 pm CEST | Virtual Workshop

  

  The workshop aims at building up an ELN network with the Max Planck Society. During the workshop, we will be sharing experiences with ELNs, discussing results from the MPG ELN Survey in March 2022, and exchanging ideas about best-practice workflows for ELNs at local MPG institutes.

  The participation is open for all employees of the Max Planck Society and associated institutions.

  Register now!
  More information and registration for ELN Workshop.
• 07/2021

  Third bloxberg Summit for Consortium Members

  September 29 - October 01, 2021 I Harnack House I Berlin I Germany

  September 29 - October 01, 2021 I Couch I Worldwide

  

  Please note that bloxberg will be a conference by invitation only addressed to delegates from research organizations.
• 06/2021

  MPG City Week 2021

  June 7-10, 2021 | Wherever you are

  

  This event will guide you through all over the MPG City, starting in the middle – your Institute! Come & join us while the ride starts downtown and ends in some of the most beautiful suburbs you have ever seen. This is your chance to learn more about everything you have access to within your MPG City. It doesn’t matter if you’ve just moved here or if you have been a long-time resident. Since the town is growing continuously – everybody is welcome!

  Learn about all the exciting services, networks, and possibilities you have within the MPG! Join us for the very first MPG City Week where you might even become part of some new town area, you’ve never even heard anything about?

  More Info: MPG City Week
• 06/2021

  MPG LeadNet Symposium 2021

  June 8, 2021 I MPG City Week I Wherever you are

  

  The LeadNet symposium is the annual meeting of all junior researchers holding a leadership responsibility in the Max Planck Society. All research leaders can share scientific and technological knowledge and address common career and administrative issues. The LeadNet steering committee has again assembled an exciting program!

  This year LeadNet will be part of the virtual MPG City Week from June 7-10, 2021. The LeadNet Symposium 2021 will take place Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The event will be integrated into MPG City Week. Registration is open now!

  More info:
  MPG LeadNet

  MPG City Week
• 05/2021

  Virtual Workshop: Research Data Management & Infrastructures in the Humanities

  June 1, 2021 I 09:00 am - 12:30 pm | Virtual Meeting

  

  The workshop is addressed to Max Planck colleagues from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and related research fields. It aims at offering a platform for exchanging ideas and experiences concerning the challenges and the current status of the development of digital infrastructures. The workshop also wants to discuss perspectives for further development and possibilities for cooperation within the MPG.

  You can find the program on the FDM Workshop website.

  The registration for the workshop is now available.
• 05/2021

  4. FDM-Workshop „Kompetenz Forschungsdatenmanagement in der MPG“

  5. und 6. Mai 2021 I online

  

  Forschungsdatenmanagement erlebt seit einigen Jahren eine große Beachtung. Beispiele hierfür sind die Entwicklung der Nationalen Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI), der baldige Start der European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) und die zunehmende Relevanz von FDM-Aspekten bei Drittmittelanträgen. Diese komplexen Entwicklungen im Forschungsdatenmanagement betreffen auch die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Neben den technischen Voraussetzungen ist eine kontinuierliche Kompetenzentwicklung aller Beteiligten ein wesentlicher Aspekt für das Bestehen im wissenschaftlichen Wettbewerb. Diesen Aspekt werden wir eine besondere Aufmerksamkeit widmen.

  Weitere Information sind auf der Workshop-Website.
• 04/2021

  Virtual Workshop: "Human Research Data in Practice"

  April 20, 2021 I 09:00 am - 12:00 pm | Virtual Meeting

  

  In addition to the annual FDM Workshop, the MPDL will host a digital workshop on Human Research Data in Practice.
  The workshop aims to address MPG colleagues on all fronts of data collection, analysis, and evaluation in human sciences. We would like to exchange views on the existing problems and the possible solutions that may already have been found. These are problems in everyday practice, IT solutions, or dealing with research data that are generated on, with, or by people.

  The program will be continuously updated on the FDM Workshop website.
  The registration for the workshop is now available.

2020

• 05/2020

  MPG LeadNet Symposium 2020

  May 28 - 29, 2020 I Harnack Haus I Berlin

  

  The LeadNet symposium is the annual meeting of all junior researchers holding a leadership responsibility in the Max Planck Society. All research leaders can share scientific and technological knowledge, as well as address common career and administrative issues. The LeadNet steering committee has again assembled an exciting program!

  More information for the LeadNet Symposium 2020.
• 05/2020

  MPRGL Annual Meeting 2020

  May 27 & 28, 2020 | Harnack Haus | Berlin | Germany

  

  The MPRGL annual meeting is for all Max Planck Research Group Leaders holding a leadership responsibility in the Max Planck Society. All Max Planck Research Groupleaders can share scientific and technological knowledge, as well as address common career and administrative issues. The MPRGL-Speakers have again assembled an exciting program!

  More information on the MPRGL Annual Meeting.
  
• 03/2020

  CANCELLED: Open Science Days 2020

  02^nd and 3^rd of March 2020 I Berlin, Harnack House

  

  The Event is directed at researchers and specialists from inside und especially from outside the Max Planck Society who are interested in an interdisciplinary communication about Open Science. For this event, we have decided to broaden our view on the world of research and to examine the relationship between Open Science and Good Scientific Practice.

  The conference language will be English, the participation fee is 100 € and the number of participants is limited to 60 persons.

  For additional information please visit: http://osd.mpdl.mpg.de/.

   

  CANCELLED: More information will follow soon!

2019

• 12/2019

  Open Access Ambassadors Conference

  December 10 - 11, 2019 I Harnack House I Berlin

  

  PhDnet in collaboration with the Max Planck Digital Library restart the Open Access Ambassadors program (OAA). A conference with leading experts and interactive workshops for Max Planck Society’s early career researchers (ERCs)! The OAA program follows a train-the-trainer concept aiming at enabling ECRs to promote open access and open science at their respective institutes. We invite each Max-Planck-Institute to send one to two ECRs to the Berlin event. At the Berlin conference and workshop, OAA will collaboratively develop action plans to be implemented at their institutes.

  Become an Ambassador and register now!