Organised by the EOSC Association with the support of the EOSC Gravity project, the EOSC Symposium 2026 will bring the EOSC community together in Florence on 14–16 October at the Palazzo dei Congressi.

This flagship event is the must-attend gathering for everyone driving the future of Europe’s research data ecosystem—from policymakers and funders to researchers, infrastructure leaders, data stewards, and more. Over three days, participants will connect, share insights, and celebrate the latest progress concerning EOSC and the EOSC Federation.

The EOSC Symposium 2026 will demonstrate the unique value that EOSC brings to the Union’s research and innovation programme, with the EOSC Federation taking centre stage. 

Launched at last year’s Symposium as “the backbone of Europe’s digital research and innovation ecosystem,” the EOSC Federation is rapidly expanding and maturing into a new strategic asset for Europe’s research, innovation, and digital sovereignty agendas. 

This year’s event will mark its formal transition into operations.

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This year’s EOSC Symposium brings together influential voices from across the global research and innovation landscape.

The opening keynote will be delivered by Emanuel Heitor, architect of the Align, Act, Accelerate report and former Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal.

On day two, Rosie Hicks, CEO of the Australian Research Data Commons, will share international insights into building sustainable research data federations, and day three will feature a keynote talk by Mercè Crosas, Director of Computational Social Science and Humanities (CSSH) Laboratory at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).

The programme will also welcome Anna Maria Bernini, Italy’s Minister for Universities and Research, underscoring the importance of Italy for EOSC and EOSC for Italian and European researchers.

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EUDAT at the EOSC Symposium

EOSC Symposium represents unique opportunity to meet our community of researchers and service users, and to showcase the various lessons learned from the build up of the EOSC Node.

Make sure to join us at our EUDAT Booth and learn more about how we operate and how EUDAT has been supporting open science and European research for more than a decade.

The EUDAT team will also participate in various sessions, so make sure to join us for:

  • Thursday, 15th of October (09:45-11:00) "EOSC Federation nodes in production: lessons learned and next steps" presented by EUDAT EOSC Technical team