Call for lightning talks
The online abstract submission portal is closed since 28-06-2026 23:59 CEST. You can no longer submit a proposal for a contribution.
New this year: the lightning talks. Lightning talks offer the floor to individuals or teams that do projects that deserve the limelight. The lightning talk is a short presentation about topics such as projects awarded in the Open Science NL call ‘Open Science Infrastructure’ and ‘Recognising and Rewarding Open Science’, citizen science projects or any other research project.
Selected individual and/or teams are asked to prepare a 7-minute presentation with a maximum of 7 slides.
Abstract Submission Guidelines
- The online abstract submission portal is open between 7-5-2026 and closes at 28-06-2026 23:59 CEST.
Please note that only electronic submissions are accepted.
- The programme committee will evaluate the proposals and make a selection in July. Submitters will be notified in August whether or not they will be invited to deliver a session.
- To submit a proposal, you need to create a one-time account on the EventsAir platform.
- If you are submitting a proposal, please make sure to also register as a participant — registration is free of charge. If you are hosting a session with multiple people, each person must register individually as a participant.
- Open Science NL will not cover costs incurred in submitting an abstract, or for travel and accommodation costs for presenting authors.
- Withdrawal of abstracts can only be accepted if notified in writing and subsequently confirmed by the Festival Secretariat.
- For all enquiries regarding abstracts, please contact the Festival Secretariat at osf@congressbydesign.com.
Abstracts should meet all of the following specifications to be considered:
| Title | Each abstract should have a brief descriptive title and should be written Please note that there is no option to add a subtitle. |
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| Abstract text | The abstract text should not exceed 350 words. |
| Keywords | During the abstract submission process, submitters will be asked to specify up to five keywords. |
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| Authors | Names, affiliations, cities, and countries of all contributing authors should be provided. The person submitting the abstract should be the presenting author of the work. All communications regarding an abstract will go to the submitting author, irrespective the designation of the presenting author. Please verify that your email address is correct as it will be used for contacting you after the review process. |
| Language | Abstracts should be written in English. It is crucial that abstracts are proofread carefully to avoid errors before they are submitted. Please note that the text of approved abstracts containing grammatical and spelling errors will NOT be edited prior to publication on the website of the Open Science Festival. |
| Additional information for workshops | During the abstract submission process, workshop submitters will be asked to provide the following additional information:
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Submitted abstracts will undergo review by the programme committee and will be scheduled for presentation or workshop only if accepted by the reviewers.
Criteria
Abstracts will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Workshops/Lightning speeches/Networking sessions
- Diversity (we strive for a broad representation of universities (of applied sciences) and other
organisations, - Originality,
- Quality of content,
- Potential impact,
- Readability/understandability,
- Relevance,
- General assessment of proposal,
- Interactive component
Poster sessions
- General assessment of the proposal,
- Potential to stimulate discussion and collaboration,
- Level of innovation,
- Quality of the content,
- Openness and FAIRness of the solution / method / product (if applicable),
- Relevance
Information Market
- The programme committee will select exhibitors based on the relevance of their proposals to festival visitors.