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Conference Program

2nd Canadian Open Science Conference

Three days of plenaries, panels, rapid talks, workshops, and posters.

Conference Dates
October 27–29, 2026
Location
University of Ottawa

Day 1


Tuesday, October 27, 2026

  • 8:30 – 9:00
    Room TBA

    Badge Pick-up · Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 9:00 – 9:30
    Room TBA

    Indigenous Blessing and Opening Remarks

    Kris Noakes

  • 9:30 – 10:15
    Room TBA

    Plenary Talk: Why Canada Needs Open Science for Innovation

    Guy Rouleau (Montreal Neurological Institute)

  • 10:15 – 10:45
    Room TBA

    Short Talk: Open Innovation

    Richard Gold (McGill University / Conscience)

  • 10:45 – 11:10
    Room TBA

    Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 11:10 – 12:10
    Track 1Room TBA

    Panel 1: Health Research Data Management, Sharing, and Innovation: The Canadian Context

    Moderator: Jodi Edwards (University of Ottawa)

    Panelists: Ian Paterson (University of Ottawa Heart Institute), Taban Behin (First Nations Health Authority), Michael Schull (Digital Research Alliance of Canada), Osmo Ramakko (Patient Partner), CIHR representative (TBC)

    Track 2Room TBA

    Panel 2: Driving Adoption of Open Access in Canada

    Moderator: Leigh-Ann Butler (University of Ottawa)

    Panelists: Kory St. Cyr (NSERC), Mylène Deschênes (Fonds de recherche du Québec), Monica Granados (Creative Commons), Jess Herdman (FHSS), Tanja Niemann (Érudit)

  • 12:10 – 12:30/40
    Track 1Room TBA

    1 Short Talk

    Track 2Room TBA

    2 Rapid Talks

  • 12:30/40 – 1:40
    Room TBA

    Lunch

  • 1:40 – 2:00
    Track 1Room TBA

    1 Short Talk

    Track 2Room TBA

    1 Short Talk

  • 2:00 – 3:00
    Track 1Room TBA

    Panel 1: Responsible Research Assessment

    Moderator: Alexandra D'Arcy (University of Victoria)

    Panelists: Carole Jabet (Fonds de recherche du Québec), Helga Hallgrimsdottir (University of Victoria), Benedikt Hallgrimsson (Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute)

    Track 2Room TBA

    Panel 2: Research Reproducibility

    Moderator: David Moher (University of Ottawa)

    Panelists: Sara Hart (University of Waterloo), Shinichi Nakagawa (University of Alberta), Abel Brodeur (University of Ottawa), Aileen Maclellan (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)

  • 3:00 – 3:30
    Track 1Room TBA

    2 Rapid Talks

    Track 2Room TBA

    2 Rapid Talks

  • 3:30 – 3:50
    Room TBA

    Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 3:50 – 4:45
    Room TBA

    Closing Panel: How to Shape a More Equitable, Multilingual, Community-Accountable, and Globally Responsible Open Science Ecosystem

    Moderator: Leslie Chan (University of Toronto Scarborough)

    Panelists: Matthew Wallace (IDRC), Shawn McGuirk (NSERC), Katie Corker (ASAPbio), Emily Ford (SPARC)

  • 4:45 – 5:15
    Room TBA

    Early-Career Researcher Plenary Talk

    Marija Purgar Filjak (University of Alberta / SORTEE)

  • 5:15 – 5:30
    Room TBA

    Closing Remarks

  • 5:30 – 7:30

Day 2


Wednesday, October 28, 2026

  • 8:30 – 9:00
    Room TBA

    On-going Badge Pick-up · Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 9:00 – 9:10
    Room TBA

    Opening Remarks

    Minister Evan Solomon

  • 9:10 – 9:20
    Room TBA

    Vision for Today's Metascience-Focused Discussion

  • 9:20 – 10:10
    Room TBA

    Plenary Talk: Metaresearch

    Tracey Weissgerber (University of Coimbra)

  • 10:10 – 11:00
    Room TBA

    Panel: The Canadian Metaresearch Ecosystem

    Moderator: Annabel Seyller (The Neuro)

    Panelists: Amy Buckland (Concordia University), Matthew Lucas (SSHRC), Vincent Larivière (Université de Montréal), Ellie Griffith (Health Research BC)

  • 11:00 – 11:20
    Room TBA

    Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 11:20 – 12:30/40
    Track 1Room TBA

    Rapid Talks and Discussion — From Evidence to Practice: Early-Career Perspectives on Open Science and Metaresearch

    Moderator: Chantal Ripp

    3 Rapid Talks followed by discussion

    Track 2Room TBA

    Panel: Facilitating Inter/Transdisciplinary Research

    Maxime Plante (Université de Sherbrooke)

    Followed by 2 Rapid Talks

  • 12:30/40 – 1:40
    Room TBA

    Lunch

  • 1:40 – 2:10
    Room TBA

    Plenary — Data Challenge Winner: Mapping Metaresearch in Canada

    Eduardo Santos

  • 2:10 – 3:40
    Room TBARoom TBARoom TBA

    Facilitated Workshop: Generating an Action Plan for Metaresearch in Canada

    All participants — breakout groups run in three parallel rooms

  • 3:40 – 4:00
    Room TBA

    Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 4:00 – 4:40
    Room TBA

    Closing Plenary

    Oleksandr Berezko (Ukrainian Reproducibility Network / Lviv Polytechnic National University)

  • 4:40 – 4:50
    Room TBA

    Metascience: Closing Reflections

    Annabel Seyller

  • 4:50 – 5:00
    Room TBA

    Closing Remarks

    Martine Lagacé

  • 5:00 – 7:00

Day 3


Thursday, October 29, 2026

  • 8:30 – 9:00
    Room TBA

    On-going Badge Pick-up · Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 9:00 – 9:05
    Room TBA

    Opening Remarks

    Kelly Cobey

  • 9:05 – 9:30
    Room TBA

    Summary of the Metascience Facilitated Discussion

    Clare Ardern (University of British Columbia)

  • 9:30 – 10:10
    Room TBA

    Plenary Talk: Collaboratorium

    Paul Hébert (CIHR)

  • 10:10 – 10:45
    Room TBA

    Three-Part Talk Series on Diamond Open Access

    Speakers: Lisa Matthias (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Jessica Dallaire-Clark and Jeanette Hatherill (Érudit), Lucia Cespedes (Université de Montréal)

  • 10:45 – 11:05
    Room TBA

    Coffee/Tea and Snacks

  • 11:05 – 12:00
    Room TBA

    Panel: Canada on the Global Open Science Stage

    Moderator: Mona Nemer

    Panelists: Bettina Cenerelli (Trudeau Foundation), Stuart Lane (Swiss National Science Foundation), York Sure-Vetter (National Research Data Infrastructure — NFDI, Germany), Jérôme Dupras (Chief Scientist of Quebec)

  • 12:00 – 12:30/40
    Track 1Room TBA

    2 Rapid Talks

    Track 2Room TBA

    2 Rapid Talks

  • 12:30/40 – 1:30
    Room TBA

    Lunch

  • 1:30 – 2:00
    Track 1Room TBA

    1 Short Talk

    Track 2Room TBA

    1 Short Talk

  • 2:00 – 3:00
    Track 1Room TBA

    3 Rapid Talks and Discussion: Open Science Monitoring and Compliance

    Track 2Room TBA

    3 Rapid Talks and Discussion: Security and Ethics

  • 3:00 – 3:15
    Room TBA

    Closing Remarks and Poster Prizes

    Kelly Cobey

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