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About the event

Base4NFDI invites you to the 3rd Base4NFDI User Conference - UC4B2026!
This year again, Base4NFDI and the funded basic services want to get into discussion with you, our users.

This year again, Base4NFDI and the funded basic services want to get into discussion with you, our users.

  • a hands-on part with incubator presentations and possibility to present service integration in your community
  • an exchange on strategic service topics, e.g. operating models

The aim of the event is to present the basic services and the progress of their work, to shed light on the development and sustainable operation of research infrastructures in general and also from an international perspective. And, above all, to examine hands-on in cooperation with the basic service teams how the roll-out of basic services in the consortia can function technically and organizationally. 

The interactive program will allow participants to increase the visibility of their work, exchange insights with stakeholders from across the NFDI and help identify opportunities for broader adoption and integration of services. 
However, the central aim of the event is to benefit cooperation between basic service teams and consortia. 

When: November 24-25, 2026
Where: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Haus Potsdamer Straße, Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin
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Please note: Registration and more information like room allocation, session content, etc. can be found on the Indico event page.

Tuesday, Nov 24th, 2026

10:30 - 12:00 CET

Pre-conference workshop: Service Readiness Level

12:00 - 13:30 CET

Welcome Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 CET

Presentations of Incubators - Moderation by Martin Reinhardt

15:00 - 15:30 CET

Coffee Break and Poster Session

15:30 - 16:30 CET

Incubators Consultation Hour 

16:30 - 17:00 CET

Poster Minute Madness - Moderation by Lukas Weimer

17:00- 17:30 CET

Coffee B​reak and Poster Session

17:30 - 17:45 CET

Welcome and Opening by Reinhard Altenhöner

17:45 - 18:45 CET

Keynote "Data and AI for the Public Good: The Role of Intelligent Governance" by Sabina Leonelli

19:00 - 22:00 CET

Reception

Wednesday, Nov 25th, 2026

9:00 - 09:20 CET

Opening and Welcome Note by DFG

9:20 - 10:10 CET

Keynote "Operating the NFDI - Thoughts of an Interested Observer" by Christian Grimm

10:10 - 10:20 CET

Coffee Break 

10:20 - 11:30 CET

Short Presentations in Parallel Sessions
Session 1 - Moderation by Sonja Schimmler
Session 2 - Moderation by Najla Rettberg

11:30 - 12:10 CET

Coffee Break

12:10 - 12:30 CET

Business Model #1: Pitches of the Basic Services - Moderation by Bernhard Miller

12:30 - 13:25 CET

Business Model #2: Panel - Moderation by Bernhard Miller

13:25 - 13:30 CET

Closing by Reinhard Altenhöner

13:30 - 14:30 CET

Farewell Lunch