(as indicated below, the meeting is aimed at *Dutch* researchers, but I believe it is relevant for the other BBC countries to be aware of the meeting.) During the its EU presidency last year, the Dutch government pushed to further Open Science as a European level. This has led to various activities, and at a local level in a "National Plan Open Science" (https://www.openscience.nl/) to enact the European "Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science" (see [0]). On May 29, this National Plan will be discussed directly with researchers for the first time at a national meeting aimed at Dutch scientists. Besides some top down information with speakers like Sander Dekker (government) and Wim van den Doel (NWO), the meeting will be by researchers and for researchers: https://www.openscience.nl/nationaal-plan For example, during the lunch break researchers can present their own Open Science work or shop around and see how others are using Open Science in their research. This is organized as a Knowledge Commons session. After this 1.5h Open Science galore, there will be break out sessions where you can learn about various themes and discuss the issues you are facing. Mind you, this is the time to let the Dutch government hear your researcher voice and needs! Importantly, the meeting is for anyone doing research, whether at a university, a HBO, an institute, but even at home as a citizen scientist. After all, it's about Open Science and our European future. Also, it's not only about natural sciences, but also linguistics, humanities, social sciences, law, etc. With kind regards, Egon -- E.L. Willighagen Department of Bioinformatics - BiGCaT Maastricht University (http://www.bigcat.unimaas.nl/) Homepage: http://egonw.github.com/ LinkedIn: http://se.linkedin.com/in/egonw Blog: http://chem-bla-ics.blogspot.com/ PubList: http://www.citeulike.org/user/egonw/tag/papers ORCID: 0000-0001-7542-0286 ImpactStory: https://impactstory.org/u/egonwillighagen
