Session III: Repositories under AI: threat or opportunity?

Hosted by the Research Data Management & Open Access Working Groups

Is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Open Science infrastructures a black-or-white discussion? The Open Access and Research Data Management Working Groups invite the audience to explore the grey areas, recognising both the threats and the opportunities AI presents for repositories.

This webinar in the AI Pulse series will contribute with reflections to the workshop on Imagining and Co-creating LIBER’s AI Futures to be held on 2 July 2026 during the LIBER Annual Conference in Trondheim, Norway. Find more information about the workshop here. 

Moderators: 

• Alicia Fátima Gómez (IE University, Madrid). Member of LIBER Executive Board and of the Open Access Working Group. 
• Raúl Aguilera (REBIUN & Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). Member of the LIBER Research Data Management Working Group. 

Speakers: 

• Olaf Siegert (Head of Publication Services, ZBW-Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Germany). Co-chair of the Open Access Working Group
• Dr. Irene Nooren (Innovation Program Manager, SURF, The Netherlands)