3rd Editors4Chem Workshop
March 23 , 13:00 – March 24 , 14:00 CET
Dear colleagues,
We are inviting you to the 3rd Editors4Chem Workshop, organised by NFDI4Chem, CODATA, PSDI and IUPAC, taking place in person in Aachen (Germany) on 23–24 March 2026.
This workshop brings together journal editors, researchers, infrastructure providers, and other stakeholders to explore the future of scholarly publishing in chemistry, with a focus on open, FAIR, and reproducible practices.
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Agenda
Day 1 (Monday, 23.03.2026)
| 13:00 -14:00 | Light Lunch, Event-Admission / Registration |
| 14:00 – 14:10 | Welcome |
| 14:10 – 15:30 | Session I: Setting the scene and motivation – what challenges are publishing houses facing? |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Group photo & coffee |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Session II: Solving the problem: Benefits of FAIR Research Data in Chemistry |
| 17:15 – 18:00 | Session III: Proposing the “Aachen Memorandum of FAIR data publishing in Chemistry” (working title) |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Walk to Restaurant through the City of Aachen |
| 19:00 | Workshop Dinner Restaurant Elisenbrunnen (Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz, 52062 Aachen) |
Day 2 (Tuesday 24.03.2026)
| 08:45 | Event-Admission / Registration |
09:00 – 10:30 | Session IV: Roadmap to improve Research Data in Chemistry Publishing |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Session V: Finalizing the “Aachen Memorandum of FAIR data publishing in Chemistry” (working title) |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Wrapup and Closing: Next steps and final words |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| Optional: 14:00-16:00 | Satellites: More technical details on modern FAIR data solutions |
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