The FAIR & AI Symposium, organised under Cluster Forschungsdaten, brought together a vibrant community of researchers, infrastructure specialists, data stewards, and policy experts to explore one of today’s most pressing intersections: the evolving relationship between FAIR research data and artificial intelligence (AI). Held in the magnificent Aula of TU Graz’ historic main building, the rich program sparked lively discussions on how data management and AI development can advance together in a responsible and sustainable way.

We would like to draw your attention to the university course "Data Steward" and invite you in advance to the free online information event on Wednesday, 3 December 2025.

On October 6, 2026, the first meeting of the RIS Synergy Consortium took place at TU Wien.

The annual project meeting of “Shared RDM” took place at Graz University of Technology from September 23 to 24. The focus was on how cooperation between universities can be continued on a sustainable basis even after the official end of the project.

On September 8 and 9, the University of Vienna invited Austrian and international guests to an open science exchange.

All 18 previous RIS Synergy project partners remain part of the RIS Synergy Consortium. In addition, two further research institutions have joined the consortium.

The second edition of the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI) brought together national and international experts in Aachen from August 26 to 28, 2025. The venue was the C.A.R.L. lecture hall center at RWTH Aachen University. The event offered a diverse program of keynotes, presentations, poster sessions, and a “market of opportunities”—all united under the guiding principle of generating more knowledge through the effective use of research data.

Members of Graz University of Technology and TU Wien participated in this year's partner workshop in Hamburg as part of the InvenioRDM community—a dynamic and collaborative event that drives the future of InvenioRDM.

RIS Synergy, a project funded by the BMBWF as part of the ‘Digital and Social Transformation in Higher Education’ call, has come to an end after a period of 4 years and 10 months. Around 80 participants attended the final event, taking place on 5 March 2025 at TUtheSky, with a project presentation, panel discussion and a festive conclusion.

As part of the RIS Synergy subproject 2, a concept study on a national research portal for Austria was conducted and has now been published.

On February 17-19, our colleagues Andrés Tabima, Valentin Futterer (both TU Wien) and Laura Thaci (TU Graz) presented their work at the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) in The Hague.

We would like to thank you very much for visiting the Cluster Research Data Expo 2025! Below you will find the proceedings of the Expo...