There will be three sessions:

   - *The foundations of Open Science* will be concerned with the epistemological foundations of Open Science, with a focus on the Open Data principles and the impact of new technologies on the spread of scientific knowledge.
   - *Data sharing in the scientific practice: experiences from different research fields*, in which empirical studies of data sharing practices  in different research fields (e.g. archaeology, biodiversity, biomedicine, genomics, psychology) will be presented.
   - *Facing the complexity of data sharing* will be dedicated to the discussion of the barriers to data sharing and what can be done to increase
   its rate.

Furthermore, the round table entitled ?*Six questions to understand Open Data*? will provide an opportunity for invited speakers to answer specific questions regarding data sharing in a wide perspective.

The list of speakers include: Neela Enke (Germany), Bernardino Fantini, Ilaria Fava, Andrea Cerroni, Roberto Lattanzi, Daniela Luzi, Fabio Parenti, Deborah Mascalzoni (Italy), Jelte Wicherts (Netherlands), Catherine Heeney (Spain), Geoffrey Boulton, Jennifer Molloy (United Kingdom).

Organizers: Paolo Anagnostou, Marco Capocasa and  Giovanni Destro Bisol