CONFERENCE Program

PISA 2025 Conference – Program at a glance- Day 1, Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

The first day is dedicated to OpenASFA, and by invitation only to users of this platform and members of the ASFA European Regional network. If you are not a member, and would like to join the session, please contact Tamsin.Vicary@fao.org.

TIME	SESSION INFORMATION
09:30 - 09:45	Welcome to OpenASFA retreat and introductions (Tamsin Vicary, FAO)
09:45 - 10:30	OpenASFA Technical Review Current functionalities and performance analysis; User feedback & common issues. Tiziano Di Condina, Luca Berloco, Tamsin Vicary, FAO
10:30 - 11:30	User Needs & Feature Requests Review of user survey results, which features are working, which need improvement and what new features are needed?
11:30 - 11:50	Coffee Break and Group Photo,
11:50 - 13:00	Future Development & Enhancements. Brainstorming session: short-term vs. long-term goals; integrations with other systems
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break and optional wellness walk
14:00 - 15:00	Formulating a Workplan Funding sources, timelines and milestones for development of new features, responsibilities.
15:00 - 15:20	Coffee Break
15:20 - 15:50	OpenASFA and D4Science: review of services.
15:50 - 16:20	Sustainability & Maintenance Long-term governance & support models
16:20 - 17:00	Finalising workplan
16:20 - 17:00	Conclusion and summary
	End of DAY 1

DRAFT PISA 2025 Conference – Program at a glance – Day 2, Thursday, May 8

Subject to change, details yet to be finalised and confirmed

TIME	SESSION INFORMATION
09:00 - 09:30	Registration and speaker setup Sign-in, badges, conference program and materials
09:30 - 10:15	Opening session Welcome, Introduction & Keynote address
10:15 - 11:00	Fireside chat An informal chat with representatives from each of our organisations. We will discuss the importance of this joint conference, and get to know a little more about each group. We will also discuss the importance of grey literature resources for our organisations and networks, where grey literature resources are seen as ongoing channels in scientific communication.
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break and Group Photo,
11:30 - 13:00	Panel Session A new approach to grey literature confronting a dated mindset and misnomers Information professionals and practitioners teaching and working in schools, colleges, and libraries foster a dated understanding of today’s grey literature. The impact that over three decades of research and study linked with technological developments in information science requires attention.
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break and optional wellness walk
14:00 - 16:00	Poster Session and Sponsor Showcase
16:00 - 16:15	Conclusion and summary
18:30 - 20:00	Meet for Pisa Walking Tour
20:00	Social dinner
	End of DAY 1

DRAFT PISA 2025 Conference – Program at a glance – Day 3, Friday, May 9

Details yet to be finalised and confirmed

TIME	SESSION INFORMATION
09:00 - 09:30	Euraslic Board meeting
09:30 - 10:00	Euraslic Business meeting (all members)
10:00 - 11:30	Open Day 3: Session1 Current Initiatives in the field of information with broad applications for grey literature Evaluating the quality and credibility of AI-generated grey literature; AI incorporated in indexing, bibliographic descriptions, and refining the workflow; Establishing policies to manage ethical concerns of AI while taking advantage of AI technologies that revolutionised health care fields.
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee break
12:00 - 13:30	Session 2 Grey literature seen as both a driver and vehicle for scientific communication As a driver, grey literature is on the forefront of information produced in multiple fields of science. As a vehicle, grey literature serves in publishing and disseminating that which is produced in diverse and multiple document types both in textual and non-textual formats.
13:30 - 14:30	Lunch Break and optional wellness walk
14:30 - 16:00	Session 3 Data Sharing of Trusted Grey Resources Exploring data retention, data curation, and data specifications carried out by recognised organisations in the field of grey literature and in so doing expand the data spectrum through collaboration.
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee/Tea Break
16:30 - 17:00	Closing Session Conference wrap-up, Presentation of the Poster Prize, and Farewell