Available in the long term? – Data repositories and research data: sustainability, security, and innovation
HUN-REN Data Repository Platform will hold its annual conference on October 8, 2026. We warmly welcome you to attend in person or via our live stream.
- Date: October 8, 2026
- Location: Humán Tudományok Kutatóháza
- Registration is required: REGISTER
- Registration deadline: September 30, 2026
Live stream: LINK COMING SOON
Aim of the Conference:
There is a fundamental consensus in both the national and international research environments that research data is a valuable asset. In line with the latest requirements, this value must be preserved, stored securely in the long term, and, whenever possible, made accessible. Achieving these goals requires significant effort and investment from researchers, institutions, infrastructures, and experts alike.
Data repositories, which have become strategically important, and professional data stewards play an indispensable role in this process. Modern repositories ensure the secure, long-term preservation of scientific results and the underlying research data, while providing opportunities for international visibility and accessibility. As relatively new players in the research sphere, data stewards act as key contributors supporting the practical implementation of the FAIR data principles and assisting researchers in the proper management of their research data. The sustainable operation of research infrastructures thus requires significant institutional, technological, and human expertise.
As a defining actor in the Hungarian research ecosystem, the HUN-REN ARP project plays a key role in establishing the above at the institutional level by operating the ARP Data Repository and collaborating with the HUN-REN Data Steward Network. Furthermore, it considers it fundamental to support cooperation among national data repositories and among data stewards, to provide appropriate platforms for these collaborations, and to facilitate integration into the international research ecosystem.
The primary aim of the conference is to provide a forum to discuss the long-term, secure sustainability of data repositories and research data, and to present the latest scientific challenges, trends, technological opportunities, and developments. It also aims to facilitate networking, community building, and knowledge sharing among funders, operators, researchers, data stewards, and research infrastructure developers.
ABSTRACTS (available in Hungarian only):
Detailed program:
09:00-09:30: Registration
09:30-09:45: Opening speeches
- Zsófia Hartyányi (HUN-REN, Acting Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer)
- Enikő Meiszterics (ELTE TK, HUN-REN Data Repository Platform, Project leader)
09:45-11:00: Data repositories, data storage, data management
- András Holl (MTA KIK): Musings on data repositories and long term preservation
- Júlia Egyed-Gergely (ELTE TK, ARP): Milestones in the Research Data Repository Practices of Hungary’s Largest Research Network
- László Kovács (HUN-REN SZTAKI, ARP): ARR, the past and the future
- Q&A
11:00-11:15: Cofee break
11:15-12:50: Research Data from Specific Fields of Science
- Ákos Lencsés (ELTE NYTK): Lessons Learned from a 1941 Research Survey
- László Kiss (ELTE TK): From historical knowledge graphs to platform-independent semantic reference architecture – a possible path towards FAIR historical research data
- Róbert Szederkényi (ELTE HTK): From Field Recording to the Repository: Institutional Challenges in Research Data Management
- Eszter Pálvölgyi-Polyák (ELTE University Library and Archives): (Meta)data for the Future: Mosaics from the Metadata Best Practices of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
- Q&A
12:50-13:30: Lunch
13:30-15:05: Technical Developements and Opportunities
- László Kun (HUN-REN, Ludovika University of Public Service, PhD): Methodologies and data governance practices in the management of digital data
- Zoltán Tóth (HUN-REN SZTAKI, ARP): RocKIT: RocKIT: Managing RO-Crate-Based Research Data Packages from the Researcher’s Desktop to the Repository
- Győző Kaján (HUN-REN ÁTKI): Let the robot do the grunt work! – Artificial intelligence at the service of research data stewards
- András Vereckei (ELTE KRTK): How are large language models and the tools built on them transforming research and the deposit of research data?
- Q&A
15:05-15:20: Cofee break
15:20-16:55: International Overview
- Zoltán Pompor (Pro-M Zrt): The opportunities offered by the expanding EOSC
- Judit Fazekas-Paragh (DEENK): Connecting to the EOSC and OpenAIRE ecosystems: building infrastructures and skills for FAIR research data
- Gergely Sipos (EGI Foundation): Bridging the gaps in EOSC: Data and application interoperability by EOSC Data Commons
- Tibor Faragó-Szilvási (MTA KIK): EU recommendations on research security and their possible impact on the content expansion of data management plans.
- Q&A
16:55-17:00: Closing
Moderators: Tamás Scheibner (ELTE HTK TTI) and Gabriella Virág (ELTE TK)
Registration is required: REGISTER
Registration deadline: September 30, 2026
The event is free of charge and will be recorded.
We warmly welcome everyone who would like to join the professional dialogue on the future of research data!
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the HUN-REN ARP team at @email.
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