Venue: FIAS Hörsaal

As part of the PUNCH-2.0 Workshop of the PUNCH4NFDI collaboration (9–12 March 2026) at FIAS, we are pleased to invite all FIAS members and interested scientists from neighboring institutes to a keynote lecture by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Wörner, Director of FIAS.

His talk, “Dataspaces in Science and Technology,” will begin at 17:30 in the FIAS Lecture Hall and will last approximately 30 minutes, followed by ample time for questions and discussion.

The keynote is part of the PUNCH-2.0 workshop, during which members of the PUNCH consortium meet at FIAS to discuss strategies for the transition from the first funding period of the initiative to a possible second phase. A key goal of the workshop is to further strengthen collaboration and improve the use and accessibility of research data and results.

The keynote by Jan Wörner intentionally takes a broader perspective beyond the core fields of nuclear, particle and astrophysics represented in PUNCH. Drawing on his extensive experience with data integration and international research infrastructures – including his roles at the European Space Agency and acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering – he will reflect on the development and potential of distributed data spaces, such as those emerging in areas like mobility and large-scale scientific infrastructures.

While the workshop itself is aimed at members of the PUNCH4NFDI collaboration, the keynote lecture is open to the wider FIAS community and interested researchers from neighboring institutes. It offers an opportunity to connect the discussion on research data infrastructures within PUNCH with broader developments in scientific data ecosystems.