Open Access to Research Data is ushering a new era in Open Science, enabling scientists to attain greater impact, avoid duplication of efforts, foster future research through data preservation. According to its principles, all scientific data, including data underlying publications, curated data and raw data, must be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable, online and free of charge.

Since the preparatory work for the International Geophysical Year of 1957–1958, through the free release of Landsat data in 2008, Earth & Space Sciences have paved the way to Open Access in research practice, which nowadays extends to all academic disciplines.

This session offers a multi-disciplinary venue to share success stories of Open Research Data and solutions for its challenges, as well as to identify good practices and areas where further support is required.

Contributions may regard, but are not limited to, infrastructural and technological aspects, e.g. hardware/software assets and tools for accessing research data, online repositories, Data Management Plans, but also lessons learnt, policies for managing, training and supporting continuous operation and evolution, as well as institutional, organisational, ethical and legal issues, e.g. licensing, related to providing Open Access to Research Data from a variety of sources, in a variety of formats.

Reports and experiences from participants in the Horizon 2020 Open Research Data Pilot are of special interest.