Collaboration Coffees

Collaboration Coffees are prepared social events to network with the other DSS2025 participants on a certain topic. We offer dedicated rooms equipped with coffee(!), beamers and flipcharts that you can use to collaborate and discuss your topic.

We have two slots for the coffees (each 1 hour), one before the main program of the symposium begins, on Wednesday at 11am, and one after the main program on Thursday at 1pm.


Interested? Below you find links to the collaboration coffees.

Collaboration Coffees on Wednesday, 11am

Three collaborations coffees take place before the main program of the symposium starts, on Wednesday, September 3rd at 11am. You find them also in the program .

Efficient metadata curation for optimal findability


  • Give a short introduction to FAIR and open-data
  • Discuss current advances and challenges of sharing your work as openly as possible
  • Work on To-Do’s and To-Don’ts about creating and documenting metadata to help make scientific work FAIR

Let's talk about NetCDF!


  • An overview of the HMG NetCDF Initiative and its goals
  • A first look at the NetCDF metadata attribute guidelines
  • Discussion on aligning metadata fields across disciplines
  • A Discussion on tools for machine-readable templates and user-friendly metadata entry

Data Steward Roles in Support Networks


  • Strengthen FAIR data stewardship practices
  • Connect stewards and support networks
  • Share practical tools and strategies
  • Ensure a sustainable management of research data

Collaboration Coffees on Thursday, 1pm

Two collaborations coffees take place after the main program of the symposium ended, on Thursday, September 4th at 1pm. You find them also in the program .

Have you ever … used AI tools to search for literature?


  • Use finders like Semantic Scholar, Elicit
  • Explore literature via ResearchRabbit, Inciteful
  • Demonstrate tools with specific examples
  • Include interactive session for collecting experiences
  • Discuss AI tools in research workflows
  • Evaluate whether deep research is achievable with AI tools

Unlocking the Potential of ELNs: Toward a Helmholtz-Wide Solution


  • Discuss desirable features
  • Briefly review a few existing solutions
  • Consider whether centrally provided ELN services across Helmholtz could be a sustainable way forward