
Hamburg Science Summit 2026: Open science in a multipolar world – The future of openness in Europe and beyond
Panel with Kumsal Bayazit, Linda Doyle, Joanna Drake, Mona Nemer and Robert-Jan Smits.
Geopolitical rivalries pose new challenges to the openness of science. The panel explores how international cooperation can be reconciled with security, competitiveness and technological sovereignty. Kumsal Bayazit (Elsevier), Linda Doyle (League of European Research Universities), Joanna Drake (European Commission) and Mona Nemer (Chief Scientific Adviser to the Canadian Government) in conversation with Robert-Jan Smits (Netherlands house for Education and Research).


