We are pleased to invite you to the ‘Research AI Summit 2025: Bridging Innovation and AI’ to be held this Monday and Tuesday 9 & 10 June 2025 in New Delhi, India, hybrid: in person and online. The Summit is organized by the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Delhi this Monday and Tuesday June 9-10, 2025, in collaboration with CODATA India, iBRIC-NII, and CoARA-ERIP. The WebEx links to meetings are on the top of the programme attached here.

This is also the Launch Event for the Indian Research Assessment Forum (IRAF): https://semanticclimate.github.io/p/en/events/forum_IRAF/

In this context, we want to thank DORA (Declaration on Research Assessment) for the excellent DORA Event on ‘Implementing Responsible Research Assessment in India’ this past Friday 6 June: https://sfdora.org/2025/05/22/rra-in-india/ This was a critical webinar for introducing and fostering research assessment across India based on the seminal document and early pioneers in research assessment.

We have also published a response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on A European Strategy for AI in science – paving the way for a European AI research council, you can find here the response submitted to the European Commission following our conference on ‘Advancing responsible research assessment for funders in the European digital space: A dialogue on ethics, integrity, and open infrastructure’ held on 2 June 2025 at the Palais des Academies in Brussels: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14547-A-European-Strategy-for-AI-in-science-paving-the-way-for-a-European-AI-research-council/F3563348_en

Finally, we will also hold a workshop on ‘Ethics education and the future of research assessment in the digital age’ at the 13th International Conference on Ethics Education (IAEE Conference Schedule, see Day 3, parallel session 3:3 at 02:45 pm at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences in Bangalore on Saturday 14 July: https://iaee2025.org/schedule

Kind regards,

Francis

Francis P. Crawley
Co-chair and Coordinator, CoARA ERIP
Chair, International Data Policy Committee, CODATA, International Science Council (ISC)
CoARA’s Ethics and Research Integrity Policy for Responsible Research Assessment in Data and Artificial Intelligence (ERIP) Working Group
Leuven, Belgium