Fostering Innovation through Open Science

With generous support from Schmidt Sciences, ORCA has produced a comprehensive analysis that synthesizes real world evidence on open science as a critical tool to fuel innovation, accelerate discovery, enable AI breakthroughs, catalyze economic growth, and advance societal progress while ensuring that science delivers broad and lasting public value.

Building off of this timely and well-received resource, ORCA collaborated with Microsoft, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and CERN to convene a group of leaders from academia, industry, philanthropy, and civil society in early 2026. The event aimed to identify practical opportunities for collaboration across open science, open source, and open data. A full workshop read-out is available here.

We’re creating multiple on-ramps for engagement and would welcome a conversation about themes and next steps. If you’re interested in shaping or participating in the pilot, let’s connect.