Event Date: October 14-15, 2025
Event Time:
- Day 1: 13:30 - 17:30 CEST
- Day 2: 09:00 - 14:15 CEST
Event Location: EARMA Space
Event Address: Rue des Colonies 56, Brussels, Belgium
Preliminary Agenda: It can be found here.
Participation fee: Free of charge
Maximum capacity: 40 participants
About the Event
Join us for the annual EARMAimpact Thematic Group meeting designed for research impact professionals and impact-curious Research Managers and Administrators across Europe. Our two-day gathering will focus on evolving craft of research impact – from digital tools to human networks. This year’s meeting invites participants to explore how we plan, assess and support research impact, not only through technologies, but through dialogue and shared professional identity.
Across a blend of keynotes, panel sessions, interactive formats, and informal exchanges, we will address timely questions in our field:
- - New Tools for New Tasks: What technologies are enabling better impact planning and assessment?
- - Working Groups Progress: Where does the EARMAimpact community stand, and what’s next?
- - From Task to Profession: How has the role of the impact practitioner evolved—and what does the future demand of us?
- - Impact Clinic: Can we build a peer mentoring network across institutions?
- - People First: As always, the most valuable insights emerge through conversation — over coffee, lunch, and dinner.
More about the EARMAimpact Thematic Group can be found here.
Registration Information
Participants do not have to be EARMA members in order to participate. Registration for this event is open until September 30, 2025, or until it reaches maximum capacity.
If you register and would like to cancel your participation, you may do so until September 23, for free, by contacting us at earma@earma.org. If the participant cancels after the cancellation deadline OR no-shows at the event, the participant is at risk of being blocked from registering for and attending future similar opportunities.
Participants are in charge of organising and paying for their own costs of travel and accommodation.
You can view the confirmation of your event registration in your EARMA profile under the "Account" section. Please note that you must be logged in to view these details.
Practical Information
The EARMA Office is only a 5-minute walk from Gare Centrale. Situated across from Brussels Park, it offers easy access to nature's beauty. Moreover, the Office enjoys excellent transportation links, allowing guests to effortlessly explore the city's attractions via metros, buses, trams, and taxis.
If accommodation is needed, we recommend staying in the Motel One Brussels or Pillows City Hotel Brussels Centre just a couple of minutes from the EARMA office, or in a close area where good options are 9Hotel Central, Hotel Hubert Grand Place, or Hilton Brussels Grand Place.
Travel Information
Event participants are kindly invited to consider using sustainable transportation options if possible. The train is a green alternative that provides a pleasant travel experience. Train travel is particularly practical from cities such as those listed below, all offering convenient connections to Brussels. You can find routes for the mentioned locations, as well as other destinations, and book your tickets here.
- - Paris: 1 hour 30 minutes
- - Amsterdam: 2 hours
- - London: 2 hours
- - Cologne: 2 hours
- - Lyon: 3 hours 45 minutes
- - Zurich: 6 hours
- - Hamburg: 6 hours 30 minutes
- - Berlin: 6 hours 45 minutes
- - Munich: 7 hours
Any queries?
Don't hesitate to email earma@earma.org.
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