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The Research Data Alliance Interest Group for Agricultural Data (IGAD) is thrilled to announce that eight proposals have been accepted in support of the IGAD coffee break webinar series, and the new initiative will run from 16 June to 20 October 2021.  The new series will help to create an ongoing dialogue and encourage the exchange of experiences on agricultural research and innovation within the IGAD community and beyond. 
The first webinar is set to take place on 16 June from 13:00 to 13:30 CEST. The webinar, titled Aligning AGROVOC and Ontologies to connect semantics to improve Agrifood data annotation and interoperability will feature Pier Luigi Buttigieg, Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration / GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research. Registration is now available here. 
The webinar series will also include the following presentations:

Agricultural market dynamics based on data evidence featuring Luiza Petrosyan, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia. Spain

Analysis of time series of Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 data – the new quality of information for Agriculture featuring Karel Charvát, Plan4all z.s., Czech Republic

Data innovation and semantics are crucial to the future of animal health featuring Georgina Cherry, Veterinary Health Innovation Engine (vHive) team, United Kingdom 

Developing an information system to support agrobiodiversity conservation in Mexico featuring Dr. Alicia Mastretta Yanes and Irene Ramos, CONABIO, Mexico

Digital Agriculture and Open Data Systems for Sustainable and Competitive Agriculture of Georgia featuring Dr. Kakha Nadiradze, Institute TECHINFORMI, Georgia

Growing Digital Agriculture from the Grassroots: designing just and sustainable agricultural data applications featuring Sarah-Louise Ruder, University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability; Dr. Hannah Wittman, University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability; and Kevin Cussen, Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm, Canada 

Supporting Open Data in agriculture with F1000Research featuring Guillaume Wright, Physical Sciences Publisher, F1000 Research, Great Britain  

Every webinar in the IGAD Coffee Break series will last 30 minutes, with the structure of a  15-minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes of discussion.  Through this format, participants of each webinar will have the opportunity to ask important questions and support the need for networking, to ensure that these meaningful conversations extend beyond the webinar series. 
Every session will also be recorded for those who cannot attend. More information and registration details will be sent soon. 

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