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PAST EVENTS

Nov 03 2021

03/11/2021 00:00 UTC

RDA P18 Virtual – IG sessions 1 and 2 (repeat)

The IG Education and Training for the Handling of Research Data will meet twice during Plenary 18: Plenary breakout session 2, on 3 Nov 2021, at 14.00-15.30 UTC Plenary breakout…

Apr 19–20 2018

19 - 20/04/2018 23:30 UTC

Webinar: Data Skills Curricula Framework Implementation

Hello All, ESIP's Data Management Training Working Group, the Belmont Forum e-Infrastructures and Data Management project, and the AGU/RDA/ESIP Enabling FAIR Data project are co-hosting a webinar this Thursday (19…

Mar 01 2016

01/03/2016 14:30 UTC

RDA 7th Plenary: reminder: joint session IG-ETHRD and RDA/CODATA Research Data Science Summer Schools

For our second session on 1 March, we are again at Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences Building 2F, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439. We will be in Conference Room…

Mar 01 2016

01/03/2016 11:30 UTC

RDA 7th Plenary: IG session, Education and Training for Handling of Research Data

Hello from Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences Building 2F,2-1-2 Hitotsubashi,Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo 101-8439. We will be in Conference Room 4 for our next IG group meeting at RDA Plenary 7, from…