Collaborative notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cCVTpAs4tBio2xqXlDaAeMZjV2LMTx3s/edit

This meeting will explore emerging practices and standards for integrating and sharing multi-modal data—including imaging, structural, genomic, and other life science data types. The session will present early experiences from efforts in Europe to to bring together services from ELIXIR, EMBL, Euro-BioImaging, and Instruct-ERIC as part of a federated Life Science Research pilot node within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). It will also provide an opportunity to connect with global initiatives such as the Global Image Data Ecosystem (GIDE), with the aim of identifying common challenges and promising approaches that could inform broader data integration efforts across biomolecular disciplines.

The examples presented will provide a starting point for discussion with the wider RDA community to identify opportunities for adoption of standards, future work and new collaborations, with an emphasis on practical considerations for designing interoperable, cross-domain data services and supporting FAIR data sharing practices. The outcome of the meeting will be a short report summarising the approaches discussed, highlighting shared challenges and potential areas for collaboration, and outlining next steps for engaging interested participants in ongoing or new initiatives.

1. Welcome & Introduction (10 min)
   Format: Brief introduction to the RDA group(s) hosting the session followed by an interactive icebreaker to the topic where all participants are invited to engage.
2. Setting the scene: Linking Pixels, Proteins & Populations (30 min)
   Format: 2–3 coordinated flash talks providing different perspectives on integration and sharing multi-modal data followed by Q&A
3. Discussion: Practices and standards for integrating and sharing multi-modal data (25 min)
   Format: Guided discussions in smaller groups with reporting supported by Mentimeter and collaborative notes.
4. Synthesis: State of the art and opportunities for future collaborations (20 min)
   Format: Reporting from the smaller groups and open plenary discussion moderated by the session chairs.
5. Wrap-Up & Next Steps (5 min)

The meeting will focus on examples from the biomolecular life sciences but is open to and will provide context for anyone who is interested in disciplinary challenges related to combining different types of research data.