[Jane Wyngaard]

Dear community,
*P11*
As you’ve probably seen the call for RDA P11 sessions in Berlin (April
2018) is open. We’ve reached out to the chairs of the Weather, climate and
air quality, From Observational Data to Information, and Geospatial IGs,
and Research Data Collections WG, about possibly running a joint session to
share practical techniques. We’d welcome any comment on that, please feel
free to jump in and comment here on the list.
*P12*
IDW2018 is happening in Gabarone Bostwana. We think being in the Southern
Hemisphere (and a easy flight from Europe) is a fantastic opportunity to
connect with the broader research community that isn’t always able to
attend EU/US meetings. There are a couple ways we could do this, and we’ve
reached out to some researchers in South Africa, Kenya, and Botswana, but
would very much welcome any further connections. Possible opportunities we
see for that week:
– SciDataCon session – This would
be the most formal setting of the week to present research. We have a
communal ideas document here
looking for input, session proposals due 19 Jan)
– RDA P12 – We could propose a session, which we will discuss in tandem
with P11 preparations.
– Pre/Post event – We could consider using the collocation of so many
experts and the available venue to host a 1 day workshop on anything from
”Research drones 101” through to running a hackathon on the
code/data/sensors for sUAS, or a working session to make progress on some
of our identified community challenges (e.g. minimal metadata requirements,
other ideas welcome)
We are looking forward to hearing any ideas or suggestions for our upcoming
events, and hope to see you in *Berlin* in *March*.
Regards,
Jane and Bar
Co-chairs, RDA sUAS data IG
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Jane Wyngaard, PhD
Data Science Technologist
Centre for Research Computing
University of Notre Dame

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