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Meeting presenters
Natalie Harrower – Executive Director, Canadian Research Data Centre Network
Steven McEachern – Project Lead, Integrated Research Infrastructure for the Social Sciences, Australia  
(TBC) Donnie Wolff-Boenisch – Director, Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives
(TBC) Yuji Genda, Director, Center for Social Research and Data Archives, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
(TBC) Margaret Levenstein, Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan.
 
Meeting Agenda:
14:00 – IG Introduction:  What is the Social Sciences and Humanities Data Interest Group
14:10 – Session Introduction:  session objectives
14:15 – Panel opening remarks (5 minutes each) – brief description of their infrastructure and key challenges/opportunities
14:50 – Q&A
15:10 – Open Discussion of key issues the IG could help advance through RDA
15:25 – Wrap up, next steps, future topics, IG membership.

Applicable Pathways
Other

Are you willing to hold your session at multiple times to accommodate various time zones?
No

Avoid conflict with the following group (3)
Research Data Collections WG

Contact for group (email)
matthew.lucas@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca

Group chair serving as contact person
Steven McEachern

I Understand a Chair Must be Present at the Event to Hold the Breakout Session
Yes

Meeting objectives
The Social Sciences & Humanities Data Interest Group proposes an Interest Group session at RDA Plenary 22 focused on the opportunities and challenges of building and maintaining infrastructure to support data intensive research in the social science and humanities.  The session will include panelists responsible for data infrastructure in a diverse group of countries/regions and with experience collaborating internationally.   The session will also aim to identify issues and/or challenges that the Interest Group could advance through the RDA.  Specifically, the objectives are:

To explore the challenges and opportunities of building and maintaining national and international data infrastructure to support research in the social sciences and humanities.
To identify issues/challenges that the Social Sciences and Humanities Data Interest Group could advance through the RDA. 

Please indicate at least (3) three breakout slots that would suit your meeting.
Breakout 5, Breakout 8, Breakout 12

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