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Connie Clare

Dr Connie Clare is Community Development Manager at the Research Data Alliance (RDA) where she is responsible for managing engagement with the global RDA community and facilitating its growth. She has a background in scientific communication and experience building user communities around international data repositories for science, engineering and design. Her PhD in Developmental Biology explored nutrient metabolism, epigenetic programming and developmental origins of adult health and disease. 

Dear WG members, With great pleasure I inform you that the Data Director Agentic AI Tool Blueprint has been endorsed by the RDA Council and is officially published in Zenodo. You can find all the versions on the outputs page (PDF and Word doc), including the draft version 0.1 submitted for community review, version 1.0 […]
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September 4, 2026
Dear WG members, Hope you are all well. Just an update that the community review of the recommendation ended on 28 July, and I have carefully reviewed and responded to the comments. I have included the revisions directly in v1.0 of the blueprint, which is available on the outputs page. I have also added a […]
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August 6, 2026
We’re bringing together the growing number of AI-related groups and Birds of a Feather sessions across RDA! The RDA Secretariat and RDA-US will host two virtual ‘AI Cross-Fertilisation Meetings’ this September, aimed at connecting the growing number of AI-related groups and Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions scattered across the RDA before they converge at the 27th Plenary […]
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July 27, 2026
We’re bringing together the growing number of AI-related groups and Birds of a Feather sessions across RDA! The RDA Secretariat and RDA-US will host two virtual ‘AI Cross-Fertilisation Meetings’ this September, aimed at connecting the growing number of AI-related groups and Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions scattered across the RDA before they converge at the 27th Plenary […]
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July 27, 2026
We’re bringing together the growing number of AI-related groups and Birds of a Feather sessions across RDA! The RDA Secretariat and RDA-US will host two virtual ‘AI Cross-Fertilisation Meetings’ this September, aimed at connecting the growing number of AI-related groups and Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions scattered across the RDA before they converge at the 27th Plenary […]
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July 27, 2026
Dear all, The RDA now allows Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions to be proposed online at any time, not just around a Plenary. Proposals require a minimum of two co-organisers, must not overlap with existing groups, and are reviewed by the Technical Advisory Board (submit 8+ weeks ahead). Sessions run online, up to 90 […]
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July 22, 2026
Dear Group Chairs This is for you! Earlier this week, we organised an event on RDA Web Accessibility with Kim Ferguson, Research Data Management Specialist at DANS and Community Development Manager for RDA in the Netherlands, a valued partner region of the RDA. The webinar was repeated twice, on 7 and 8 July, to accommodate […]
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July 9, 2026