Collaborative session notes:

Open session notes

This session will give participants an understanding of how RDA-US is evolving, and how regional engagement with RDA can continue to be supported. Meeting attendees will gain insight into the current sustainability planning and the emerging vision for RDA-US.

The RDA-US level of participation, leadership, involvement and dedication is simply remarkable. We are proud of all the work the RDA-US community is doing and we will be sharing highlights of US members’ impact over the past year.  

Come share ways in which you have benefited from RDA, how you have used RDA outputs, or your insights regarding participation in RDA, including “pain points” or challenges you’ve experienced, and bring your ideas on how RDA-US can and should evolve.  

2025 was a year of change at the RDA-US office. While the RDA-US community is strong, fiscal pressures have made it impossible for Indiana University (IU) to continue to support RDA-US beyond the end of Phase I (Dec 2025).  In response to this change, RDA-US in the later half of 2025 has embarked in earnest on seeking interest by a group or individual(s) to take over managing RDA-US community engagement and the group’s US regional relationship with RDA global. 

An RDA-US transition team is working on areas such as prioritizing how to support our exceptional regional members as we evolve our organizational RDA-US strategy based on sustainability; supporting our RDA-US members’ travel and participation; early-career and all-career phase experiences of RDA; and how we can best champion WG output efforts with subsequent adoption and implementation activities in the US. Please attend this session for an opportunity to share your stories and ideas.

To help facilitate the discussion, we will invite attendees to consider some framing questions, such as: 

• Please share in a couple of sentences individual highlights of your RDA participation, output or activity you’re most proud of.
  And what have those accomplishments meant to you? (chairing a WG, delivering a training, co-authoring a particular output)
• We’re imagining a new future for RDA-US.  What should that future look like?
• What regional resources or partnerships should RDA-US develop in the next 2–3 years?

Let’s get together, catch up, and share priorities and identify actions for how to continue to improve the RDA-US experience in our global data sharing community.

Agenda for RDA-US Community gathering at P26

1. Welcome, Intro to In-Person convening (9:30) [Maria Praetzellis]
2. Intro to members of Cohort (9:35) [Maria]
3. Icebreaker (9:40 ) [Lindsey Anderson  &  VP26 online moderator]
4. RDA US update including news about the cohort formation (9:45)  [Lindsey, Rob Quick, Anil Srivastava]
5. Remarks from Secretariat on the importance of regional membership experiences including Q&A  (10:00) [Hilary Hanahoe, RDA Secretary General]
6. Remarks from RDA Council [Amy Nurnberger, RDA Council member] (10:15)
7. Recognition of RDA-US members’ impact on and in the RDA, on global data sharing and research culture (10:20) [Natalie Meyers]
8. RDA-US live polling – what’s the single thing you’re most proud of accomplishing through RDA? + 2-3 more poll questions  (10:25) [Michael Witt]
9.  Next steps with the cohort,  ways of keeping up with RDA US and how to engage post session  (10:45) [Maria & Lindsey]

• More info About RDA US (& go here to join the regional group)
• RDA US Community Gathering  and DataCite Connect will meet in DC on March 17-18 –  Register!
• RDA US Futures Moment of Opportunity (blog post of 10/14/25)