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The deadline for the Call for Sessions for RDA's 17th Plenary Meeting has been extended to allow for more preparation time and to accommodate the holiday break. You can submit your Working and Interest Group Sessions, Joint Meetings (including multiple working and interest groups) and Birds of a Feather Sessions until 26 January 2021, 23:59 UTC. 

To submit your application, please complete the corresponding form below: 

This week sees a big milestone in the EOSC Association journey, with the first General Assembly (GA) taking place on Thursday 17 December. The GA will be electing the President and eight Directors of the EOSC Association Board. Of the fourteen candidates standing for election, RDA is pleased to note that exactly eight of them are RDA members.

The planning for RDA's 17th plenary is well underway, and we would like to bring a few exciting news and key deadlines to your attention: 

Call for sessions 

Plenary 17 will include all of the main elements of our typical in-person plenary event (breakout sessions, plenary sessions, poster event, networking events, etc.). For those new to RDA, breakout sessions are a large part of the event programme and include the following:

In November 2020, the Research Data Alliance, the Digital Repository of Ireland and the Digital Curation Centre joined forces on a new project aiming to support the internationalisation and implementation of EOSC. This project is being funded through an open call by the EOSC Secretariat (https://www.eoscsecretariat.eu/funding-opportunities).

The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is currently finalising its fourth strategic plan, providing direction and vision for the organisation, its stakeholders and community until 2023. We invite all to provide feedback suggestions and comments on the Strategic Plan by Sunday December 6, 2020 at 23:59 UTC.