Programme

The CARE* principles serve as foundational pillars to guide the management of data concerning or associated with Indigenous communities. Emphasising Collective Benefit underscores the importance of collaborative approaches, Authority to Control supports Indigenous sovereignty over data, Responsibility entails the establishment of clear accountability structures and processes, and Ethical considerations prioritise the protection of Indigenous knowledge, cultural protocols, and privacy rights. By adhering to these CARE principles, we can strive to foster self-determination, promote equitable partnerships, and address historical injustices. This session will provide three different perspectives on the challenges of indigenous data governance and existing and developing responses. Chair: Rosie Hicks. Speakers: Alfred J.P. Lin, Niklas Labba, Marcia Langton. More on the speakers here

The planetary and societal challenges of the 21st century are complex and multi-faceted. Given these characteristics, it is vital to leverage multi-stakeholder participation in transdisciplinary approaches, to maximise access to data from government, the private sector and academia, while leveraging new computational and AI-inspired methodologies.
Yet, in a world adapting to the challenges and opportunities of transformative technologies and unprecedented volumes of data, there is also pressure on science systems to maintain good practices and guidelines for the science of data. The opportunities to accelerate scientific discovery, through the adoption of new technologies, will only be realised if data intensive science is also rigorous, responsible and reproducible.
Chair: Mercè Crosas. Speakers: Professor Dame Juliet A. Gerard, Ana Arjona, Dr. Agnes Kiragga
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As a global, community driven initiative the Research Data Alliance’s vision is that researchers and innovators openly share and re-use data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society. Achieving this vision requires the global RDA community to build the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing and re-use of data.
As a global, open organisation, the RDA has over 15,500 individual members from over 151 countries and this session will illustrate just a few of the many ways in which RDA works and the impact that it has on the global research data landscape. From important RDA group outputs being implemented in many different scenarios worldwide to successful collaborations with industry and new trends in Artificial Intelligence.
The session will follow different formats, including presentations, panel discussions and interviews, moderated by Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General, Research Data Alliance.

Speakers:
Aleksandra Lazić, PhD Candidate & Researcher, Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade & 2024 Sarah Jones Award Winner
Mikiko Tanifuji, Deputy Director, Research Center for Open Science and Data Platform (RCOS) at National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan
Andrew Treloar, Director, International Strategy, Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)
CJ Woodford, Project Manager, Digital Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC)
Connie Clare, Community Development Manager, Research Data Alliance
Marcy Collinson, Director, Worldwide Academic Research, Microsoft Corporation
Alex Delipalta, Director, RDA Europe, Belgium
Wim Hugo, Chief Technology Officer, DANS, The Netherlands
Shelley Stall, Vice President, Open Science Leadership, American Geophysical Union
Martina Stockhouse, IPCC Data Distribution Centre Manager, DKRZ, Germany
Lesley Wyborn, Adjunct Fellow at the Australian National University

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An international panel will share progress made with open data and research via interconnected, interoperable, and interdisciplinary data, technologies, platforms, and services.
This progress comes from disciplinary and regional entities designing federated data systems for metadata and data exchange. These systems leverage distributed nodes and access portals that support common APIs, metadata schemas, and services. Technological advancements in semantic interoperability, authentication, and sensitive data exchange are major enablers of these federated systems.
Demonstrations of high-impact applications and views of the international state of open research will be exchanged, followed by a moderated discussion. Chair: Reyna Broadhurst. Speakers: Bernie Pope, Dina N. Paltoo, Fiona Bradley. Check on the keynote speakers here

While there is significant progress in disseminating and implementing global Open Science practices, there is still a big divergence between some regions and nations in the world in terms of access to resources, tools and efforts to reduce the digital divide and achieve the global Open Science goals, particularly in reference to research data. While identifying practical and achievable means to reduce those barriers, stakeholders should ensure the implementation of both ethical and responsible data practices globally. Additionally, multilingualism must be urgently addressed as English as the sole or almost sole working language is a barrier to inclusion and participation for many parts of the world.
This session will hear from leaders, with particular emphasis on those from the Southern hemisphere, who are working tirelessly to reduce this divide in their country and / or continent.
Chair: Hilary Hanahoe. Speakers: Sandra Collins, Devika P. Madalli, Nokuthula Mchunu, Rodrigo Roa. More on the speakers here