Programme and Pathways
RDA’s 23rd Plenary – Programme and Pathways
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The University of Costa Rica venue in San José will host P23 between 12-14 November 2024. P23 is scheduled as a hybrid event with in-person and online participation, with Whova [hu:va] as the official online platform.
- Light blue coloured lines indicate the sessions that will be held in rooms with English-Spanish simultaneous translation.
- Venue details including a map can be viewed here
- Equal number of programme components is given to each part of the world.
- In-person plenary days are 08:00-16:00 pm local Costa Rican time.
- Early finish will allow time for long breaks and to explore San José.
- The times listed below are in Central Standard Time (CST) or local Costa Rican time and Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
- Recordings and presentation slides will be available to all registered attendees within 24 to 36 hours and on on 17th December for the general public
Attending P23 as an online attendee? Download our guide on how to use our online Plenary platform, Whova.
How to navigate the programme?
Group Status: colour coding legend
IGs (Interest Groups)
Not yet endorsed
IG established
WGs (Working Groups)
Not yet endorsed
WGs Getting started (~0-6 months after RDA endorsement)
Producing deliverables (approx. 6-12 months after RDA endorsement)
WGs Wrapping up (from ~12 months after RDA endorsement)WGs Maintaining deliverables (maintenance group)
BoF (Birds of a Feather)
Pathways (Programme Navigation Tool)
9 research data-related topics of interest or themes are known as ‘pathways’ are available to help you navigate the programme:
- FAIR, CARE, TRUST – Adoption
- FAIR, CARE, TRUST – Implementation
- FAIR, CARE, TRUST – Evaluation and Policy
- Data Infrastructures and Environments – Generalist
- Data Infrastructures and Environments – Discipline Aligned
- Training, Stewardship skill, and Data Management Planning
- Semantics, Ontology, and Standardization
- Data Lifecycles – Versioning, Provenance, Citation, Reward, and Preservation
- Discipline-Focused Sessions
- Other
Each P23 session is summarised under each pathway category. This should help you navigate the programme and select sessions of interest.
Download a PDF programme filtered by pathways HERE 
Monday, 11 November 2024 {Times listed in UTC and CST}
- 13:00 – 16:00 CST | 19:00 – 22:00 UTC | Interoperability Frameworks in the Global Perspective: FAIR-IMPACT
The workshop invites reflection on Interoperability in global context. Bringing together global experts on research commons/ data commons/ science clouds, the workshop places Interoperability in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) in the context of other global models, projects, and infrastructures. Through presentations and open discussion, participants representing different global initiatives reflect on interoperability and learn from one another about the key challenges and possible solutions when developing data commons / data clouds and striving to make them interoperable.
Registration: this is an invitation-only event. Interested parties can contact the organizer, Liise Lehtsalu ([email protected]). More details and agenda - 14:00 – 18:00 CST | 20:00 – 00:00 UTC | DataCite Connect Costa Rica 2024 Co-located Event
Agenda and Registration page
The DataCite Connect event in Costa Rica provides a forum for discussion and networking for the RDA community. The session will discuss how persistent identifiers (PIDs) can be implemented to improve research data management, with a special focus on the FAIR principles and metadata best practices. Participants will learn about DataCite infrastructure, use cases and different repository systems that support PID and metadata integrations to comply with the FAIR principles. The session will include break-out groups and there will be plenty of time for Q&A and networking.
Tuesday, 12 November 2024 {Times listed in UTC and CST}
- 07:00 – 08:00 CST | 13:00 – 14:00 UTC | Registration, check-in
- 08:00 – 09:30 CST | 14:00 – 15:30 UTC | Plenary Session: Opening the RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting ‘Sustainable Science specifically Responsible Data in the Scientific Era‘ | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING
(English) This talk will look at how funders, countries and even institutions are having differing levels of success when it comes to encouraging researchers to open data. From this we can start to understand what best practices can help us move further, faster as a global community towards open FAIR data.
(Spanish) Esta charla analizará cómo los financiadores, los países e incluso las instituciones están teniendo diferentes niveles de éxito cuando se trata de alentar a los investigadores a generar datos abiertos. A partir de esto podemos empezar a comprender qué mejores prácticas pueden ayudarnos a avanzar más y más rápido como comunidad global hacia datos abiertos FAIR.
Keynote speaker: Mark Hahnel, VP Open Research at Digital Science. More details
Moderator: Alexa Ramírez, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. More details - 09:30 – 10:00 CST | 15:30 – 16:00 UTC | Networking Tea and Coffee Break
- 10:00 – 11:30 CST | 16:00 – 17:30 UTC | RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 1
RDA/WDS TRUST Principles Outreach and Adoption WG : Findings on TRUST Principles Adoption | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Auditorium | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
Artificial Intelligence and Data Visitation WG (AIDV-WG) : The global evolution of AI governance and the relevance of the AIDV-WG’s deliverables | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 204 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES- CANCELLED (chairs unavailability):
Digital Twins IG: Towards FAIR Digital Twins: FAIR and Interoperability for Earth System Digital Twinning | Venue: Edificio Educación Continúa, Classroom 309 - FAIR for Machine Learning (FAIR4ML) IG: FAIR4ML IG Activity Updates and Feedback | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 2 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – Proposal for IG: Data, process and NTRO in the creative and performing arts | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 205 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Joint session: Professionalising Data Stewardship IG, Sensitive Data IG: Terminologies for Data Management & Quality of Data Management : Ensuring FAIR Principles | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 1 | RECORDING
- Evaluation of Research IG: Evaluation of Research: Leveraging liaisons | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Audiovisuales 1 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Health Data Commons GORC Profile WG: Health Data Commons GORC profile: Methodology, Means, and Moving forward | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING
- 11:30 – 12:30 CST | 17:30 – 18:30 UTC | Lunch Break
- 12:00 – 12:30 CST | 18:00 – 18:30 UTC | Informal Meet Up for Newcomers
Trish Radotic, RDA Regional Community Manager (Oceania & East Asia), will welcome you to answer any questions about the RDA. She will be available within the P23 registration area in Aula Magna inside the Plaza de la Autonomía. - 12:30 – 14:00 CST | 18:30 – 20:00 UTC | Plenary Session: Adoption and Impact of RDA Outputs and Recommendations – Fireside Chats | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
This session will provide an opportunity to discuss and share RDA groups’ processes, challenges, and best practices in achieving impactful adoption of their outputs. The objective of the Outputs and Recommendations session is to also showcase the real-world impact of the work produced by the RDA groups.
RDA Groups presenters: SHAring Rewards and Credit IG, Professionalising Data Stewardship IG, Global Open Research Commons IG, Data Discovery Paradigms IG, Artificial Intelligence and Data Visitation WG, TIGER and TIGRUS projects.
Moderator: Shalini Kurapati, Community Development Specialist - 14:00 – 14:30 CST | 20:00 – 20:30 UTC | Networking Tea and Coffee Break
- 14:30 – 16:00 CST | 20:30 – 22:00 UTC | RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 2
- BoF – Advancing Data Skills: Expanding the CODATA-RDA SoRDS Curriculum | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 205 | RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE
- Research Data Architectures in Research Institutions (RDARI) IG: The Repercussions for an Institution of a Research Data Commons | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Auditorium | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDE
- RDA/WDS Certification of Data Repositories IG: Building trustworthy data repositories through certification | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 204 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Joint session: Global Open Research Commons IG, GORC International Model WG: Global open research commons: Recommendations, implementations, and profiles | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – Networks of Data Ambassador & Steward – Sharing experiences | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 1 | RECORDING
- Data Discovery Paradigms IG: Applying AI in Data Discovery | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 2 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Research data needs of the Photon and Neutron Science community IG: Converging PaN FAIR data activities around the world | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Audiovisuales 1 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- 16:00 – 16:30 CST | 22:00 – 22:30 UTC | Break
- 16:30 – 17:30 CST | 22:30 – 00:30 UTC | Onsite Poster Session, Minute-Madness | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna
The onsite session will be held as a minute-madness where posters will be displayed on a screen and presenters have 60 seconds to talk about their work. Posters will also be published as an exhibition on the RDA’s P23 webpage. Please note this session is for in-person attendees only and it won’t be live streamed to online audience. | RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE - 17:30 – 19:00 CST | 00:30 – 01:00 UTC | Drinks Reception | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía
This is an informal event where drinks and light snacks will be available. Don’t miss an opportunity to socialise.
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 {Times listed in UTC and CST}
- 08:00 – 09:30 CST | 14:00 – 15:30 UTC | RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 3
- Data Versioning IG: What do we actually mean when we talk about data versioning? | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 205 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Joint session: Repository Platforms for Research Data IG, Domain Repositories IG: Implementing and Facilitating Data Review in Data Repositories | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Auditorium | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – Agricultural Research Data Integrity | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 206 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Virtual Research Environment IG: VREs/Virtual Labs/Science Gateways: Defining FAIRness badges for VREs | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING
InteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminology WG (I-ADOPT WG): Challenging I-ADOPT | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Audiovisuales 1 | RECORDING- BoF – Gamifying RDM: The Data Hunters Card Game | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 204 | RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE
- 09:30 – 10:00 CST | 15:30 – 16:00 UTC | Networking Tea and Coffee Break
- 10:00 – 11:30 CST | 16:00 – 17:30 UTC | RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 4
- BoF – Sample Classification – Do we need an interdisciplinary classification vocabulary? | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 205 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – The Role of generalist repositories in the research data landscape | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Auditorium | RECORDING
- Vocabulary Services IG (aka VSSIG, Vocabulary and Semantic Services IG): All About Terms and Ontologies (You Can Help!) | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Research Tools and Data Curation Workflows: Effectively Utilizing Research Tools in Curation Processes | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Audiovisuales 1 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Understanding and Capturing the Uptake of Digital Research Infrastructure IG: Who cares about the Uptake of Digital Research Infrastructures? Understanding use cases and needs | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 1 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- CANCELLED (chairs unavailability):
Science Communication for Research Data IG: Practices, tools and the research data lifecycle | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 2 - BoF – Creative engagement with research data | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 204 | RECORDING
- Reproducibility IG: Reproducibility at RDA and beyond: What do we know and what do we need | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 206 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- 11:30 – 12:30 CST | 17:30 – 18:30 UTC | Lunch Break
- 11:45 – 12:15 CST | 17:45 – 18:15 UTC | Networking event: Join us via Whova at the informal virtual networking session, where you can meet new people from the convenience of your device! The session is designed to connect with other professionals online by participating in short video conversations.
- 12:30 – 14:00 CST | 18:30 – 20:00 UTC | RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 5
- Working with PIDs in Tools: PIDs in the Gray Areas: Tackling the Challenges of Identifying Instruments, Facilities, and the Research Tools Continuum | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 205 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Joint session: FAIR Data Maturity Model WG, GORC International Model WG, GORC IG: To whom does the “I” in FAIR belong? A cross-group discussion | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – Creating Personas – Introducing the Data Steward Career Tracks WG | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 204 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – A Dat(a) with Destiny: Cross-domain collaborations in the NFDI, and beyond | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 206 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Data Citation WG: Assisting data infrastructures in making their data precisely identifiable and citeable | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 1 | RECORDING
- Community-based catalogue of requirements for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers WG (TRSPs WG): Technical Repository Service Providers: Community Engagement #2 | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 2 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- FAIR Digital Object Fabric IG (FDOF-IG): Coordinating Dialogs in the FAIR Digital Object Landscape | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Audiovisuales 1 | RECORDING
- 14:00 – 14:30 CST | 20:00 – 20:30 UTC | Networking Tea and Coffee Break
- 14:30 – 16:00 CST | 20:30 – 22:00 UTC | Plenary Session 2 ‘Sustainable Data Infrastructures in Latin America’ | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna
The panel session on Sustainable Data Infrastructures in Latin America will explore regional initiatives, with experts from La Referencia, Mexico, and Cuba discussing the challenges and opportunities in creating sustainable data infrastructures that address Latin America’s unique needs. The session will highlight successful models, share innovative approaches, and promote collaboration for inclusive growth and sustainability.
(Spanish) La sesión del panel sobre Infraestructuras de Datos Sostenibles en América Latina explorará iniciativas regionales, con expertos de La Referencia, Costa Rica y Cuba, que discutirán los desafíos y oportunidades en la creación de infraestructuras de datos sostenibles que aborden las necesidades únicas de América Latina. La sesión destacará modelos exitosos, compartirá enfoques innovadores y promoverá la colaboración para el crecimiento inclusivo y la sostenibilidad.
Keynote speakers: Claudia Córdova, Andrea Mora, Ricardo Casate. More details
Moderator: Patricia Munoz. More details - 16:15 – 17:00 CST | 22:15 – 23:00 UTC | RDA for Newcomers Session (For those who are new to the RDA!)
The session will be run as an informal question and answer session with participants, aimed at new and potential members of the RDA. During the session you will learn useful information about the RDA, how to join groups, how to navigate the website, upcoming community events, and hear personal RDA stories from experienced members. | Fully online, via Whova - 18:00 – 22:00 CST | 00:00 – 04:00 UTC on 14th November | Social Dinner: a separate ticket required.
Join us to experience warm Costa Rican hospitality and traditional cuisine in San José’s downtown – Radisson Hotel. Buffet dinner: starter (including bread), choice of meat/vegetarian main courses, soft drinks, dessert.
Door open from 18:00 pm, service starts 19:30 pm including a local performance! A bar within the hotel will be open to purchase drinks.
Address: Calle Central y Tercera Av 15, Barrio Tournon, San José
Thursday, 14 November 2024 {Times listed in UTC and CST}
- 08:00 – 09:30 CST | 14:00 – 15:30 UTC | Plenary Session 3 ‘Data for the Environment – Connecting and Governing Data for Sustainability’ | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING AND Professor Owen Nevin PRESENTATION SLIDES AND Danie Kinkade PRESENTATION SLIDES
The panel discussion will follow inviting the speakers to give their perspective and, of course, direct experience on aspects on how the quality and efficiency of research can be improved with a view to long term sustainability not only of the environment, but also the data that underpins the research. What are the challenges associated with achieving that goal. FAIRification of oceanographic data: an impossible dream or a tangible reality. Addressing the successes of the sector as well as the challenges still to be addressed with respect to Environmental data.
Keynote speaker: Professor Owen Nevin, The Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute and Danielle Kinkade, Director of the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). More details
Moderator: Rosie Hicks, CEO of Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). More details - 09:30 – 10:00 CST | 15:30 – 16:00 UTC | Networking Tea and Coffee Break
- 10:00 – 11:30 CST | 16:00 – 17:30 UTC | RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 6
- BoF – National Data Services – Activities and Charter | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 205 | RECORDING
- BoF – FAIR Mappings – Let’s start working | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 204 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Joint session: Active Data Management Plans IG, DMP Common Standards WG: Active Data Management Plans: What are the actions that we need to realize them? | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 1
- Improving Earth and Environmental Sciences Data Community of Practice: Introducing the Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Community of Practice | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 2 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – Trusted Research Environments for Sensitive or Confidential Data: FAIRness for Controlled Data and Processes | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Auditorium | RECORDING
- Education and Training on Handling of Research Data IG: Training RDM? Teaching RDM? What is our future? | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Audiovisuales 1 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Collections as Data IG: Gathering Metrics and Setting Boundaries: Reusing Collections as Data and the impacts of AI / Recopilando métricas y estableciendo límites: Reutilización de colecciones como datos y el impacto de la Inteligencia Artificial | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- 11:30 – 12:30 CST | 17:30 – 18:30 UTC | Lunch Break
- 12:30 – 14:00 CST | 18:30 – 20:00 UTC | RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 7
Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains WG: Updates and community feedback for HarmonisedMatChem WG | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Audiovisuales 1 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES- International Indigenous Data Sovereignty IG: Implementing CARE Principles: Indigenous Data Governance using the Local Contexts Hub | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – Abandon, Replace, or Expand: Cultivating Global Ecosystems for Legacy Data | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Classroom 205 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- BoF – Governing Open Agriculture and Agricultural Knowledge Commons | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 2 | RECORDING AND PRESENTATION SLIDES
- Coordinating Earth, Space, and Environmental Science Data Preservation and Scholarly Publication Processes: Ensuring Data Underlying Publications are Sustainable, FAIR, CARE, and TRUSTed | Venue: Edificio de Ingeniería, Auditorium 1 | RECORDING
- 14:00 – 14:30 CST | 20:00 – 20:30 UTC | Networking Tea and Coffee Break
- 14:30 – 16:00 CST | 20:30 – 22:00 UTC | Plenary Session: Closing the RDA 23rd Plenary Meeting – Closing remarks | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Aula Magna | RECORDING
- 16:20 – 17:20 CST | 22:20 – 23:30 UTC | The TAB meets Group Chairs (Closed meeting: for RDA group chairs) | Venue: Plaza de La Autonomía, Control room