RDA Month in Review - 'A Decade of Data", Plenary 20, TAB Election Results and more
‘A Decade of Data’: Celebrating 10 Years of the Research Data Alliance
Events and Related Activities for February
- Speed Networking Online Event – 15 February
Are you interested in meeting more people involved in research data? Join us for the first Research Data Alliance (RDA) Speed Networking Online Event on 15 February from 16:00 - 17:00 UTC. Have fun chatting with others in the Research Data community – colleagues both old and new. All are welcome. - Community Cross-fertilisation Workshop - 23 February
RDA for FAIR RDA members and those from the wider research data community are invited to attend this workshop on 23 February from 08:30 - 10:15 UTC to discuss the future of FAIR data, software and hardware within the community. - WorldFAIR: Image sharing systems and practices in Cultural Heritage - 28 February
WorldFAIR Work Package 13 (WP13) presents their landscaping report identifying how Cultural Heritage institutions engage with FAIR (examining formats and image delivery technologies). This workshop will aim to have a community discussion around this report. - FAIRPoints 'Ask me Anything' webinar on Software and Workflows - date TBC
Podcasts
- RDA US Podcast featuring the FAIR for Virtual Research Environments (VRE) Working Group
- Reflections from Early RDA Members and Former TAB chairs: Françoise Genova and Andrew Treloar
- Machine Centric Science and Identifiers
- FAIR Data and Identifiers
View the 'Decade of Data' calendar of events for future months.
Suggest an event to be added to the calendar here.
20 February Deadline to Submit Proposal to EOSC and RDA
EOSC Future and RDA are accepting applications until 20 February from RDA groups as well as other research groups to demonstrate how RDA-developed data-sharing concepts and solutions can be reused, optimised, and implemented in the EOSC context, particularly the EOSC Portal Catalogue and Marketplace. Learn more.
European Support For RDA Returns With A Roar: RDA TIGER - The New Support Initiative For RDA Working Groups
Look for more information in the coming weeks about RDA TIGER, a new support service project from the European Research Data Alliance Association (RDA-A) deisgned to help RDA Working Groups is happy to introduce a new support services project for RDA Working Groups that are in any stage (beginning, in process, ending/finished). Learn more.
RDA Announces New Members to Technical Advisory Board
RDA is pleased to announce the following people have been elected to serve on the RDA Technical Advisory Board:
- Noel Chibhira, University of Pretoria, United Arab Emirates
- Niels Deriemaecker, Belnet Belgium
- Wolmar Nyberg Åkerström, ELIXIR Sweden
- Anthony Oko-Isu, Ekwueme Federal University (2nd term)
- Rob Quick, Gateways Research Center (2nd term)
- Martina Stockhause, DKRZ Germany
We also thank Helen Glaves, Sa-kwang Song and Devika Madalli, whose terms ended this past year.
View the full and current list of TAB members.
New Organisational Members
RDA welcomes the following new Organisational Members:
Organisations that join RDA recognize their future health and growth is dependent on realizing value from research data. They are organisations that recognize the insights that will determine their futures may well come from data created outside their organisations. Learn more on how to become a member.
Plenary 20 – Registration Details, Programme Updates and more
Plenary 20 is fast approaching. Scheduled to take place 21-23 March, now is the time to plan if you haven’t yet already started doing so. A few things to keep in mind:
- The Final Programme is now available online
- Plenary Pathways, designed to help attendees navigate the RDA breakout sessions from a thematic/topical perspective, is also available online.
- Early bird registration ends 5 February for in-person attendance. There are limits to the amount of people that can attend physically, so we encourage you to register as soon as possible.
- If you are planning to attend virtually, although there are no limits at this time, we recommend you register soon.
- New to RDA and not sure what to expect at P20? There will be many opportunities to network with both new and not-so-new RDA members at P20, but consider attending the Speed Networking Event on 15 February and start making connections.
Global Research Commons: Europe and Beyond
RDA and EOSC Future are pleased to collaborate during this half-day satellite event held in conjunction with the RDA 20th Plenary Meeting. International audiences involved in implementing research commons at disciplinary, regional or national levels, as well as funders, data experts and technical managers are welcome to attend. and other implementorin general those implementing research commons. Learn more.
International Data Week 2023, Salzburg
The International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA) are delighted to announce International Data Week 2023: A Festival of Data, taking place on 23–26 October 2023, in Salzburg, Austria. IDW 2023 will be hosted by the University of Salzburg through its Data Science and Geoinformatics departments, supported by the Governor of Salzburg and with assistance from the Austrian Academy of Sciences - GIScience and the European Umbrella Organization for Geographic Information. Look for more information soon!
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