RDA's 17th Plenary Meeting: Programme

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

• 08:00 - 08:30 | Opening Session 
  • Hilary Hanahoe, RDA Secretary General 
  • Welcome from the Hosts: 
    • Gavin McLachlan, ‎Chief Information Officer and Librarian to the University of Edinburgh 
    • UKRI TBC 
    • Liam Earney, Executive Director, Digital Resources, Jisc 
• 08:30 - 09:30 | Plenary Session 
  • "Research Data in the Wider Data Ecosystem", Dr Jeni Tennison, the Open Data Institute (ODI). 
• 09:30 - 10:15 | Coffee Break Social: Whit is Scots? An Introduction. 

Facilitator: Laura Green, Scots Language Centre. Join us for a short introduction to Scots, one of the three native languages spoken in Scotland today. This session will introduce Scots and teach you some basic phrases that you can show off on your next trip to Scotland!

• 10:15 - 11:45 | Breakout 1
  • BoF - Addressing the Challenges of Physical Data Access to Accelerate Science: Repositories, Networks and Petabytes, and How to Make them Play Nicely at Speed
  • BoF - Building a Common Ground for a FAIR Microstructure Repository
  • BoF - FAIR Publishing of Chemistry Research Data Objects
  • IG  - Early Career and Engagement 
  • IG  - Physical Samples and Collections in the Research Data Ecosystem: Cross-disciplinary Sharing of Samples and Increasing Awareness
  • IG  - Research Data Architectures in Research Institutions: Experiments in Preparing Data for Interchange and Openness
  • IG  - Sharing Rewards and Credit (SHARC):  Data & Resources Sharing Activities - What to Reward First and How?
  • WG  - FAIRsharing Registry - Connecting data policies, standards & databases:  Repository Features across Initiatives; Looking for Convergence
  • WG  - Persistent Identification of Instruments: PIDINST Adoption 
  • WG  - Raising FAIRness in Health Data and Health Research Performing Organisations (HRPOs)
• 11:45 - 12:45 | Lunch Break and Networking 
• 12:45 - 14:15 | Breakout 2                        
  • BoF - Delimiting the Units of Open Data
  • IG  - Data Discovery Paradigms: Investigating Data Discovery Across Domains​​​​​​ 
  • IG  - Metadata: Syntactic and Semantic Conversion of Metadata
  • IG  - RDA for the Sustainable Development Goals
  • IG  - RDA/CODATA Materials Data, Infrastructure & Interoperability: Materials Data 
  • WG  - Discipline-specific Guidance for DMPs
  • WG  - RDA/WDS Scholarly Link Exchange (Scholix): Promoting Data Citation Adoption via Scholix
  • Joint Meeting - IG  Biodiversity Data Integration, IG  ELIXIR Bridging Force: Integration and Linking Between Biodiversity and Life Science Data - Towards a Shared Global Knowledge Graph
• 14:15 - 15:00 | Break / Networking / RDA Q&A and catch-up session
• 15:00 - 17:00 | Joint IDCC/RDA Unconference 
• 17:00 - 17:15 | Break 
• 17:15 - 18:15 | Poster Session/Meet the Organisers 

Wednesday, 21 April 2021 

• 07:00 - 07:45 | RDA Q&A and catch-up session 
• 08:00 - 09:30 | Outputs and Adoption Session 
• 09:30 - 10:15 | Break
• 10:15 - 11:45 | Breakout 3
  • BoF - Canonical Workflow Frameworks for Research (CWFR)
  • IG  - ESIP/RDA Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences: Making Global Connections in Earth and Environmental Science Data Infrastructures and Repositories
  • IG  - International Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Indigenous Data Governance - Use Cases
  • IG  - PID: PIDs of the World Unite!
  • IG  - Professionalising Data Stewardship: Business Case, Terminology & Organisational Models
  • IG  - Science Communication for Research Data
  • WG  - RDA COVID19-Legal-Ethical: The issues actually Encountered in Sharing COVID-19 Health Related Data Across Borders: Lack of Solutions or Lack of Dialogue?
  • Joint Meeting - IG  - Repository Platforms for Research Data and IG  Domain Repositories: Collaborating to Improve Platforms and Share Resources among Open Data Repositories
• 11:45 - 12:45 | Lunch Break Social: RDA meets Edinburgh Fringe - Stuart Goldsmith

Get a taste of Edinburgh Fringe with our lunchtime comedy set by Stuart Goldsmith. Stuart has been performing at the Edinburgh Fringe for years and we are looking forward to providing you with some laughter as a side to your lunch!

• 12:45 - 14:15 | Breakout 4                   
  • BoF - Aligning Provenance Approaches Across Domains
  • BoF - Challenges of Curating Data from Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Research
  • BoF - Data Networks 
  • IG  - Education and Training on Handling of Research Data: Reducing Barriers to and Increasing Global Participation in Data Interchange through Advancing Discovery, Access, and Reusability of RDM Training Resources
  • IG  - Health Data: Achieving Anonymity and Correcting Bias with Synthetic Data through Generative AI
  • IG  - Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD): A Roadmap for our Community of Practice
  • WG  - Brokering Framework: Preliminary Recommendations
  • WG  - Data Citation: Adoption Meeting
  • WG  - Data Granularity 
  • WG  - FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS): Early Outcomes of the FAIR 4 Research Software: Definitions, Principles and Road Ahead
  • WG  - International Benchmarking the Global Open Research Commons (GORC)
• 14:15 - 15:00 | Break / Networking 
• 15:00 - 16:30 | Breakout 5              
  • BoF - Defining FAIR for Machine Learning (ML)
  • BoF - Defining, Selecting and Implementing Interoperable and FAIR Research Data Services
  • BoF - Enhancing Semantic Interoperability in Environmental Health Sciences Research
  • BoF - Place-Based Data Management Practices 
  • IG  - Federated Identity Management: Protecting Access to your Research Data
  • IG  - Libraries for Research Data: Leveraging library experience in supporting interdisciplinary research
  • IG  - RDA/WDS Certification of Digital Repositories: From Principles to Metrics to Evaluation, Increasing TRUST in Data Repositories
  • IG  - Virtual Research Environment (VRE-IG): VREs/Virtual Labs/Science Gateways - Visions for Addressing Barriers, Needs and Requirements for the Next Generation of VREs
  • WG  - CURE-FAIR: Progress Update
  • WG  - Data Usage Metrics
  • WG  - InteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminology WG (I-ADOPT): Third Working Session
  • WG  - RDA-COVID19: Establishing a Community of Practice (CoP) for Infectious Diseases Data
• 16:30 - 17:15 | Break /Networking/ RDA Q&A and catch-up session 
• 17:15 - 18:15 | Panel Session: Facilitating Greater Data Reuse: Lessons and Examples from Practice    

Thursday, 22 April 2021

• 08:00 - 09:30 | Breakout 6
  • BoF - Rich Metadata for Annotation of Citations Contexts and Data-citations Contexts
  • IG  - CODATA/RDA Research Data Science Schools for Low and Middle Income Countries: How to Achieve Financial Sustainability and Get More People Involved in the Training Sessions?
  • IG  - Social Dynamics of Data Interoperability: Social Dynamics of Opening Data for Global Challenges
  • WG  - Blockchain Applications in Health: Presentation of 'Comprehensive Guidelines on Blockchain Applications in Health'
  • WG  - RDA COVID-19-Legal-Ethical: RDA P17 COVID-19 Vaccine Data & Public Health Decision-making
  • Joint Meeting - IG  - International Indigenous Data Sovereignty and WG  FAIR Data Maturity Model: Implementing the CARE Principles: The CARE-full Process
• 09:30 - 10:15 | Break and Sponsor demo: Libnova
• 10:15 - 11:45 | Breakout 7
  • BoF - How NRENs can Support RDA Activities
  • BoF - National PID strategies: Opportunities for Collaboration and Alignment
  • BoF - Semantic Interoperability of Flux Data
  • IG  - Research Data Management in Engineering - Engineering RDM Initiatives
  • IG  - Software Source Code: Scholarly Infrastructures and Quality Requirements of Software Source Code
  • WG  - DMP Common Standards: Maintenance and Adoptions of the Common Standard for Machine-actionable DMPs
  • Joint Meeting  - RDA COVID-19: Community Participation and the RDA COVID-19 Recommendations and Guidelines
• 11:45 - 12:45 | Lunch Break / Networking / RDA Q&A and Catch-up Session 
• 12:45 - 14:15 | Breakout 8
  • BoF - A Common Language for What We Do and What We Build
  • IG  - Data Fabric: Digital Objects and Linked Data
  • IG  - Engaging Researchers with Data: Engage Locally, Act Globally
  • IG  - Global Open Research Commons: A Typology of the Components of Global Open Research Commons
  • IG  - International Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Stewardship of Indigenous Peoples Data - Use Cases for Repositories and Collections
  • IG  - Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data: Open Science Graphs Interoperability -  Data Models and Data Exchange Protocols
  • IG  - Research Data Needs of the Photon and Neutron Science Community: Sharing FAIR Data on COVID Research at Photon and Neutron Facilities
  • IG  - Sensitive Data: Establishing a Sensitive Data Interest Group
  • WG  - Research Metadata Schemas - Guidelines for Publishing Structured Metadata over the Web
  • Joint Meeting - IG   Active Data Management Plans, WG  Exposing Data Management Plans and WG  DMP Common Standards: Something Ends, Something Begins - Wrap of Existing Activities and Discussion on the Next!
  • Joint Meeting - WG  FAIR Data Maturity Model, IG  Metadata and WG  Data Granularity: Metadata and Granularity: A Deeper Examination for the FAIR Data Maturity Model
  • Joint Meeting - IG  Research Funders and Stakeholders on Open Research and Data Management Policies and Practices, IG  Data Policy Standardisation and Implementation, and WG  FAIRsharing Registry - Connecting data policies, standards & databases: Funder-Publisher Research Data Policy Alignment
• 14:15 - 15:00 | Coffee Break Social: Ceilidh lessons

Facilitator: Patricia Herterich. Put on your dancing shoes and join us for a virtual ceilidh! This session will feature ceilidh couple dances and we will talk you through dancing along for your daily exercise. You can also just join us to listen to some traditional ceilidh music.

• 15:00 - 15:30 | Poster Session - Finalist spotlight 
• 15:30 - 16:00 | Plenary Session:
  • "Building a Robust FAIR Biomedical Data Ecosystem". Dr Susan K. Gregurick, National Institutes of Health (NIH). 
• 16:00 - 16:45 | Plenary Session: 
  • "Open Science and Drug Discovery: Removing Barriers to Accelerate Research". Professor Richard Gold, McGill University, Centre for Intellectual Property. 
• 16:45 - 17:15 | Closing Session 
  • Hilary Hanahoe, RDA Secretary General 
  • IDW21 Preview 
  • IDW23 Preview 

Thursday, 22 April 2021: Note this session extends into Friday 23 April, depending on your time zone.

Repeat Sessions/International Time Zones

• 23:00 - 00:30  | Breakout 9 (Repeat Sessions / International Time Zones)  
  • BoF - A Common Language for What We do and What We Build (repeat session)
  • BoF - Aligning Provenance Approaches Across Domains (repeat session)
  • BoF - Data Networks (repeat session)
  • BoF - Defining FAIR for Machine Learning (ML) (repeat session)
  • BoF - Place-Based Data Management Practices  (repeat session)
  • IG  - PID: PIDs of the World Unite! (repeat session)
  • WG  - CURE-FAIR: Progress Update (repeat session) 
  • WG  - Data Versioning: Advancing Data Versioning: From Principles to Actionable Recommendations
  • WG  - Global Open Research Commons International Benchmarking: International Benchmarking the Global Open Research Commons (GORC) (repeat session) 
  • WG  - Raising FAIRness in Health Data and Health Research Performing Organisations (HRPOs) (repeat session) 

Friday, 23 April 2021

• RDA Co-located Events
• 00:45 - 01:30  | RDA Q&A and catch-up session
• 05:00 - 06:30  | Breakout 10 (Repeat Sessions / International Time Zones)
  • BoF - FAIR Publishing of Chemistry Research Data Objects (repeat session)
  • IG  - Global Open Research Commons: A Typology of the Components of Global Open Research Commons (repeat session)
  • IG  - Virtual Research Environment (VRE-IG): VREs/Virtual Labs/Science Gateways: Visions for Addressing Barriers, Needs and Requirements for the Next Generation of VREs (repeat session)
  • WG  - Brokering Framework: Preliminary Recommendations (repeat sessions)
  • WG  - RDA COVID-19-Legal-Ethical: RDA P17 COVID-19 Vaccine Data & Public Health Decision-making (repeat session)
• 07:00 - 08:30  | Breakout 11 (Repeat Sessions / International Time Zones)
  • BoF - Canonical Workflow Frameworks for Research (CWFR) (repeat session)
  • IG  - Education and Training on Handling of Research Data: Reducing Barriers to and Increasing Global Participation in Data Interchange through Advancing Discovery, Access, and Reusability of RDM Training Resources (additional session)
  • IG  - Engaging Researchers with Data: Engage Locally, Act Globally (repeat session)
  • IG  - RDA for the Sustainable Development Goals (repeat session)
  • IG  - Science Communication for Research Data (repeat session)
  • IG  - Vocabulary Services: So Long and Thanks for all the FAIR Semantics Recommendations
  • WG  - Persistent Identification of Instruments: PIDINST Adoption  (repeat session)
  • WG  - InteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminology WG (I-ADOPT): Third working session (repeat session)  Return to top

Group color coding legend: 

IGs
 Not yet endorsed    
 IG established

WGs
 Not yet endorsed  
 WGs Getting started (~0-6 months after RDA endorsement)    
 WGs Producing deliverables (~6-12 months after RDA endorsement)
 WGs Wrapping up (from ~12 months after RDA endorsement)
 WGs Maintaining deliverables (maintenance group)