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Register now for the International FAIR Convergence Symposium, 27 Nov, 30 Nov-4 Dec!
Register at https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1 (using code FAIRCONVERGE1) to attend this FREE, entirely VIRTUAL event. Once registered you will be able choose sessions to attend, obtain the virtual attendance information and view pre-recorded talks. The FULL Programme can...
Register now to the webinar on: Vision of Open Source and Open Data on Energy Systems
Date: November 19th Guests: LF Energy, RWTH Aachen, Julich, XM, UNAL Time: Colombia: 10:00 / Germany: 17:00 / UTC: 15:00 Register: https://www.energetica2030.co/
CODATA Task Group Awarded GEO SDG Award
The CODATA TG on FAIR Data for Disaster Risk Research and Tonkin+Taylor have been awarded the GEO SDG Testimonial Award for work on Rapid Damage Mapping response in support of #SDG11 as part of GEO Week 2020. Tonkin + Taylor (T+T) is New Zealand’s leading...
CODATA Connect Essay Competition 2020 Winner – Esther Plomp, TU Delft
The CODATA Connect Early Career and Alumni Network is pleased to announce the winner of the (inaugural) 2020 Essay Competition is Esther Plomp from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, the Netherlands)! Esther's essay “Going digital: persistent identifiers for...
EDDI20 – 12th Annual European DDI User Conference: Registration is open now
EDDI20, the 12th Annual European DDI User Conference will take place virtually on December, 1&2, 2020. Registration for the Virtual European DDI Conference EDDI 2020 is now open, at http://eddi20.sciencesconf.org. Registration is open until Wednesday 25th 2020...
October 2020: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: ODDPub – a Text-Mining Algorithm to Detect Data Sharing in Biomedical Publications Author: Nico Riedel , Miriam Kip, Evgeny Bobrov URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-042 Title: The FAIR Data Maturity Model: An Approach to Harmonise FAIR Assessments Author:...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: November 2020 Edition
New International Earth Observation Group Tackles Disaster Risk Reduction This past June, the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) established a new international working group for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) with over 90 members from around the world. This...
Open Science for a Global Transformation: Call for Papers for a Special Collection in Data Science Journal
2021 is likely to be a very significant year for the transformation of science and the adoption of Open Science and FAIR practices. UNESCO, the educational, scientific and cultural organization of the United Nations, is preparing a Recommendation on Open Science to...
Joint Appeal for Open Science from UNESCO, WHO, HCHR and CERN
Tuesday, 27 October, 3:30 pm, Geneva (2:30 pm UTC) On October 27, a joint appeal for open science will be launched by UNESCO, WHO, CERN and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Through this appeal, the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey...
Register now: Webinar on Better Software, Better Data Handling
Date: Friday, 20 November 2020 Time: 3pm-4pm GMT Duration: 45 min session and 15 min Question Answers (Total 1 hour) Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/41876410343885839 Software practices, skills and training have become an essential part of...