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CODATA 2019 BEIJING: CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS, DEADLINE 24 JUNE – REGISTRATION OPEN
The Call for Presentations and Posters for CODATA 2019 Beijing: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms, 19-20 September has now been released. Please submit proposals at https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/ by the...
WDS Data Stewardship Award 2019: Call for Nominations Open!
The Call for Nominations for the 2019 WDS Data Stewardship Award is now open until 29 July 2019. This annual prize celebrates the exceptional contributions of early career researchers to the improvement of scientific data stewardship through their (1) engagement with...
CODATA and IIASA Collaboration Facilitated by TG on Data-Driven Applied Systems Analysis
On Friday 26 April, a CODATA delegation met with colleagues from IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis). The purpose of the meeting was to establish a dialog between IIASA and CODATA and discuss possible joint collaboration. Among principal...
Second White Paper on Next Generation Disaster Data Infrastructure
The work of Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research (LODGD) task group of CODATA is an increasingly important activity linking four global milestones – the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR), Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), Paris...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: April 2019 Edition
England could run short of water within 25 years Sir James Bevan, the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, recently shared these sentiments at the Waterwise conference in London. Philippines: EU Copernicus programme provides full, free open data to aid in...
Call for Applications – African Open Science Platform School of Research Data Science – deadline 10 May
The African Open Science Platform School of Research Data Science, in collaboration with the CODATA-RDA Data Schools Initiative will take place on 17-28 June 2019 at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. The deadline for applications is 10 May:...
Growing the Conversation on the Science of Data
CODATA is pleased to announce Mark Parsons as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Data Science Journal. In his blog post, Mark writes: 'I am especially interested in helping DSJ build its niche as an influential journal of the ‘science of data’ in the sense that CODATA...
One week to go: CALL FOR SESSIONS FOR CODATA 2019 BEIJING: DEADLINE 29 April 2019
CALL FOR SESSIONS – DEADLINE 29 April 2019 https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/ The CODATA 2019 Conference will be held on 19-20 September 2019 in Beijing, China. This year’s conference theme is: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices...
Dialogue on Open Science and FAIR Data – Kenya
CODATA (CODATA President Prof Barend Mans & CODATA Executive Director Dr. Simon Hodson) on Monday 16 April 2019 had an excellent meeting with Kenya HE VP Williams Ruto and his team on #FAIRdata #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenGovernment. ...
Public Lecture: Openness in Data, Science and Governance
CODATA's Executive Committee member, Professor Muliaro Wafula will be giving a public lecture on 'Openness in Data, Science and Governance' at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. CODATA's President, Barend Mons and CODATA's Executive Director,...