{"id":1630,"date":"2019-02-11T04:48:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T04:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/?p=1630"},"modified":"2019-02-11T04:51:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T04:51:22","slug":"codata-update-and-important-dates-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/11\/codata-update-and-important-dates-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"CODATA Update and Important Dates 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This document provides a quick and accessible list of CODATA activities, deliverables and\u00a0impact from\u00a0the past year. It\u00a0then highlights some important upcoming activities and\u00a0events for 2019:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2561414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2561414&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549944810905000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-_NRiPwdjYRxA-HSqzCidWlUGow\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/<wbr \/>zenodo.2561414<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2018 summarises the most important activities, deliverables and impacts over that period: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2559274\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2559274<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Strategic Priority Area 1: Data Policy<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codata.org\/strategic-initiatives\/international-data-policy-committee\">CODATA International Data Policy Committee<\/a> has been reformed and invigorated.\u00a0 Under the leadership of Paul Uhlir, the Committee now boasts participation from a team of global experts.\u00a0 In 2018, the Committee explored a number of key policy areas, establishing sub-groups for the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upstream-Downstream: Non-Profit Research Data and Commercial Innovation;<\/li>\n<li>Data Diplomacy<\/li>\n<li>Model Data Policy Training Module<\/li>\n<li>Landscape Survey and Good Practice in Data Policies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reports, White Papers or scholarly articles, as appropriate will be the major outputs from these groups.\u00a0 In 2019, the Committee will also deliver the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The creation of the University of Arizona \u2013 CODATA Center of Excellence in Data for Society (formal announcement to follow)<\/li>\n<li>International Workshop on Implementing Open Research Data Policy and Practice, Beijing, China, 16-17 September 2019<\/li>\n<li>20-Year Review of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other important data policy related contributions of 2018 were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turning FAIR into Reality <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2777\/1524\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2777\/1524<\/a>, European Commission Expert Group Report, chaired by Simon Hodson, Executive Director, CODATA.<\/li>\n<li>SA-EU Open Science Dialogue Report <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2559469\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2559469<\/a>, Report of the SA-EU Dialogue, Simon Hodson, Executive Director, CODATA, was a member of the Expert Task Group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Strategic Priority Area 2: Frontiers of Data Science<\/h3>\n<p>2018 saw <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codata.org\/news\/295\/62\/A-milestone-in-the-history-of-science-based-on-work-of-the-CODATA-the-Committee-on-Data-of-the-International-Science-Council\">a significant milestone in the history of science<\/a><\/strong> when the General Conference of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures approved the redefinition of four base units of the International System of Units (SI) on values determined by the work of the CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Physical Constants.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/\">CODATA Data Science Journal<\/a> continued its renaissance with rapidly growing citations and impact.\u00a0 Two notable new <a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/collections\/special\/\">Special Collections<\/a> include <a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/collections\/special\/research-data-alliance-results\/\">Research Data Alliance Results<\/a> and papers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.codata.org\/collections\/special\/gottingen-codata-rdm-symposium\/\">G\u00f6ttingen-CODATA RDM Symposium 2018<\/a>, which took place in March 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internationaldataweek.org\/\">International Data Week 2018<\/a>, which took place in Gaborone, Botswana, 5-8 November, organized in partnership with the Research Data Alliance, the ISC World Data System and the African Open Science Platform was a major success with 850 participants from around the globe.\u00a0 IDW combines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scidatacon.org\/IDW2018\/programme\/\">SciDataCon <\/a>with the RDA Plenary.\u00a0 Papers from the conference will appear in the CODATA Data Science Journal.<\/p>\n<p>The major data science activity in 2018 has been the piloting of the <a href=\"http:\/\/dataintegration.codata.org\/\">Data Integration Initiative<\/a>, which addresses the fundamental challenge of data interoperability for major, global, interdisciplinary research questions.\u00a0 In 2018, the initiative advanced with three pilot case studies, examining these issues in the context of infectious diseases, resilient cities and disaster risk reduction.\u00a0 Major outputs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Data Integration Initiative: Planning Document<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.1319525\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.1319525<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dataintegration.codata.org\/beijing-july-2018\/\">CODATA Workshop on Advancing Interdisciplinary Global Challenges Research Through Data Integration<\/a><\/strong>, CNIC, Beijing, 30-31 July 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddi-alliance.atlassian.net\/wiki\/spaces\/DDI4\/pages\/433553433\/Interoperability+of+Metadata+Standards+in+Cross-Domain+Science+Health+and+Social+Science+Applications\">CODATA-DDI Workshop: Interoperability of Metadata Standards in Cross-Domain Science, Health, and Social Science Applications<\/a><\/strong>, Schloss Dagstuhl \u2013 Leibniz Center for Informatics, October 1-5, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event held at the Schloss Dagstuhl in partnership with the Data Documentation Initiative was particularly important in advancing the initiative\u2019s approach and it will result in a series of articles about the pilot case studies and the data challenges involved.\u00a0 CODATA is preparing for consideration by the International Science Council, a proposal for a major flagship programme to address the challenge for data interoperability and integration for interdisciplinary research.<\/p>\n<h3>Strategic Priority Area 3: Capacity Building and Data Skills Training<\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>African Open Science Platform<\/strong> project addresses a number of areas essential to building capacity in the use of data and Open Science.\u00a0 Information on the project\u2019s activities can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/africanopenscience.org.za\/\">http:\/\/africanopenscience.org.za\/<\/a>.\u00a0 Two stakeholder and strategy workshops (March and September 2018) led to the launch of <strong>the Vision and Strategy for the African Open Science Platform<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2222418\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.2222418<\/a> for the African Open Science Platform at Science Forum South Africa, in a presentation by co-chair Khotso Mokhele.\u00a0 A founding members\u2019 meeting will be hosted at the Biblioteca Alexandrina later in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codata.org\/working-groups\/research-data-science-summer-schools\">CODATA-RDA Schools of Research Data Science<\/a><\/strong> have continued expanding: in 2018 schools were held in Brisbane, Australia (June; short version); Trieste, Italy (August; foundational school and advanced workshops); Kigali, Rwanda (October; foundational school) and S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (December; foundational school).\u00a0 For 2019, Data Schools are planned for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (July), Trieste (August), Kigali (October), San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica (December) and Abuja, Nigeria (TBC).\u00a0 Negotiations are underway with hosts for 2020 and, resources permitting, that year could see as many as twelve schools.<\/p>\n<p>A video about the Data Schools initiative can be watched at <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/299263596\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/299263596<\/a>; be sure to follow the CODATA website, lists and social media for announcements of application deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>Building on this work, CODATA is a partner in the European Commission funded <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dans.knaw.nl\/en\/current\/news\/european-commission-awards-grant-to-fairsfair-project\">FAIRsFAIR project<\/a><\/strong>, playing a major role in the development of virtual competence centres for data skills.\u00a0\u00a0 CODATA is also leading the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.go-fair.org\/implementation-networks\/overview\/\">GO FAIR Training Frameworks Implementation Network<\/a><\/strong> which will leverage these activities to 1) refine a curriculum framework for data science and data stewardship; 2) develop a train-the-trainer programme; and 3) design a mechanism for endorsement and certification of training activities.<\/p>\n<h2>31<sup>st<\/sup> CODATA General Assembly (2018)<\/h2>\n<p>The 31<sup>st<\/sup> CODATA General Assembly was held at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana on 9-10 November 2018.\u00a0 The report and other materials from the General Assembly may be consulted here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codata.org\/events\/general-assembly\/general-assembly-2018\">http:\/\/www.codata.org\/events\/general-assembly\/general-assembly-2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The General Assembly <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codata.org\/events\/general-assembly\/general-assembly-2018\/results-of-codata-elections-2018\">elected Barend Mons as President and a new Executive Committee<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codata.org\/events\/general-assembly\/general-assembly-2018\/results-of-codata-elections-2018\">Eight Task Groups were approved<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 Also significant was that the General Assembly approved revisions to the CODATA Constitution designed to encourage organizations of various sorts to become CODATA members and to allow CODATA to function in a more effective, modern way.<\/p>\n<h2>Major Events for 2019<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the activities noted above, CODATA will convene two major conferences in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CODATA-Drexel Workshop on FAIR and Responsible Research Data Management, 31 March-1 April <\/strong>will take place as a collocated event to the 13<sup>th<\/sup> RDA Plenary Meeting in Philadelphia, USA.\u00a0 Like its predecessor in G\u00f6ttingen, the workshop will feature invited talks and selected presentation on matters relating to FAIR and Responsible RDM.\u00a0 It will result in a Special Collection of the Data Science Journal.\u00a0 <strong>The deadline for papers is 18 February: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codata.org\/events\/conferences\/drexel-metadata-research-centre-and-codata-workshop\">http:\/\/www.codata.org\/events\/conferences\/drexel-metadata-research-centre-and-codata-workshop<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CODATA 2019: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms, 18-19 September 2019 in Beijing, China: <a href=\"https:\/\/conference.codata.org\/CODATA_2019\/\">https:\/\/conference.codata.org\/CODATA_2019\/<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/conference.codata.org\/conference\/CODATA_2019\/call_for_sessions\/\">Call for Sessions<\/a><\/strong> has been released with a deadline of 15 April 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will follow a high-level workshop, 16-17 September 2019, on \u2018Implementing Open Research Data Policy and Practice\u2019 that will examine such challenges in China and elsewhere in the light of the emergence of data policies and in particular the China State Council\u2019s Notice on \u2018Measures for Managing Scientific Data\u2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1633\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/new_codata_ga_2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1633\" class=\"wp-image-1633 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/new_codata_ga_2018-1024x792.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/new_codata_ga_2018-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/new_codata_ga_2018-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/new_codata_ga_2018-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/codata.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/new_codata_ga_2018-624x483.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The newly-elected CODATA Executive Committee after the General Assembly in Gaborone: http:\/\/www.codata.org\/about-codata\/executive-committee<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This document provides a quick and accessible list of CODATA activities, deliverables and\u00a0impact from\u00a0the past year. 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