The International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), are delighted to announce registration for International Data Week 2025 is now open!
IDW 2025 Registration: https://idw2025.org/registration/
IDW 2025 will be taking place in Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia, 13–16 October 2025 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Learn more about the destination at the IDW 2025 website.
IDW takes place every two years and is the leading international conference on research data. It combines the RDA Plenary Meeting, the biannual meeting of this international member organisation, with SciDataCon, the scientific conference addressing the frontiers of data in research organised by CODATA and WDS.
International Data Week 2025 (IDW 2025) is a global event bringing together data scientists, researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers and data stewards from disciplines across the globe to explore how best to exploit the data revolution to improve science and society through data-driven discovery and innovation.
The theme of IDW 2025 is Data for Positive Change: empowering communities and advancing research.
This conference will explore innovative ways to leverage data to empower communities, fostering collaboration between researchers, policymakers, business, and local stakeholders. By showcasing successful initiatives, cutting edge approaches and driving discussion and consensus, IDW 2025 will inspire participants to harness and treat data responsibly and ethically. Through dialogue and knowledge sharing, the conference seeks to build a future where data not only drives rigorous research but also uplifts communities and leads to sustainable change.
The four key topics that will discussed within the overall theme of Data for Positive Change are:
1. CAREful Indigenous Data Governance
2. Rigorous, responsible and reproducible science in the area of FAIR data and AI
3. Open research and federated systems: disciplinary, regional and international perspectives
4. Empowering the global data community for impact, equity, and inclusion