Regular CODATA Members’ Meetings

To enable collaboration among CODATA members on priority activities and to facilitate information sharing, regular meetings of CODATA members are being rolled out by the Executive Committee and the Secretariat on the first Thursday of the month. 

Two calls will be scheduled on that day, at 07:00 UTC and 15:00 UTC to accommodate participation of members from various timezones. 

A cycle of calls of the National Committee’s Forum, the International Scientific Unions’ Forum and meetings of all CODATA members is starting as of August 2024. Please consult the overview of the calls in 2024 and early 2025 further down for the exact dates. 

Registration for the meetings 

CODATA members are kindly asked to note the dates and times of the calls and are invited to register according to their membership type and planned attendance. There is no limit to the number of participants per CODATA member. 

 

Date	Type of meeting	Primary Audience	Registration
1 August 2024	National Committee’s Forum	National members	07:00 UTC: https://bit.ly/240801NCsForumCall1  15:00 UTC: https://bit.ly/240801NCsForumCall2   Circulated also in a separate invitation.
5 September 2024	Unions’ Forum	International Scientific Unions	07:00 UTC: https://bit.ly/240905UnionsForumCall1  15:00 UTC: https://bit.ly/240905UnionsForumCall2
3 October 2024	All CODATA Members	National members International Scientific Unions Institutional members Partner members	07:00 UTC: https://bit.ly/241003CODATAMembersCall1   15:00 UTC: https://bit.ly/241003CODATAMembersCall2
7 November 2024	National Committee’s Forum	National members	TBA
5 December 2024	Unions’ Forum	International Scientific Unions	TBA
2 January 2025	No meeting, holiday in many regions
6 Feb	All CODATA Members	National members International Scientific Unions Institutional members Partner members	TBA
6 Mar	National Committee’s Forum	National members	TBA
3 Apr	Unions’ Forum	International Scientific Unions	TBA

 

Meetings further in 2025 and registration links will be announced at this page in due course. We advise you to bookmark this page, to share it with colleagues, and to use it to register for future meetings. 

Agenda / topics addressed in the calls

Topics for discussion will be primarily driven by interests and priorities highlighted by CODATA members in earlier meeting(s). These could include activities around the WorldFAIR+ initiative, data policy and ethics, data science, training and early career related activities. Agenda for a given call will be prepared and announced by the Secretariat in collaboration with the CODATA Executive Committee members chairing/engaged in the membership forums.