SciDataCon 2014
The next edition of the biannual CODATA Conference is organised in partnership with our sister organisation, the ICSU-World Data System and the Indian National Science Academy. Under the name SciDataCon 2014, it will take place on 2-5 November 2014 at Jawaharlal Nehru University Convention Centre, New Delhi, India.
Register for SciDataCon 2014
Visit the SciDataCon 2014 website for more information and register on line at http://www.scidatacon2014.org/registration
About
SciDataCon 2014, the International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability, is motivated by the conviction that the most significant research challenges – and in particular the pressing issues relating to global sustainability – cannot be properly addressed without due attention to various issues relating to data. SciDataCon 2014 aims to make explicit the connection between concrete and specific challenges to ensure environmental protection, economic prosperity and social well being along with the research questions that arise from these challenges and the necessary role of data policy, management and analysis in addressing these research questions. The effectiveness and credibility of research findings rely on the widest possible availability of quality-assessed and interoperable datasets.
Research data are essential to all scientific endeavours. The emerging cultures of data sharing and publication, open access to, and reuse of data are the positive signs of an evolving research environment. Nevertheless, several cultural and technological challenges are still preventing the research community from realizing the full benefits of these tendencies.
Addressing the theme of Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability, SciDataCon 2014 will feature four main tracks: (A) Dynamic Planet, (B) Global Development, (C) Transformations Towards Sustainability, and (D) Data Science and Services. This structure is intended to bridge cross-cutting data themes and research themes of Future Earth, an international research programme on global sustainability coordinated by ICSU, the International Council for Science, and its partners and starting in 2015.
By focusing on the intersection of data issues and scientific research challenges—and by advancing data science and developing international data services—SciDataCon will also amplify the message of like-minded global data initiatives promoting data sharing and interoperability, such as the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA).
SciDataCon will provide a unique platform bringing together international experts and practitioners in data sciences, technologies and management; researchers from the natural, social, health, and computer sciences; research funders and sponsors; and policy makers and advisors.
For information about past CODATA Conferences, please consult the CODATA Archive Site.