Call for Sessions - SciDataCon 2021, part of International Data Week 2021 Proposals are invited for sessions at International Data Week’s SciDataCon 2021: Data to Improve our World. SciDataCon 2021 is an integral part of International Data Week 2021, which will be...
International Data Week 2021 is postponed to 20-23 June 2022. The session proposals received for SciDataCon 2021 will be considered for SciDataCon 2022 or some may be selected for a virtual session organised in 4Q 2021. Call for Sessions - SciDataCon 2021, part of...
CODATA, the Committee on Data of the International Science Council, and the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Alliance have recently signed a letter of intent building on the longstanding and ongoing collaboration between the two organisations. The letter details...
A virtual CODATA General Assembly is being convened on 15 December 2020, 11:00-13:00 UTC. Please see the related letter from the CODATA President Barend Mons. To join the Virtual General Assembly as an observer, please register for GoToWebinar using the following...
The Scientific Programme for IST-Africa 2021 is based on a double blind peer review of full Papers submitted to an open Call for Papers which closes on 18 December 2020 (Extended deadline). Full papers (8 pages in length) following the Paper Guidelines provided and...
Taking place at 11:00-13:00 UTC on Friday 4 December, this final double plenary session will explore the role of FAIR data in crisis reduction and response, with a specific focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. Please join the plenary from the session description in...
Title: Fitness for Use of Data Objects Described with Quality Maturity Matrix at Different Phases of Data Production Author: Heinke Höck, Frank Toussaint, Hannes Thiemann URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2020-045 Title: Open Data for Sustainable Development on a...
Heatwaves in Southland (NZ) expected to double in 20 years A report presented to the Southland District Council’s water supply subcommittee meetings in November says climate change has the most potential to affect the general wellbeing of the district,...
The opening plenary session of the FAIR Convergence Symposium appraised the state of Open Science in 2020. Shamila Nair-Bedouelle and Ana Persic discussed the draft UNESCO recommendation and efforts to encourage Open Science and reporting on progress from member...
The theme of this symposium is convergence around ideas and implementations of FAIR. Throughout the week we will explore a range of activities which seem to be gaining influence, agreement and traction. A number of these will be introduced in Plenary Sessions 3:...