May Newsletter: IDW 2021 Postponed, VP17 Recordings and Daily Summaries, Requests for Comments and more
IDW 2021 Postponed until June 2022
The founding organisations and the local hosts announce that International Data Week will be postponed to 20-23 June 2022 for the main conference. Associated events will take place in the period 18-26 June 2022. The conference will be a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual participation.
This decision was made in response to the continuing global COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath. In order to bring the international data community together and to ensure that the event would have the maximum impact for our hosts in Korea and internationally, having a significant in-person presence was an important element which would not have been possible in November 2021. Although we are keen to maximise the opportunity for participants to meet in Seoul, the organisers will ensure that the facility for high quality virtual participation remains.
Announcements will be made in due course about the arrangements for IDW 2022 and for some virtual events still scheduled for November 2021. CODATA and WDS will communicate shortly with those people who had already proposed sessions for SciDataCon. RDA will host a global 8-day virtual plenary meeting during the period from 3-18 November 2021 and will share more details on that event in the coming days.
We look forward to seeing you - hopefully in person - in Seoul in June 2022.
Virtual Plenary 17 – Recordings and Plenary Report Available to Public
RDA is pleased to announce that sessions recorded at Virtual Plenary 17 (VP17) are now available on the RDA website. To access these recordings, visit the “Programme” page for VP17. For those who did not have an opportunity to attend, these recordings provide some insight on the conversations and work taking place among the members of RDA.
Additional context may be helpful as well by reading the summaries of each day’s activities during the week compiled into a final report and updated with further information and links to presentations and recordings.
Call for Applications to Host International Data Week (IDW) 2025
Applications are now being accepted to host International Data Week 2025. IDW is a global and inclusive event organised by the Committee on Data (CODATA) and the World Data System (WDS) of the International Science Council (ISC), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA). It brings 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. IDW combines the RDA Plenary Meeting, the bi-annual meeting of this international member organisation working to develop and support global infrastructure facilitating data sharing and reuse, and SciDataCon, the scientific conference addressing the frontiers of data in research organised by CODATA and WDS. To learn more about the application process and previous and upcoming International Data Week editions, visit https://rd-alliance.org/call-applications-host-international-data-week-idw-2025.
SAVE THE DATE: International Data Week 2023: A Festival of Data, 23–26 October 2023, Salzburg, Austria
The International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and RDA have announced International Data Week 2023: A Festival of Data, taking place on 23–26 October 2023 in Salzburg, Austria. Learn more.
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