RDA Month in Review: IDW and Plenary 19, Upcoming Webinars, Community Review Opportunities and more
Plenary 19 Programme Now Available
RDA's 19th Plenary programme is now available . Plenary, social and poster sessions are tentative and will likely slighlty change as the planning process progresses. Breakout times are final.
To register for Plenary 19 and IDW, visit here. Note, the early bird deadline is 31 May.
For those planning to travel to the Republic of Korea, view accommodation information.
Join the Plenary 19 Webinars and Take Advantage of the Early Fee Discounts at IDW 2022!
International Data Week 2022, hosted by the Republic of Korea, is accepting both virtual and onsite registration. The early bird fee was extended till 31 May.
The international credit card payment gateway is now fully operational and accepts card payments from all locations. For more details please see detailed information about ticketing and fees. Should you still experience issues with your registration, please contact registrations@internationaldataweek.org.
Furthermore, preferential hotel rates and special booking conditions are available to all IDW 2022 attendees wishing to attend the conference in Seoul in person.
Up to 80 rooms are available for international delegates on a first-come first-served basis. The promo code to take advantage of discounted hotel rates is included in the registration confirmation email. More details about the hotels can be found at IDW 2022 Accommodation.
Research Data Alliance (RDA) is inviting you to join virtual webinars on the 11 May. The morning or late afternoon webinar will give you a brief introduction to the RDA, on how the organisation works, and on the various ways that you can get involved. You will find general information and updates about the upcoming International Data Week and will have an overview of the virtual event platform. The webinars are free, and we encourage you to register P19 Webinars.
We Want Your Comments!
The following RDA Recommendations and Supporting Outputs are in Community Review:
- Supporting Output: Recommendations for a minimal metadata set to aid harmonised discovery of learning resources (review period ends 9 May)
- Core Characteristics of Learning Resource Collectors Core Characteristics of Learning Resource Collectors (review period ends 9 May)
- 10 Things for Curating Reproducible and FAIR Research (review period ends 13 May)
Webinars
Introduction to the RDA 19th Plenary and Why You Should Join the International Data Week 2022!
The Research Data Management In Engineering (RDMinEng) IG Webinar Series
The Research Data Management in Engineering (RDMinEng) IG is hosting a webinar series through September with the RDA community to explore and exchange engineering practices and experiences in the use of Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) and Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). The first in the series takes place this week, Thursday, 5 May 2022 at 16:00 UTC. Learn more.
17th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC22) - Registration Open!
13-16 June 2022
New Organisational Member
CSC – IT Center for Science is a Finnish center of expertise in information technology owned by the Finnish state and higher education institutions. CSC is the driving force behind EUDAT and has played a central role in many other research data related European initiative and projects acting as coordinator or leader of areas of activities. Themes span across research data services, research infrastructures, high performance computing, data and thematic clouds. RDA and RDA Europe is one of such initiatives. Learn more.
Time to Re-think the Divide between Academic and Support Staff
RDA members Marta Teperek, Maria Cruz and Danny Kingsley authored this article which was recently featured in Nature and speaks about the negative consequences of the divide between academic and professional support staff, and argues that this divide no longer makes sense. The authors aim is to raise awareness about these problems, start discussions within the community and start identifying the steps which have to be taken to stop the divide. Read article.
EOSC/RDA Open Call: ‘RDA Cross-disciplinary Adoption in Support of EOSC’
A new EOSC/RDA Call opened last month targeting small community projects that show cross-disciplinary implementation and uptake of RDA recommendations and outputs within the EOSC environment. The deadline to apply is 11 July. Learn more.
Have you Listened to Episode 1 of Data Streams?
Data Streams is a collection of conversations among members in the RDA community about challenges they face as researchers and data experts in managing the massive quantities of research data and how together, they are finding solutions and proving the value of open research data sharing and reuse.
The first episode of Data Streams is now available. Titled “A Working Group’s Journey, The RDA Data Citation Working Group”, RDA co-chairs Mark Parsons and Andreas Rauber discuss their experience in leading an RDA Working Group, advise others who collaborate with international teams in implementing research projects, and educate listeners on the Recommendations they produced through their work. In addition to their roles as co-chairs of the RDA Data Citation Working Group, Mark is a Research Scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Andreas is a Professor at the Vienna University of Technology.
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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