With the pandemic highlighting the need for international cooperation, this year’s Research Data Alliance (RDA) Plenary virtual conference, scheduled for April 20-23, 2021, will focus on ’global mechanisms for data reuse’.
Hosted by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in collaboration with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Jisc, the 17th Plenary seeks to tackle global challenges with practical solutions, uniting delegates from 145 different countries to strengthen the network’s diversity and international stature. The RDA builds the social and technical bridges that enable open sharing and re-use of data.
The outputs developed by the international RDA community via working groups all aim to ensure that data can be shared, reused, and made more open for research and innovation and in global and cross-domain environments.
Confirmed speakers include Professor Richard Gold from McGill University, who will talk about ‘Open science and drug discovery’, Dr Susan K. Gregurick from the National Institute of Health, who will focus on ‘Building a robust FAIR biomedical data ecosystem’, and Dr Jeni Tennison from the Open Data Institute, who will discuss ’Research data in the wider data ecosystem’.
The rich programme features over seventy RDA Group sessions, and a panel discussion on ‘Facilitating greater data reuse’ supporting the RDA’s vision for researchers and innovators to openly share and re-use data across technologies, disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society.
Registrations for the event are currently open.
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