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SEMIC 2016 - Semantic Interoperability Conference
In this year conference, participants will have the opportunity to follow discussions and panels on policies and practices for developing and using data standards and learn from the experience coming from standardisation organisations, governments and European institutions.
Data Service/Tool Discoverability Workshop: 21-22 April 2016, Santorini, Greece
Acceptance of the open science principle entails open access not only to research data but also to data services, tools, analyses, and methods that enable researchers to conduct efficiently and effectively their research activities.
RDA Europe Third Science Workshop "Big and Smaller data" - 19-20 April 2016, Paris, France
The RDA Europe project has been holding an annual Science Workshop co-organised with a European research organisation since 2014. The third one was held in Paris, 19-20 April 2016, and co-organised with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS.
Date: 6th April 2016
Location: Tinbergenzaal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Kloveniersburgwal 29, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
“Open Science, Open Innovation, Open to the World.”
Commissioner Moedas' statement emphasizes the importance and potential of open of science for Europe and globally.
5th National Data Service Consortium Workshop
RDA members are invited to attend the National Data Service (NDS) Consortium meeting, to be held April 4-6, 2016 at RENCI in Chapel Hill, NC.This is the fifth in their series of workshops aimed at building a national infrastructure for sharing, publishing, and re-using data.
International conference on Big Data & Knowledge Discovery, 9-11 March 2016, Bangalore, India
ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
In 2017, ASLO will return to one of its most popular locations – Honolulu, Hawai′i. This is an important meeting to address water issues and promote scientific exchange across the freshwater to marine continuum. The meeting will also embrace the Hawaiian cultural perspective linking land, water, and peoples.
The Future of the Commons: Data, Software and Beyond
On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, RDA/US, CENDI and the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will be co-sponsoring a one-day workshop titled “The Future of the Commons: Data, Software and Beyond” at the National Academies of Science in Washington DC. The workshop will center on the evolving concept of the “commons” and the various challenges associated with its development. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with their peers and industry experts on topics including privacy, security, and the unique and shifting needs of various research communities.
GEO-XII Plenary & Mexico City Ministerial Summit
GEO-XII Plenary & Mexico City Ministerial Summit, 9 - 13 November 2015, Mexico City, Mexico. See www.earthobservations.org for more information.
Second Polar Data Forum (PDF II), 27 - 29 October 2015, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
The Second Polar Data Forum (PDF II) will be held 27-29 October 2015, at the University of Waterloo, Canada. PDF II will accelerate progress by establishing clear actions to address the target issues, including meeting the needs of society and science through promotion of open data and effective data stewardship, establishing sharing and interoperability of data at a variety of levels, developing trusted data management systems, and ensuring long-term data preservation.