RDA’s 22nd Plenary

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BoF – Birds of a Feather

Pathways Coding

8 research data-related topics of interest, known as ‘pathways’, have been identified by colours. All VP22 sessions are summarised under each pathway category and can be viewed as a list here. This should help you navigate the programme and select sessions of interest.

See Pathways Coding

Tues, 14 May

Wed, 15 May

Thu, 16 May

Tues, 21 May

Wed, 22 May

Thu, 23 May

Sessions recordings and presentation slides are available. Navigate to each programme session below to view them.

Final programme of the Research Data Alliance’s 22nd Virtual Plenary Meeting (RDA VP22) can be found below.

All VP22 sessions were held virtually on the event platform Whova [hu:va].
Each breakout session lasted 90 minutes and covered 3 different time zones.
RDA VP22 session recordings was accessible to registered attendees within 24 to 36 hours.
Recordings will be available for the general public on Friday, 28 June 2024, 5 weeks post VP22.
Times are in UTC (Universal Coordinated Time). You can check your local time conversions by clicking on programme times.

To help you join breakout sessions in the time zone that works best for you, please see:

07:00-08:30 UTC for Europe to Africa / Asia / Oceania time-friendly zone;
14:00-15:30 UTC for the Americas to Africa / Europe time-friendly zones;
22:30-00:00 UTC for Asia / Oceania to the Americas time-friendly zones;

Tuesday, 14 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC}

09:30 – 11:00 UTC | Plenary Session: Opening RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting. ‘Why establish national and regional RDA nodes in Europe? The communities perspective’ | Recording and Presentation slides
The session will include a brainstorming about the reasons for an RDA node to establish a formal partnership with the RDA, and will gather the community comments and expectations about the European node’s role and activities. The meeting will be an occasion for the European RDA initiatives to interact with their community in a context wider than the national one and with other European initiatives. Its output will be useful for the European initiatives and for initiatives from other regions, who are also organising regional activities.
- Speakers: Hilary Hanahoe, Alexandra Delipalta, Francoise Genova, Margriet Miedema

14:00 – 15:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 2

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC}

07:00 – 08:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 4
09:30 – 10:30 UTC | RDA for Newcomers Session (For those who are new to the RDA!)
If you are a newcomer, join us at one of the informal sessions which are planned in response to your requests. The sessions are aimed at new and potential members of the RDA. During these sessions you will hear personal RDA stories from experienced members and we will discuss questions you have previously submitted. It’s not too late to prepare your question and bring it along.
14:00 – 15:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 5
- IGSoftware Source Code: Infrastructures for Research Software: Moving toward adoption | Recording and Presentation slides
- BoF – National Data Services – Do we want to meet in the RDA? | Recording and Presentation slides
- IGPhysical Samples and Collections in the Research Data Ecosystem: Applying the CARE Principles to Research Samples and Specimens | Recording and Presentation slides
- BoF – NTRO Gaggle – Boosting non text support through experiential and collaborative effort | Recording and Presentation slides
- IGMetadata: Towards Tools and Guidance for Creating and Handling Structured Metadata | Recording and Presentation slides
- Joint Session: IGActive Data Management Plans, WGDMP Common Standards: Active Data Management Plans: are we there yet? | Recording and Presentation slides
- WGFAIR Data Maturity Model: The FAIR Data Maturity Model in practice: learning from adoption | Recording and Presentation slides
22:30 – 00:00 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 6

Thursday, 16 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC}

03:00 – 04:00 UTC | Oceania Office Hours Session | Recording
Attendees will have the chance to network with experts from the Oceania region, participate in a discussion, and/or ask questions.
- Speakers:
- Rosie Hicks, ARDC Chief Executive Officer
- Keith Russell, ARDC Director Outreach
- Andrew Treloar, ARDC Director, International Strategy
05:00 – 05:30 UTC | Networking Session
07:00 – 08:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 7
14:00 – 15:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 8
17:00 – 18:30 UTC | RDA Plenary Session ‘RDA engagement in the Americas (Canada and US)’ | Recording
This session, hosted jointly by RDA Canada and RDA-US, will open with region updates including ways for RDA members to become involved within their respective region, but also across regions. Drawing on local communities, the session will include area experts on topics of mutual interest to both regions. The session will close with open discussion between multiple regions with the goal of identifying synergies that could lead to potential collaborative opportunities.
- Speakers:
- Lee Wilson, Director of Research Data Management, Digital Research Alliance of Canada
- Beth Plale, Executive Director, Research Data Alliance – US
- Area experts: To be announced
22:30 – 00:00 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 9
- IGGlobal Water Information: Status update on FAIR water data activities | Recording
- REPEAT: BoF – NTRO Gaggle – Boosting non text support through experiential and collaborative effort | Recording and Presentation slides
- CANCELLED ~~BoF –~~ ~~The RDA Data Rebel Alliance 2.0: Transformative Data Futures~~ / CANCELLED
- IG Science communication for research data: State of practice and future directions | Recording
- REPEAT: Joint session: RDA in Ireland, WGFAIRsharing Registry: Connecting data policies, standards and databases RDA: RDA Ambassadors and Champions: Building an IG with lessons learned | Recording and Presentation slides

Friday, 17 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC} – Co-located Events

~~13:00 – 14:30 UTC~~ | ~~Digital Repository of Ireland and the National Open Research Forum on Empowering an Irish National PID Strategy~~ CANCELLED

Monday, 20 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC} – Co-located Events

10:30 – 12:30 UTC | Advancing Genomic Data Governance: An Indian Perspective | Recording
- For more details on the event click here
14:00 – 15:00 UTC | TIGER/TIGRUS Session
- For more details on the event click here

Tuesday, 21 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC}

04:30 – 06:00 UTC | RDA Oceania Plenary Session ‘Collaborating Internationally for Regional Benefit’ | Recording and Presentation slides
This session from the Oceania region will examine a range of ways in which working through the RDA and drawing on RDA outputs is being used to benefit research and research infrastructure in the region. A specific focus will be on Indigenous Data Governance, and the role of Open Science Platforms.
- Speakers:
- Indigenous Data Governance and the role of CARE: Guam: Dr Riley Taitingfong, Australia: Robert McLellan, HASS&I
- Open Science Platforms: Korea: Dr. Jungho Uhm, KISTI, Japan: Mikiko Tanifuji, NII, Malaysia: Professor ChM Dr Noorsaadah Abd Rahman, FASc, Malaysia Open Science Alliance Co-Chair
07:00 – 08:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 10
- IG Understanding and Capturing the Uptake of Digital Research Infrastructure: Establishing the Understanding and Capturing the Uptake of Digital Research Infrastructure IG | Recording and Presentation slides
- IGOpen Science Graphs for FAIR Data: Next steps for Open Science Graphs | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: BoF – Health Data Commons: GORC international model profiling towards FAIR convergence | Recording and Presentation slides
- BoF – Research Tool Usage in Data Curation Workflows: Responsibilities & Collaboration | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: BoF – Let’s keep talking about mappings !! | Recording and Presentation slides
12:30 – 13:30 UTC | European Office Hours Session
Attendees will have the chance to network with experts from European region, participate in a discussion, and/or ask questions.
- Speakers:
- Francoise Genova
- Ari Asmi, Director of the RDA Association AISBL
- Margriet Miedema, LCRDM Coördinator
- Marta Teperek, Programme Leader for FAIR Data at National Open Science
14:00 – 15:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 11
22:30 – 00:00 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 12
- IGSocial Science Research Data: The challenges and opportunities for building data infrastructure to support research in the social sciences and humanities | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: IGFAIR for Machine Learning (FAIR4ML): Updates and feedback on the FAIR4ML IG activities | Recording
- REPEAT: BoF – Active disposal of research data: what you need to know and do before you push delete | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: IGEvaluation of Research: RDA in the Evaluation of Research Landscape | Recording and Presentation slides

Wednesday, 22 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC}

07:00 – 08:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 13
- REPEAT: IGLife Science Data Infrastructures: Exploring the FAIR requirements for federated infrastructures in the life sciences and beyond | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: IGScience communication for research data: State of practice and future directions | Recording
- REPEAT: IGData Discovery Paradigms: From Discoverability to Chatbots: New trends in Data Discovery | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: WG Community-based catalogue of requirements for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers Working Group (TRSPs WG): Criteria and Certification for trustworthy Technical Repository Service Providers | Recording and Presentation slides
12:00 – 14:00 UTC |Co-located event| The WorldFAIR Project: The journey so far and next steps – Session 1. For more details on the event click here
- For more details on the event click here
14:00 – 15:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 14
- WGComplex Citations: Working Towards Recommendations | Recording and Presentation slides
- CANCELLED ~~REPEAT: W~~GArtificial Intelligence and Data Visitation (AIDV): A radical approach to AI governance for data spaces and the development of digital twins CANCELLED
- CANCELLED ~~REPEAT: BoF –~~ ~~Research Tool Usage in Data Curation Workflows: Responsibilities & Collaboration~~ CANCELLED
- WGInteroperAble Descriptions of Observable Property Terminology (I-ADOPT WG): Embeddings of I-ADOPT in existing standards | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: WGGORC International Model, IGGlobal Open Research Commons: Global open research commons: model adoption and next steps | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: IGSmall Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ Data: Introducing the small uncrewed aircraft and autonomous platforms data Working Group | Recording and Presentation slides
17:00 – 18:00 UTC | RDA for Newcomers Session (For those who are new to the RDA!)
If you are a newcomer, join us at one of the informal sessions which are planned in response to your requests. The sessions are aimed at new and potential members of the RDA. During these sessions you will hear personal RDA stories from experienced members and we will discuss questions you have previously submitted. It’s not too late to prepare your question and bring it along.
19:00 – 20:00 UTC | RDA-US Office Hours Session | Recording
In this session attendees will connect with the RDA-US program office such as to ask questions or learn more about RDA-US initiatives. We plan to open with a short presentation about RDA-US and the TIGRUS (Targeted International working Groups US) facilitation program. It is followed by attendee questions.
- Speakers:
- Rob Quick, RDA-US, TIGRUS Program Manager
- Beth Plale, RDA-US, Executive Director
- Robert Ping, RDA-US, Program Manager
- Yolanda Meleco, RDA-US, Strategic Communications
22:30 – 00:00 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 15
REPEAT: BoF – National Data Services – Do we want to meet in the RDA? | Recording and Presentation slides
REPEAT: IGSoftware Source Code: Infrastructures for Research Software: Moving toward adoption | Recording and Presentation slides
REPEAT: WGRDA-OfR Creating a Multi-omics Metadata Schema Standard Reporting Matrix: Harmonising the Future of Multi-Omics Data Standards Integration | Recording and Presentation slides
REPEAT: IGNational PID Strategies: Equity challenges for National PID Strategies | Recording and Presentation slides
REPEAT: CoP IGAD Community of Practice: Addressing agricultural data ethics, agrisemantics and AI | Recording and Presentation slides

Thursday, 23 May 2024 {Times listed in UTC}

07:00 – 08:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 16
- REPEAT: IGVirtual Research Environment IG (VRE-IG: VREs/Virtual Labs/Science Gateways: How could FAIRness badges for providers, developers and users of VREs look like? | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: WGRDA & ReSA: Policies in Research Organisations for Research Software (PRO4RS): Policies in Research Organisations for Research Software (PRO4RS) Working Group | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: IGWorking with PIDs in Tools: Bridging Platforms and Practices: Bringing more tools together using PIDs | Recording and Presentation slides
- CANCELLED ~~REPEAT: BoF –~~ ~~The RDA Data Rebel Alliance 2.0: Transformative Data Futures~~ CANCELLED
12:00 – 14:00 UTC |Co-located event| The WorldFAIR Project: The journey so far and next steps – Session 2. For more details on the event click here
- For more details on the event click here
14:00 – 15:30 UTC | RDA 22nd Plenary Meeting Breakout Session 17
- CANCELLED ~~REPEAT: BoF –~~ ~~Research assessment and science integrity:~~ ~~A global approach with local impact for research policy and the development of digital tools~~ CANCELLED
- WGData Granularity: Data Granularity Guidance: Final Outputs & Their Relevance Across the RDA| Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: WGFAIRification of Genomic Annotations: WG:FAIRification of Genomic Annotations – metadata harmonisation at scale | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: WGHarmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains: Kickoff of Harmonised terminologies and schemas for FAIR data in materials science and related domains Working Group | Recording and Presentation slides
- REPEAT: IGPID: PID SLAM – updates from around the world of PIDs | Recording and Presentation slides
16:30 – 18:00 UTC | RDA Plenary Session: Closing 22nd Plenary Meeting ‘Initiatives and challenges of research data in Latin America’
The aim of the closing session dedicated to Latin America is to highlight open science, research data management activities and stakeholders and to promote the 23rd Plenary meeting in November 2024 in Costa Rica.| Recording
- Speakers: Andrea Mora (LA Referencia), Lautaro Matas (LA Referencia and Washington Segundo, IBICT Brasil), Claudia Cordova (Concytec Peru), Juan Maldini (ANII Uruguay), Patricia Muñoz (ANID Chile)
20:00 – 21:00 UTC | TAB meets WG/IG Co-chairs
The session services as a communication channel between the groups: TAB and co-chairs. TAB will provide updates on its activities, seek feedback on the interaction between TAB and the co-chairs, as well as on facilitation between WG/IG groups.

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