Digital Infrastructures for Research 2017, 30 Nov- 1 Dec 2017, Brussels

By torillh |

The Digital Infrastructures for Research 2017 (DI4R) conference will showcase policies, processes, best practices, data and services that can leverage existing initiatives to develop building blocks of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and European Data Infrastructure (EDI). Topics addressed include: (1) Interoperability, (2) Data science and skills, (3) Impact evaluation and metrics, (4) Security, trust and identity, (5) The EOSC & EDI building blocks, and (6) Business models, sustainability and policies.

Conference: Engaging Researchers in Good Data Management 15 November, Cambridge

By aleksanderv |

Is it possible to achieve better management and universal sharing of the world’s data through mandates alone? Policy change and other top-down approaches are important, but many advocates are also driving change through engaging with researchers directly. This one-day conference featuring workshops, talks and demonstrations will address how advocates are finding increasing success in managing and providing greater access to research data.