[IRTalk] Repeat email - Call for Applications to Host International Data Week 2021 or 2023

Fri Jul 12 08:18:15 SAST 2019

Forwarded on behalf of World Data System, Rorie Edmunds, PhD | Acting Executive Director, World Data System-International Programme Office
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Thank you for your support of WDS' activities concerning scientific research data. Following the success of International Data Week (IDW) 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana, both the ISC's Committee on Data and World Data System and the Research Data Alliance are very pleased to announce the Call for Applications to host IDW 2021 or IDW 2023.

Details are below. Please disseminate this information far and wide, and also consider working with partners to put in a bid by the 30 September deadline.

Thank you for your time to assist us with this important matter.

Best wishes,
Rorie
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Rorie Edmunds, PhD | Acting Executive Director
World Data System-International Programme Office
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Call for Applications to Host International Data Week 2021 or 2023

This landmark event is organized by the Committee on Data (CODATA) and the World Data System (WDS) of the International Science Council (ISC), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA). It brings together data scientists, researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and data stewards from disciplines across the globe to explore how best to exploit the data revolution to improve science and society through data-driven discovery and innovation. IDW combines the RDA Plenary Meeting, the biannual meeting of this international member organization working to develop and support global infrastructure facilitating data sharing and reuse, and SciDataCon, the scientific conference addressing the frontiers of data in research organized by CODATA and WDS. Two editions have taken place to date:

  1.  IDW 2016, 11–17 September 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA; attended by 840 data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from across the globe.
  2.  IDW 2018, 5–8 November 2018, Gaborone, Botswana; attended by more than 850 international data professionals and researchers.

The founding organizations wish for International Data Week to become a biennial meeting place for the global data community. We are therefore inviting proposals to host the third and fourth editions of this exciting event in September/October/November 2021 and 2023 respectively.

The primary objective of the event is to bring together a large and representative part of the global data community. IDW 2016 and 2018 were huge successes, and we want to continue that trajectory and increase impact. These are important times in the world of data, and we seek local partners and a venue that will help us communicate that buzz.

International Data Week is a global and inclusive event. The founding organizers are keen to engage with cities and countries where we have not held an IDW or related meeting before. The organizers encourage proposals from the global South; proposals from the global North should show how they will work with the founding organizers to maximize participation from LMICs. Wherever the proposal comes from, it will be important to demonstrate how the partnership will advance the missions of the founding organizations, ensure the impact of IDW, and enhance membership of and engagement with the three organizations.

Applications should demonstrate that local hosts have access to a suitable venue; strong support from local organizations and government; good connections to universities, industry, and research organizations in the country and region; and solid financial support.

We envision IDW 2021 and 2023 as four-day events that integrate the activities of a SciDataCon international conference and an RDA Plenary Meeting. Each IDW is expected to include both research sessions and focussed working meetings, as well as broad plenary sessions of general interest. The days before and after each event will be set aside for the business and governance meetings of CODATA, RDA, and WDS, and potentially other co-located meetings.

Application Deadline

Applications should be sent by email to all of the IDW founding organisation representatives listed below no later than 30 September 2019 in electronic format based on the details and template available in the IDW Guidelines document (annexed).

Applications should be addressed to:

  *   Simon Hodson, CODATA Executive Director, at simon at codata.org<mailto:simon at codata.org>
  *   Hilary Hanahoe, RDA Secretary General, at hilary.hanahoe at rda-foundation.org<mailto:hilary.hanahoe at rda-foundation.org>
  *   Rorie Edmunds, WDS Acting Executive Director, at rorie.edmunds at icsu-wds.org<mailto:rorie.edmunds at icsu-wds.org>

International Data Week (IDW) Call and Meeting Guidelines<https://www.icsu-wds.org/files/idw2021-2023-pdf>

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