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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>TWO WEEKS TO GO! The deadline to submit abstracts for papers and poster for SciDataCon 2018, part of International Data Week, 4-8 November, Gaborone, Botswana is 31 May.<br>
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Submit Abstracts for Papers and Posters: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/</a><br>
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Call for Papers and Posters: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/call_for_papers/">https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/call_for_papers/</a><br>
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Provisionally Accepted Sessions: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/</a><br>
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Themes and Scope of SciDataCon: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/conference_themes_and_scope/">https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/conference_themes_and_scope/</a><br>
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<b>Call for Papers</b><br>
For SciDataCon we request that proposals should be submitted for research papers, practice papers, lightning talks and panel contributions: <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/">https://www.scidatacon.org/</a>IDW2018/submit/<br>
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In some cases, session organisers will be inviting proposals, but please note that you may submit a proposal to any accepted session if you think your proposal is a good fit with that session topic. <br>
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Abstracts must be submitted to an accepted session or to the General Submission session. You may consult the descriptions of accepted sessions at <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/</a><br>
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When submitting your abstract at <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/</a> you will need to select the appropriate session. <br>
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Abstracts submitted to specific sessions will be reviewed for their individual quality and according to their appropriateness for that session. Abstracts submitted to the General Submission option will be reviewed for individual quality and, if accepted, will
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Accepted abstracts will be available from the conference website and will form a persistent collection, so please consider the following recommendations carefully:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Please submit your proposal of a length appropriate to the intervention. For example, we recommend that the proposal for a research paper should be 800-1600 words and for a practice paper 600-1000 words. For lightning talks or panel interventions 300-600 words
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Submission must include a summary. The summary should be brief - 100-250 words, and certainly no more than 250 words.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b>Call for Posters</b><br>
Posters will be an important feature of SciDataCon 2018. The organisers will endeavour to ensure that all poster presenters have an opportunity to give a lightning talk as well as participating in the poster reception. Posters can often be a more effective
way of communicating key technical features of a paper and providing a visual summary that really engages the viewer.<br>
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Abstracts must be submitted to an accepted session or to the General Submission session. You may consult the descriptions of accepted sessions at <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/</a><br>
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When submitting your abstract at <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/</a> you will need to select the appropriate session.<br>
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For a Poster Abstract we suggest 800-1600 words and no more than 1600 words in length. <br>
Submission must include a summary. The summary should be brief - 100-250 words, and certainly no more than 250 words.<br>
Please describe the subject of the proposed poster in as much detail as possible. Describe the structure of the poster. Above all, let us know:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>• why the poster or demo will catch delegates' attention and why will they stop and listen to you? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>International Data Week 2018: deadline for papers and poster abstracts for SciDataCon, 31 May:</b> consult the <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/call_for_papers/">Call for Papers</a> and the <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/">Accepted
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Join the Programme Review Committee for SciDataCon, part of International Data Week 2018:</b> <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/Elz9VfdgVJrtIon13">apply here by Mon 21 May.</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Apply to participate in the CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School and Advanced Workshops, Trieste, Italy, August 2018 - </b><a href="http://www.codata.org/news/242/62/Applications-Invited-to-Participate-in-the-CODATA-RDA-Research-Data-Science-Summer-School-and-Advanced-Workshops-Trieste-Italy-2018-Deadline-21-May-2018">Deadline
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Find out what’s happening! </b><a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org">Sign up to the CODATA International News List</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Looking for training and career opportunities in data science and data stewardship?</b> <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/data_science_training_lists.codata.org">Sign up to the CODATA community-run data science training
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