ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

Upcoming Events

• Symposium on the Data Sharing Plans and on the Scientific Benefits of Data Sharing in GEOSS
  

  16 November 2009

Recent Events

• International Symposium on Designing the Microbial Research Commons, 8-9 October 2009
  
• 2nd Meeting of the Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI), 24-25 September 2009
  - Meeting Agenda
  -  Public Symposium - Scientific Data for Evidence Based Policy and Decision Making, 24 September 2009, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. 
  - Listen to the symposium audiocast (134.59 MB)
  
  
• NIST – BRDI Planning Meeting, April 7, 2009
  --> NIST: Promoting U.S. Innovation and Industrial Competitiveness, Belinda L. Collins, Ph.D., Director, Technology Services, NIST
  --> NIST Scientific Data
  --> An Overview of Data Activities at NIST [PDF 6KB],
            prepared for the Board on Research Data and Information, National Academy of Sciences, April 7, 2009
  
  
• Symposium on Common Use Licensing of Publicly Funded Scientific Data and Publications
  25 March 2009, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, and
  27 March 2009, Academia Sinica, Taipei, TAIWAN
  
  
• Third U.S.-China Roundtable on Scientific Data Cooperation, 23-24 March, 2009, Qingdao, China
  - Final Report   [ PDF ]
  

• First BRDI Board Meeting, January 29-30, 2009, Washington, DC
  - Meeting Agenda
  - Public Symposium on Author Deposit Mandates for Federal Research Grantees, January 29, 4:30-6:30 pm, Washington, DC
  - Listen to the audiocast (14MB real media file)

Current and Ongoing Activities & Events

• U.S. National Committee for CODATA
  
  
• U.S.-China Roundtable on Scientific Data Cooperation
  
  
• Preservation and Archiving of Scientific and Technical Data
  
  
• CODATA White Paper and Implementation Guidelines for the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles
  
  
• Initiative on Access to Scientific Information in Developing Countries
  (in collaboration with the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues)
  

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