<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">CODATA 2017 Conference, 'Global Challenges and Data-Driven Science’, 8-13 October 2017, Saint-Petersburg, Russia: <a href="http://codata2017.gcras.ru/" class="">http://codata2017.gcras.ru/</a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Now Accepting Submissions for Sessions and Papers: deadline 30 June <a href="http://conference.codata.org/2017/submit/" class="">http://conference.codata.org/2017/submit/</a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">The purpose of the CODATA 2017 Conference is to explore the fundamental issues relating to the availability, (re-)use and scientific analysis of data that relate to the most significant contemporary global challenges. The priority themes of CODATA 2017 <a href="http://conference.codata.org/site/themes-scope/" class="">http://conference.codata.org/site/themes-scope/</a> are:</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><ol class=""><li class=""><b class="">Achievements in Data Driven Science: </b>covering concrete achievements in data-driven science across all research areas;</li><li class=""><b class="">Earth Observations Data and the Earth’s System: </b>including data collection, analysis and integration of Earth observations and the study of the Earth’s system;</li><li class=""><b class="">Data and Disaster Risk Research: </b>covering the collection, analysis and integration of data for disaster risk research;</li><li class=""><b class="">Data Driven and Sustainable Cities: </b>covering the use of data for Smart Cities, sustainable and resilient urban development;</li><li class=""><b class="">Big Data in Scientific and Commercial Sectors: </b>covering the shared data challenges of Big Data management and analysis in both the scientific and commercial sectors;</li><li class=""><b class="">Data Analysis, Event Recognition and Applications: </b>covering the fundamental and practical issues of relating data analysis, event recognition and application;</li><li class=""><b class="">National and International Data Services: </b>covering the coordination and development of national and international data services;</li><li class=""><b class="">Research Data Services in Universities: </b>covering the development of research data services in universities and other research organisations;</li><li class=""><b class="">Coordination of Data Standards and Interoperability;</b></li><li class=""><b class="">FAIR Data and the Limits of Open Data;</b></li><li class=""><b class="">Metrology, Reference Data and Monitoring Data:</b> covering fundamental physical constants, metrology, issues around the reliability and standardisation of reference data in all domains;</li><li class="">Sessions and abstracts concerning other themes relating to data policy, data science and data management for all areas of research will be considered.</li></ol></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">To submit a proposal for a session or a paper at CODATA 2017, go to <a href="http://conference.codata.org/2017/submit/" class="">http://conference.codata.org/2017/submit/</a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">CODATA 2017 is running simultaneous proposals for sessions and papers. The deadline for both types of proposal is 30 June 2017. </div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">It is the responsibility of session organisers to ensure that the papers that comprise a proposed session are also submitted by the deadline of 30 June.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">Papers may be proposed either 1) in relation to simultaneous proposal for a session; or, 2) independently of a session proposal in order to be assigned to an appropriate thematic session by the organisers.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">To register to attend the conference and for information about travel, logistics and accommodation go to <a href="http://codata2017.gcras.ru/" class="">http://codata2017.gcras.ru/</a></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">The conference will take place in the wonderful setting of the St. Petersburg Museum of Art. See <a href="http://codata2017.gcras.ru/" class="">http://codata2017.gcras.ru/</a> for further information about the venue, location, accommodation and registration.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="DB671B39-5C08-40E8-B3CD-8AB1DA50F33C" height="269" width="561" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:8D89AF68-A361-4605-A974-3298EFC14FE8" class=""></div><div class="">
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letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">___________________________</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org" class="">http://www.codata.org</a><br class=""><br class="">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" class="">simon@codata.org</a> | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99<br class="">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59<br class=""><br class="">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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