<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-6d476bd3-ef16-9fc2-1219-17ad61b667f2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The European Commission’s </span><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3464" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FAIR data expert group</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is hosting its first open </span><a href="https://github.com/FAIR-Data-EG/consultation/blob/master/community-sessions.md" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">community session</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on Monday 3</span><span style="font-size:6.6pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">rd</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> July from 14:00-16:00 CEST. You may already have seen the </span><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/pdf/fair_eg.pdf" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">call for contributions</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and the </span><a href="https://github.com/FAIR-Data-EG/consultation" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">public GitHub</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We realise GitHub may be an unfamiliar platform for some, so wanted to offer multiple fora in which you can get involved.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you would like to feed into discussion, please sign in to the </span><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3736763218412786433" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GoToWebinar</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on 3</span><span style="font-size:6.6pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">rd</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> July. No pre-registration is required – just come along and share your ideas on the day. There will be a short introduction to the group and our objectives, but there’s not a formal presentation and strict agenda. This session will be driven by you and your contributions, so drop in at any time during the two hour window. You can also leave whenever you like – this is going to be freeform.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The aim is to provide a forum where you can discuss ideas directly with Expert Group members and each other. At the Research Data Network in the UK, Alice Motes spoke about the </span><a href="https://www.clir.org/fellowships/postdoc" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CLIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. When she asked if there was desire for a similar thing in the UK, there was consensus in the room that it would be great. Mary Donaldson suggested that placing postdocs in the library to understand the data management side of things could be a good way to start closing the gap on the </span><a href="http://e-irg.eu/news-blog/-/blogs/we-need-500-000-respected-data-stewards-to-operate-the-european-open-science-cloud" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">500,000 data stewards</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> it is estimated that we need.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These are precisely the kind of ideas and discussions we want to generate in the open session. So take a look through the </span><a href="https://github.com/FAIR-Data-EG/consultation#what-to-contribute" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">call for contributions</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and the </span><a href="https://github.com/FAIR-Data-EG/consultation/issues" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">comments people have been posting</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on GitHub already, sign on in and post suggestions, questions or comments yourself or otherwise help us to power up the wisdom of the crowd!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This session will be run by Simon Hodson, Peter Wittenburg and Daniel Mietchen. A second session will be run on Wednesday 26th July from 10:00-12:00 CEST.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Webinar sign in link: </span><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3736763218412786433" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3736763218412786433</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> .</span></p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For latest updates on the community sessions, check </span><a href="https://github.com/FAIR-Data-EG/consultation/blob/master/community-sessions.md" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://github.com/FAIR-Data-EG/consultation/blob/master/community-sessions.md</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></span><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px">-------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">CODATA 2017 International Conference, ‘Global Challenges and Data-Driven Research’, Saint-Petersburg, <span><span>8-13 October</span></span>, Registration and Information: <a href="http://codata2017.gcras.ru/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://codata2017.gcras.ru/</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">CODATA 2017 International Conference, ‘Global Challenges and Data-Driven Research’, Now Accepting Proposals for Sessions and Papers: <a href="http://conference.codata.org/2017/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://conference.codata.org/2017/</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830</a></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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