<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><span id="m_-5109157183379135451gmail-docs-internal-guid-f8bc0731-cad3-e194-8efb-734a9f6a042d"><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32;margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:4.5pt">Proposals are invited for sessions at SciDataCon 2018: The Digital Frontiers of Global Science.<br></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SciDataCon 2018 will take place as an integrated part of International Data Week, 22-26 October 2018, in Gaborone, Botswana.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session proposals should be made at: </span><a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.scidatacon.org/<wbr>IDW2018/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - the deadline for proposals is midnight UTC on 19 January 2018.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have not already done so, you need to sign up and create an account on the </span><a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/author/register/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SciDataCon site</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. - this is not, of course the same as registering for the conference.  Conference registration will be available in due course at </span><a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://internationaldataweek.<wbr>org/</span></a></p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32;margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Digital Frontiers of Global Science</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SciDataCon 2018 will address the theme of ‘The Digital Frontiers of Global Science’.  In a hyperconnected world where the internet is pervasive and web technologies are driving major changes in our lives, research has become more than ever before digital and international.  Furthermore, the major societal and scientific challenges facing humanity in this digital age are profoundly global in character, requiring the participation of researchers from all countries and disciplines. The data revolution is also a major source of the scientific opportunities to address these issues but to realise these potentials the frontiers of science, data analysis and stewardship must be advanced.  Likewise, the data revolution must be inclusive, benefitting all,  and harnessing all energies: no parts of the world and no disciplines should be left behind.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SciDataCon 2018 seeks to explore the digital frontiers of global science by bringing together research and practice papers from a wide range of perspectives. The scope is explicitly broad and inclusive, addressing all aspects of the role of data in research.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The high-level themes of the 2018 edition are:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the digital frontiers of global science;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">a global and inclusive data revolution;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">applications, progress and challenges of data intensive research;</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">data infrastructure and enabling practices for international and collaborative research.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An expanded overview of these themes is provided here <a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/conference_themes_and_scope/" target="_blank">http://www.scidatacon.org/<wbr>conference/IDW2018/conference_<wbr>themes_and_scope/</a>.</span></p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32;margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposing a Session</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please consider the following issues when making your proposal for a SciDataCon 2018 session.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sessions will be 90 minutes in duration.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sessions should correspond to one or more of the conference themes outlined at <a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/conference_themes_and_scope/" target="_blank">http://www.scidatacon.org/<wbr>conference/IDW2018/conference_<wbr>themes_and_scope/</a>.  Proposals should indicate which theme(s) the session addresses.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Session proposals should indicate the format and ‘type’ of the session: see 'Session Types' <a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/conference/IDW2018/session-types/" target="_blank">http://www.scidatacon.org/<wbr>conference/IDW2018/session-<wbr>types/</a> for information about the different formats of sessions that are invited.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The proposed session structure should allow sufficient time for interaction and discussion with participants and audience.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap">Your proposal should:</span><br></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transpar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;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All speakers wishing to present research papers, practice papers, posters and panel contributions, whether identified in session proposals or not, will be required to submit abstracts by midnight UTC on 16 April 2016.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It is the responsibility of the organisers of accepted sessions to ensure that invited speakers for their sessions submit abstracts for their contributions by this deadline.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The International Scientific Programme Committee may allocate paper(s) from the general a call for papers to a session if appropriate and with the agreement of the session organisers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Selected papers will be notified by 31 May 2018 when we hope also to publish an outline programme.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><br></p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.32;margin-top:15pt;margin-bottom:8pt;margin-right:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summary of Key Dates</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline for session proposals: 19 January 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Selected sessions will be notified by 16 February 2018.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Call for abstracts will be released c. 16 February 2018</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline for abstracts submission: 16 April 2018</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Target for confirmation of accepted abstracts, 31 May 2018.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"> </p><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">Best Wishes</p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt">Asha</p></font></span></span><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-5109157183379135451gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px">------------------------------<wbr>-------------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: <wbr>Strategy and Achievement, <wbr>2015-2016 </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.<wbr>5281/zenodo.165830</a><br></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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