<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px">ONE WEEK TO GO! The deadline of 22 December is approaching for abstract submissions for papers to be presented at the Göttingen-CODATA Symposium 2018 on ‘the critical role of university research data management infrastructure in transforming data to knowledge’.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The event will be a timely and major appraisal of progress in institutional endeavours to address the challenge of improving research data management for the benefit of science.  The symposium will feature invited speakers of international renown as well as papers from institutions from around the world.  The symposium themes are designed to ensure that the event will allow the community to appraise progress and share knowledge in key areas of institutional RDM activity: <a href="http://conference.codata.org/conference/2018_Goettingen_RDM/symposium-themes/" target="_blank">http://conference.<wbr>codata.org/conference/2018_<wbr>Goettingen_RDM/symposium-<wbr>themes/</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit them to a special collection of the Data Science Journal <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/collections/special/" target="_blank">https://datascience.<wbr>codata.org/collections/<wbr>special/</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap">Topic of the Symposium: ‘The critical role of university RDM infrastructure in transforming data to knowledge’</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All over the world universities and libraries have started the task of developing research data services. Ideally such initiatives aim to result in a complete service portfolio covering the entire research lifecycle: support in writing proposals and data management plans, repository infrastructures for the storage of data, support in publishing data, assignment of persistent identifiers, lecturing in data management, etc. This broad scope means that such services are often seen as requiring a joint effort from from university, library, IT centre, faculties and other stakeholders.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nowhere in the world has such a complete support scenario been perfected. It is timely for actors in the various dimensions of such initiatives internationally to share their practical experiences, research and insights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please note the range of themes listed below and at </span><a href="http://conference.codata.org/conference/2018-Goettingen-RDM/symposium-themes/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://conference.codata.org/c<wbr>onference/2018-Goettingen-RDM/<wbr>symposium-themes/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important Points About Abstract Submissions</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposals for long papers should be 1200-2000 words.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Proposals for short papers should be 300-600 words.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When submitting a proposal the author should choose the session corresponding to the theme for which the abstract is intended.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Noto Sans Symbols";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The programme committee hopes to inform successful papers by mid-January 2018.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Key Dates</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deadline for abstracts: 22 December 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Announcement of accepted abstracts and outline programme: mid January 2018</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Symposium: 18-20 March 2018</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Structure of the Symposium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday 18 March, icebreaker event and keynote in the evening 17.00-19.00</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday 19 March, full day of symposium, 09.00-18.00</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday 20 March, half day of symposium, 09.00-14.00</span></p><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more: <a href="http://www.codata.org/news/226/62/Call-for-Papers-for-Goettingen-CODATA-RDM-Symposium-2018-18-20-March-2018-Deadline-22-December-2017" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org/news/226<wbr>/62/Call-for-Papers-for-Goetti<wbr>ngen-CODATA-RDM-Symposium-<wbr>2018-18-20-March-2018-<wbr>Deadline-22-December-2017</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Asha</span></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_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">-------------------------------------------------</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">What has CODATA delivered recently? See the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 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/10.5281/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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