<div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><img src="https://www.ub.bw/sites/default/files/styles/anchor/public/2017-09/UB_070_0.jpg?itok=R6ZkZJ7_" alt="" width="300" height="128" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; float: right;">In advance of the forthcoming <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://www.codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2018/codata-elections-2018" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">CODATA Elections</a></strong> to positions on the Executive Committee, to be conducted at the <a href="http://www.codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2018" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)"><b>CODATA General Assembly</b></a>, 9-10 November 2018, Gaborone, Botswana, following <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">International Data Week</a></strong> and <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">SciDataCon</a></strong>, candidates have been invited to submit supporting statements and these are being posted on the CODATA blog. </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)">The first two blogs from Richard Hartshorn, IUPAC and Simon Cox, Australia have now been posted.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Richard Hartshorn <<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://codata.org/blog/2018/09/25/richard-hartshorn-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">Read full statement</a></strong>></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Simon Cox <<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://codata.org/blog/2018/09/25/simon-cox-candidacy-for-codata-executive-committee/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(59,102,60)">Read full statment</a></strong>></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Best,</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Asha</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="font-size:small">Registration is now open for International Data Week<span> </span></b><span style="font-size:small">(comprising SciDataCon and the 12th RDA Plenary Meeting), 5-8 November 2018, Gaborone, Botswana:</span><b style="font-size:small"> <a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/registration" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">register here!</a> <span> </span></b><span style="font-size:small">Early bird rate until 30 September.</span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2018/codata-elections-2018" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><b>Provisional List of Candidates for CODATA Elections Announced.</b></a><b> <span> </span>CODATA General Assembly, 9-10 November 2018, University of Botswana.</b></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><b>Applications are now open for the <a href="http://www.codata.org/working-groups/research-data-science-summer-schools/sao-paulo-2018" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science, Sao Paulo,</a> ICTP-SAIFR, 3-14 December 2018: <a href="http://ictp-saifr.org/sis/datasci2018step0.php" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">deadline for applications, 30 September</a>.</b></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________</div></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></div></div></div></div>