<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:24px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><strong style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;color:rgb(68,68,68);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://www.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><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;color:rgb(68,68,68)">is a global conference which is taking place in Africa for the first time... It’s exciting and dynamic.” Dr Simon Hodson, Executive Director, CODATA introduces International Data Week 2018.</span><br></strong></p><blockquote style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top"><div class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><br><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://www.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 (IDW 2018)</a></strong> will be held on 5-8 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana. Hosted by the Botswana Open Science and Open Data Forum, and co-organized by the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), the ICSU World Data System (WDS) and the Research Data Alliance (RDA), IDW 2018 will bring together data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from all parts of the globe.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">The organizing committee of International Data Week 2018 and the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research Science and Technology are pleased and honoured to announce that the Botswana President - His Excellency Mokgweetsi Masisi - will formally open International Data Week and will deliver the opening keynote address for the week-long conference beginning on 5 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana.”</div></blockquote><div style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit"> </div><div><font color="#444444" face="Droid Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IntDataWeek/videos/237033746988883/">https://www.facebook.com/IntDataWeek/videos/237033746988883/</a></span></font><br></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Droid Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Droid Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Thanks,</span></font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="Droid Sans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Asha</span></font></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"> </div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="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></div>