<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)"><img src="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/idw_2018_newpic.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="253" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"></p><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)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">The SciDataCon Organisers and Programme Committee are delighted to announce that the draft programme for SciDataCon has been published at <a href="https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/programme/" 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)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/programme/</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)"> </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)">Remember that International Data Week combines SciDataCon, the international conference for scrutiny and discussion of the frontier issues of data in research, and the RDA 12th Plenary Meeting.  </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 high level programme covering pre- and post- events, the formal opening, keynotes and which slots are assigned to SciDataCon and which slots assigned to the 12th RDA Plenary meeting is at <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/programme-overview" 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)">http://internationaldataweek.org/programme-overview</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)"> </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)">To consult the detailed programme for those slots assigned to the RDA Plenary visit <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://internationaldataweek.org/rda-12th-plenary-programme" 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)">http://internationaldataweek.org/rda-12th-plenary-programme</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)"> </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)">And as announced above, the detailed programme for the SciDataCon component may be consulted at <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/programme/" 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)">https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/programme/</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)"> </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)">International Data Week will take place on 5-8 November in at the Gaborone International Convention Centre, Botswana.  The organizing committee of International Data Week 2018 and the Botswana 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><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>