<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="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/beijing_conference_header2019.png" alt="" width="600" height="152" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: middle;"></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 keynote speakers and (near-final) programme for the CODATA 2019 Beijing Conference, ‘Towards Next-Generation Data-Driven Science 2019 Programme’ have been announced.  The conference will take place at the Friendship Hotel, Beijing, 19-20 September.</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 keynote presentations will explore advances in Big Earth Data; the role of data science to support the UN landmark agreements (on the Climate Crisis, Sustainable Development Goals and Disaster Risk Reduction; the role of UNESCO in advancing Open Science; and, the importance of data and the concept of ‘urban health’ for resilient cities.</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)">Please visit the Conference Home: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://codata2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1" target="_blank" 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(45,53,142)">http://codata2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1</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)">Registration is still open: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="http://codata2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70017" target="_blank" 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(45,53,142)">http://codata2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70017</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)">Full Programme: <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><a href="https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/programme/" target="_blank" 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(45,53,142)">https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/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><h1 style="margin:8px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:22px;font-family:"Droid Sans",sans-serif;vertical-align:top;line-height:32px;color:rgb(45,53,142)">Keynote Speakers</h1><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="http://www.codata.org/uploads/images/prof_guo_huadong.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="125" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; float: right;"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Name:</strong> Professor GUO Huadong</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)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Title:</strong> Director-General of the  Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)<br><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><br>Title of the talk: </strong>CASEarth: A Big Earth Data Engineering Program<br><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/conferences/codata-2019-beijing/keynotes-2" 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(45,53,142)">Read more</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)"><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)"><img class="gmail-img-rounded gmail-pull-right" src="http://codata.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Virginia-Murray-photo.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="171" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; float: right;"></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)"><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;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">Name:</strong> Professor Virginia Murray<br><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Title: </strong>Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Health England<br><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><br>Title of the talk: </strong>Data Science and the UN Landmark Agreements<br><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/conferences/codata-2019-beijing/keynotes-2" 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(45,53,142)">Read more</a></strong></p></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)"><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)"> </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)"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/unescoghana.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/peggy1.jpg?zoom=2&resize=1200%2C675" alt="" width="222" height="125" style="margin: 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; float: right;"></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 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top"><p style="margin:6px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;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">Name:</strong> Dr Peggy Efua Oti-Boaten<br><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Title: </strong>Director of the UNESCO Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building<br><br><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:top">Title of the talk: </strong>Open Science, the role of UNESCO<br><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/conferences/codata-2019-beijing/keynotes-2"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RAMME PUBLISHED</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> - </span><a href="http://codata2019.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70017" target="_blank">REGISTRATION STILL OPEN</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.codata.org/news/338/62/Call-for-Applications-to-Host-International-Data-Week-2021-or-2023" target="_blank"><b>Call for Applications to Host International Data Week 2021 or 2023</b></a> - deadline 30 September</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://www.codata.org/news/336/62/Call-for-Applications-The-CODATA-RDA-Research-Data-Science-School-Costa-Rica-2-13-December-2019-Deadline-1-October-2019" target="_blank"><b>Call for Applications - The CODATA-RDA Research Data Science School, Costa Rica, 2-13 December 2019</b></a> - deadline 1 October 2019</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><a href="https://codata.org/blog/2019/08/30/august-2019-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank">August</a><a href="https://codata.org/blog/2019/08/30/august-2019-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank"> 2019 Publications</a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a> </b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" target="_blank"><b>join the CODATA International News list</b></a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Looking for training and career opportunities in data science and data stewardship?<span class="gmail-m_5585282115796551951Apple-converted-space"> </span> <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/data_science_training_lists.codata.org" target="_blank"><b>Sign up to the CODATA early career community-run data science training and careers list</b></a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">  <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"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">________________________<br></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></div>