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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Register at <a href="https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1"><a href="https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1">https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1</a></a> (using
code FAIRCONVERGE1) to attend this FREE, entirely VIRTUAL event. Once registered
you will be able choose sessions to attend, obtain the virtual attendance
information and view pre-recorded talks.</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The FULL Programme can be
viewed in the <a href="https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1">Cvent Platform</a> or
at <a href="https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/programme/"><a href="https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/programme/">https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/programme/</a></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">There is also a programme
overview at <a href="http://bit.ly/FAIRSymposium_ProgrammeGrid"><a href="http://bit.ly/FAIRSymposium_ProgrammeGrid">http://bit.ly/FAIRSymposium_ProgrammeGrid</a></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The International FAIR Convergence Symposium, will provide a
unique forum for advancing international and cross-domain convergence around
FAIR. The FAIR Convergence Symposium comprises over 50 parallel
session divided along five thematic strands:</p>
<ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal">FAIR for Crisis Reduction and Response</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">FAIR Specifications</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">FAIR Society</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">FAIR Data Stewardship </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Strand 5: (Major Developments in) FAIR Convergence</li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Information about plenary sessions is now available. </b> To
get the most out of the plenary sessions, please <a href="https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1">register</a> and watch the
pre-recorded talks!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-fair-convergence-symposium-convened-by-codata-and-go-fair-22-23-october-2020-paris-france/plenary-session-1-international-open-science-in-2020/">Plenary
Session 1: International Open Science in 2020</a>, Fri 27 Nov, 11:00-13:00
(UTC).</b> Prerecorded talks and a panel discussion featuring:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Shamila Nair-Bedouelle</b>, Assistant Director-General for
Natural Sciences, UNESCO</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Peter Gluckman</b>, President Elect, International
Science Council</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Jean-Claude Burgelman</b>, professor of Open Science
Policies and Practices, Free University of Brussels</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-fair-convergence-symposium-convened-by-codata-and-go-fair-22-23-october-2020-paris-france/plenary-session-2-convergence-for-global-open-science-infrastructures/"><b>Plenary
Session 2: Convergence for Global Open Science Infrastructures</b></a><b>, Mon
30 Nov, 11:00-12:00 (UTC).</b> Prerecorded talks and a panel discussion
featuring:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Mazlan Othman</b>, Executive Director International
Science Council Regional Office for Asia and Pacific</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Rosie Hicks</b>, CEO of the Australian Research
Data Commons (ARDC)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Li Jianhui</b>, Director of Science and Technology Cloud
Department</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">at the Computer Network information Center
(CNIC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Karel Luyben</b>, Rector Magnificus Emeritus of the
Delft University of Technology and chair of the Executive Board
of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Robert J. Hanisch</b>, Director of the Office
of Data and Informatics, Material Measurement Laboratory, at
the National Institute of Standards and Technology</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Tshiamo Motshegwa</b>, Department of
Computer Science, Faculty of Science at the University
of Botswana and member of the SADC Cyberinfrastructure WG.</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-fair-convergence-symposium-convened-by-codata-and-go-fair-22-23-october-2020-paris-france/plenary-session-3-fair-convergence/"><b>Plenary
Session 3: FAIR Convergence</b></a><b>, Mon 30 Nov, 12:00-13:00 (UTC). </b> Prerecorded
talks and a panel discussion featuring:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Barend Mons</b>, Professor of Biosemantics, Leiden
University Medical Center (LUMC), co-founder of GO FAIR and president of
CODATA.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Luiz Bonino</b>, Associate
Professor, Services and CyberSecurity group at the University of
Twente' Associate Professor of the BioSemantics group at the Leiden
University Medical Centre; and
International Technology Coordinator of the GO FAIR
International Support and Coordination Office</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Erik Schultes</b>, International Science Coordinator
at the GO FAIR International Support and Coordination Office</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Barbara Magagna</b>, Umweltbundesamt, Vienna.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran</b>, head of the Software
Engineering Group at
the Science and Technology Facilities Council
(STFC)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Simon Cox</b>, head of the
Environmental Information Infrastructure team, CSIRO</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Arofan Gregory,</b> technology and standards consultant
working with CODATA and DDI</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Robert J. Hanisch</b>, Director of the Office of Data
and Informatics, Material Measurement Laboratory, at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-fair-convergence-symposium-convened-by-codata-and-go-fair-22-23-october-2020-paris-france/plenary-session-4-crisis-reduction-and-response-and-the-role-of-fair-data/"><b>Plenary
Session 4: Crisis Reduction and Response and the Role of FAIR Data</b></a><b>,
Fri 4 Dec, 11:00-13:00 (UTC).</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Live keynote from <b>Prof. Antoine Flahault</b>, Université
de Genève, on 'COVID-19: Precision Epidemic Forecasting using critical data’.
Prof. Antoine Flahault is Director of the Institute of Global Health
at the Université de Genève. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he has been a
prominent scientific and epidemiological commentator, making the case for
the specific, detailed and nuanced application
of data and science in the response to the sanitary crisis.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Prerecorded talks and a panel discussion featuring:</p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Peter Gluckman,</b> President Elect, International
Science Council</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Priyanka Pillai</b>, academic specialist in
bioinformatics and software programming, University of Melbourne</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Francisca Onaolapo Oladipo</b>, Director, Research,
Innovations and International Relations at Kampala International
University, Uganda; and Professor of Computer Science at
Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Bapon Fakhruddin</b>, expert climate change risk
assessor, Tonkin+Taylor, NZ</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Chifundo Kanjala</b>, London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine, Malawi Epidemiology Intervention and Research Unit</li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">The session will be chaired by <b>Prof. Virginia Murray</b>,
Public Health England, and CODATA Executive Committee.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Asha</p>
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Convergence Symposium, 27 Nov, 30 Nov-4 D<span style="word-spacing:0px">ec: </span><a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/summary">FREE
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Open Science for
a Global Transformation:</span></b><span style="color:black"> <a href="https://codata.org/open-science-for-a-global-transformation-call-for-papers-for-a-special-collection-in-data-science-journal/">Call
for Papers for a Special Collection in Data
Science Journal in relation to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Data for Resilient Cities
Podcast Series: </span></b><span style="color:black"><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/codata-connect/cag-cept-and-codata-podcast-series-on-data-for-resilient-cities/">CAG-CEPT and
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://codata.org/october-2020-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" style="word-spacing:0px"><b><span style="color:black">October 2020 publications</span></b></a> in
the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" style="word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:black">CODATA
Data Science Journal</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">http://www.codata.org</span></a></p>
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