<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/symposium-9october-1024x576-1-1.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><img class="gmail-alignright gmail-wp-image-5279" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/symposium-9october-1024x576-1-1.jpg" alt="" width="578" height="325" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; max-width: 100%; height: auto; float: right; display: inline;"></a>The theme of this symposium is convergence around ideas and implementations of FAIR.  Throughout the week we will explore a range of activities which seem to be gaining influence, agreement and traction.  <b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">A number of these will be introduced in <a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/30c1c527-5217-4a65-8540-f8ea81786669" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">Plenary Sessions 3: FAIR Convergence</a> (Mon 30 Nov at 12:00-13:00 UTC).  <a href="https://vimeo.com/484433410" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">Watch the prerecorded presentations from the whole panel here.</a></b></span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica">The panel will discuss the central importance of FAIR <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Digital</span> Objects (Luiz Bonino, GO FAIR); the contribution that can be made by FAIR Implementation Profiles (Erik Schultes, GO FAIR, and Barbara Magagna, Austrian Environment Agency); the <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">role</span> of FAIR Vocabularies and how these can be technically presented, maintained, governed and sustained (Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran, STFC, and Simon Cox, CSIRO); the contribution which may be made by the approach taken by DDI-CDI to describing individual variable and tracking <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">provenance</span> (Arofan Gregory, Standards Consultant); and the fundamental need for interoperable units of measure (Bob Hanisch, NIST).</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica">These topics will be explored further in sessions throughout the week.   </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">FAIR Implementation Profiles:</b> <a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/68186228-4964-4f56-bfc7-2736f784f253" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">Report of Presymposium Workshops creating FAIR Implementation Profiles and the Convergence Matrix</a> (Mon 30 Nov, 15:00-17:00 UTC)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">FAIR <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Digital</span> Objects: </b><a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/43ac817a-0a45-4543-9dd4-b5a0c8fe19e1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">FAIR Digital Objects for Cross-domain Data Searching & Linking and Semantic Interoperability</a> (Tue 1 Dec, 15:00-17:00 UTC)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">FAIR Vocabularies:</b> <a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/6e47c399-000f-4c1d-8876-7a559abf91aa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">FAIR vocabularies and vocabulary services (Double Session)</a> (Weds 2 Dec, 07:00-09:00 UTC and 11:00-13:00 UTC)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">FAIR <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Data</span> <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Provenance</span> (including DDI-CDI):</b> <a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/e3f11916-693c-4675-8adb-3304685e4d93" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">FAIR Data Provenance</a> (Weds 2 Dec, 15:00-17:00 UTC)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/1b875cdd-a06b-43e6-b9cf-d94245037518" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Interoperable Units of Measure:</b> discussion session</a> (Thu 3 Dec, 11:00-13:00 UTC)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Application of DDI-CDI to an Infectious Disease Use-Case: </b><a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/ccfd259a-be3d-43ee-8e42-e5dba2bcdfa5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">Linking, Composing and Integrating Infectious Disease Data</a> (Thu 3 Dec, 15:00-17:00 UTC)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">DDI-CDI and the other DDI Specifications: </b><a href="https://web-eur.cvent.com/hub/events/c407330f-1b56-49c8-88c4-f51bd7844811/sessions/5ff233ee-2ac6-4951-a5bd-31ef85da2004" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI): Metadata for Comprehensive Data Management</a> (Fri 4 Dec, 15:00-17:00 UTC)</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica"> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-family:Helvetica">Don’t miss out!</span></b></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 23px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;list-style-position:initial;line-height:26px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Register FREE at <a href="https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">https://bit.ly/FAIRCONVERGE1</a> using the code FAIRCONVERGE1</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Go to the <a href="https://www-eur.cvent.com/api/email/dispatch/v1/click/br486bnwbcp46j/w46lx846/aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZldXIuY3ZlbnQubWUlMkZScW9RMyZwbTJBY00lMkZLTmtURDVxUnlsdEE4T3NLN3paQXRQWTdrdXFyOSUyQiUyQlJmY1RzJTNEJlZpcnR1YWwrQXR0ZW5kZWUrSHVi" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin: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