<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_lhg4ey9p0" alt="ISOSC Banner Logo （Final）.png" width="562" height="239"><br><p>We are delighted to announce that the first annual <b>International Symposium on Open Science Cloud (ISOSC) will take place on 4-6 September 2023 in Beijing China</b>, following the <a href="https://ostraining2023.casconf.cn/" target="_blank">International Training Workshop on Open Science and SDGs 2023</a> (28 Aug - 8 Sep 2023). </p><p>Registration for ISOSC: <span style="color:rgb(255,97,22);white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://bit.ly/ISOSC2023Registration" target="_blank">bit.ly/ISOSC2023Registration</a> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year’s symposium will comprise a high-level summit and working session blocks. All stakeholders of the <a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/decadal-programme2/global-open-science-cloud/" target="_blank">Global Open Science Cloud (GOSC) initiative</a> community are welcome to join, which include but may not be limited to representatives from funding agencies, open science policy makers, research infrastructure developers, diversified information service providers (commercial and non-commercial, academic and social), disciplinary scientists, other users, as well as those interested in promoting open science. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Objectives of the Symposium</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Based on the visions and strategies for Open Science, this international symposium will review the current state of developments of the international open science clouds or platforms from policy, scientific, and technical perspectives. We will discuss the successes so far and the challenges ahead in pursuing the GOSC vision and encouraging collaboration across various Open Science e-infrastructure initiatives. Together, examples will be selected from typical areas. Action plans to explore the most important next steps will also be shared and discussed. The main topics we plan to examine in detail are as follows:  </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Overview of Open Science and Open Science Clouds: challenges, opportunities, and priorities</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Roadmap for the development of a federated Global Open Science Cloud</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The framework for technical and policy alignment in a federated system</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Implementation of disciplinary exemplars across borders</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Steps forward toward the objectives of promoting cross-domain analysis at scale supported by a federated Global Open Science Cloud.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Learn more about the Symposium and view an indicative agenda at:  </span><a href="https://codata.org/international-symposium-on-open-science-cloud-2023/" target="_blank">https://codata.org/international-symposium-on-open-science-cloud-2023/</a> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Practical Information</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To attend, register at: </span><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://bit.ly/ISOSC2023Registration" target="_blank">bit.ly/ISOSC2023Registration</a></span>. <span style="white-space:pre-wrap">The event is free and no registration fees are associated. The participants are expected to cover the costs for their travel. The organisers expect up to 200 participants. </span></p><p>Onsite participation in the event is encouraged, nevertheless, online participation will be possible in parts of the Symposium. When registering, kindly select the format of your attendance (onsite or online). If wishing to attend in-person, you will be later contacted by the <a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/decadal-programme2/global-open-science-cloud/gosc-ipo/" target="_blank">GOSC IPO</a> regarding arrangements.</p><p><span id="m_8222966437506695944docs-internal-guid-11267eac-7fff-92ee-3572-66ec93dc3f76"><span style="font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Venue:</span><span style="font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> CAS Informatization Plaza No.2 Dong Sheng Nan Lu, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, China</span></span></p><p>With very best wishes, </p><span style="line-height:1.5"><div><span style="line-height:1.5">Asha </span></div><div><span style="line-height:1.5">on behalf of </span>ISOSC 2023 Convenors</div></span><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix"></span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>TWO WEEKS TO GO! Call for Sessions, Presentations and Posters:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-data-week-2023/call-for-sessions-presentations-and-posters-scidatacon-2023-part-of-idw-2023/" target="_blank">SciDataCon 2023, part of IDW 2023: deadline 15 May!</a><br><br><b>International Training Workshop on Open Science and SDGs 2023:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/international-training-workshop-on-open-science-and-sdgs-2023/" target="_blank">deadline for applications, 14 May!</a></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b><a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2023/" target="_blank">CODATA General Assembly 27-28 October 2023</a>:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2023/codata-nominations-and-elections-2023/" target="_blank">Elections</a> and <a href="https://codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2023/codata-nominations-and-elections-2023/" target="_blank">Task Group Proposals, deadline 27 June!</a><br><br><b>WorldFAIR Project First Policy Brief: </b><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7853170" target="_blank">now available!</a><br><br><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b>DRUM Beat, April 2023: </b><a href="https://codata.org/drum-beat-april-2023-news-from-the-codata-task-group-on-digital-representation-of-units-of-measurement/" target="_blank">News from the CODATA Task Group on Digital Representation of Units of Measurement</a></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><a href="https://codata.org/read-now-april-2023-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank">April 2023 publications</a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-wo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