[CODATA-international] Fwd: ✉ News from the International Council for Science – March 2016

Simon Hodson simon at codata.org
Thu Mar 31 10:58:01 EDT 2016


The latest newsletter of ICSU, the International Council of Science,
CODATA's parent body, has a number of items which will be of interest to
the international CODATA community.

*First: the call for endorsements of the international accord on 'Open Data
in a Big Data World' in which CODATA played a leading role:*

*A call for endorsements of the international accord "Open Data in a Big
Data World."*
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We
are seeking endorsements from science, education and policy institutions,
universities and libraries as well as commercial and non-commercial
publishers of scientific literature for the principles laid out in the
document
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=38a00e5331&e=16012ba9af>.
The deadline for endorsements is 1 May 2016.

*Second: details of two training opportunities in 'research data science'
and 'Big Data for science' which are available as part of CODATA
activities.*

CODATA is accepting applications for two events this summer, the CODATA-RDA
School of Research Data Science, to be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy from
1-12 August 2016
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and
the CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science,
Beijing, 4-17 July 2016
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=e896905041&e=16012ba9af>.
The deadline to apply for both of these is 18 April.

Please be sure to consult the other information in the ICSU newsletter
forwarded below.

With very best wishes,

Simon.
___________________________

IMPENDING CODATA DEADLINES!

Data Science Journal, CALL FOR PAPERS: Advances in Data Modelling and
Knowledge Representation for Research Data, deadline 31 March 2016:
http://datascience.codata.org/

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, CODATA Officers and Executive Committee Members:
Deadline 1 April 2016:
http://www.codata.org/news/101/62/Call-for-Nominations-for-CODATA-Officers-and-Executive-Committee-Members-Deadline-1-April-2016

CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science, hosted at the International
Centre of Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1-12 August 2016:
http://indico.ictp.it/event/7658/ - FUNDING AVAILABLE - DEADLINE 18 April
2016.

CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science, Beijing,
4-17 July
http://www.codata.org/news/105/62/CODATA-International-Training-Workshop-in-Big-Data-for-Science-Beijing-4-17-July
- FINDING AVAILABLE - DEADLINE 18 April 2016
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From: ICSU Newsletter <webmaster at icsu.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 2:14 PM
Subject: ✉ News from the International Council for Science – March 2016
To: Simon <execdir at codata.org>


The latest news from the International Council for Science.
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Welcome to the March 2016 edition of our newsletter, bringing you
highlights from our activities since our last edition in February.

What's in this e-mail?

   1. A new logo for the International Council for Science
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   2. The latest news from the International Council for Science
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   3. Jobs at ICSU and in the network <#m_-1394269707420097993_Jobs>
   4. News from ICSU's Regional Offices <#m_-1394269707420097993_regions>
   5. Upcoming events <#m_-1394269707420097993_events>

Our new logo Following a decision by the Executive Board in March 2015, we
have been working with an external design agency to update our logo and
visual identity. The Board felt that it was important to give stronger
emphasis to the full name of the organization. We are excited to share with
you the result of this project (make sure your e-mail client downloads
images to be able to see it). The new logo sharpens up the previous design
by optimizing it for digital publishing and social media. The additional
colour increases legibility, emphasizes the distinctive arches and allows
the central globe to emerge more prominently. We will be gradually rolling
out the new logo throughout this year, starting with the publication of the
new Annual Report in May.

News
*A call for endorsements of the international accord "Open Data in a Big
Data World."*
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We are seeking endorsements from science, education and policy
institutions, universities and libraries as well as commercial and
non-commercial publishers of scientific literature for the principles laid
out in the document
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=38a00e5331&e=16012ba9af>.
The deadline for endorsements is 1 May 2016.

*Heide Hackmann was elected co-chair of the 10-member group supporting the
Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM) on the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)*
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=27a77f9179&e=16012ba9af>.
The ICSU Executive Director was selected for the role at the first meeting
of the group on 3-4 March in New York. The group comprises representatives
of civil society, the private sector and the scientific community and was
appointed by the UN Secretary-General. A short video introducing the group
was published by UN DESA
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.

*ICSU was represented at the Habitat III Regional Meeting in Prague*
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The meeting is part of the preparatory process for the UN Habitat III
conference on sustainable urbanization, which will take place in Quito,
Ecuador from 17-20 October 2016. Susan Parnell of the University of Cape
Town delivered ICSU’s official statement to the meeting.

*A Nature Outlook on Urban Health & Well-being*
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=e71d984d72&e=16012ba9af>.
The special feature quotes Franz Gatzweiler, Executive Director of the
Urban Health and Well-being programme
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=549cc3ed4e&e=16012ba9af>,
and also includes a feature authored by Gatzweiler and Yong-Guan Zhu
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of the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

*ICSU responds to the 2014 External Review*
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=ebaf082022&e=16012ba9af>.
The ICSU Executive Board has published its response, which provides an
analysis of the full set of recommendations, concerns and suggestions as
well as the broader narrative of the review, and identifies a set of key
challenges that ICSU must confront as it moves into the future.

*A call for nominations for experts*
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to participate in the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services and the scoping of the thematic assessment of the Sustainable Use
of Biodiversity. Should you wish ICSU to support your or your candidate’s
nomination, please fill in the application form and in the section “B.
Details of Government/Organization supporting your nomination” indicate the
International Council for Science as the nominating organization,
Anne-Sophie STEVANCE, position: Science Officer, as the ICSU contact
person, e-mail: anne-sophie.stevance at icsu.org. ICSU will then receive the
application form for approval.

And a call for applications from our network: CODATA is accepting
applications for two events this summer, the CODATA-RDA School of Research
Data Science, to be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy from 1-12 August 2016
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=f26d3d2baa&e=16012ba9af>
and the CODATA International Training Workshop in Big Data for Science,
Beijing, 4-17 July 2016
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=e896905041&e=16012ba9af>.
The deadline to apply for both of these is 18 April.

Jobs at ICSU and in the network

   - Global Young Academy Managing Director
   <http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=eb497d1fd1&e=16012ba9af>.
   Berlin, Germany. Deadline: 17 April 2016.
   - CLIVAR Executive Director
   <http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=c816f7ad7d&e=16012ba9af>.
   Qingdao, China. Deadline: 30 May 2016.

News from ICSU's Regional Offices   Asia & Pacific The Universiti Malaysia
Sabah (UMS) launched the SIMSEA Research Group on 11 March 2016
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=4166d5efe9&e=16012ba9af>.
By doing so UMS joins other institutional partners in Japan, New Zealand
and the Philippines in undertaking research to generate policy and
community-relevant knowledge towards sustainable development in the region.
SIMSEA, which stands for The Sustainability Initiative in the Marginal Seas
of South and East Asia, is an international programme initiated by the
International Council for Science Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
(ICSU ROAP) through an alliance of natural and social scientists working
with development planners, managers, local communities and other sectors of
society to conduct solutions oriented transdisciplinary research for global
sustainability.

ICSU ROAP and its partners cordially invite participants to the SIMSEA
Regional Symposium 2016
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to be held on 26-28 September 2016 at Microtel by Wyndham, Diliman, Quezon
City, Philippines. The deadline for submission of Session Proposals is May
31, 2016.

*More news from ICSU's Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific*
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  Latin America and the Caribbean
On March 1st the secretariat celebrated its 5th and last anniversary in
Mexico City with an intimate gathering at the Mexican Academy of Science
(MAS), our host in the country. Manuel Limonta gave a speech thanking MAS
and CONACYT for their support and direction through the five-year period.
Renata Villalba-Cohen, Executive Secretary of The Mexican Academy, spoke
about the achievements and contribution of ICSU in Mexico and the future
challenges in the next host country. Negotiations with El Salvador are
ongoing for the ICSU ROLAC Secretariat to move to that country around
mid-year.

*More news from ICSU's Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean*
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  Africa
After nearly three years of inactivity, a newly constituted Regional
Committee for Africa (RCA) met in Pretoria from 17th to 18th March, 2016.
The meeting which was attended by five appointed and four ex-officio
members reviewed the activities of the Regional Office for Africa since the
last RCA meeting in August 2013 and made strategic input to the scientific
and related activities of the Office as proposed in the Annual Performance
Plan (APP) and Budget presented by the Office for the 2016/17 and 2017/18
financial years. Heide Hackmann, Executive Director of ICSU made a
presentation among others, on “Rethinking ICSU’s Regional Strategy” for
moving towards a results-based approach emphasizing on more comprehensive
regional science systems development, focusing on mobilizing regional
scientific excellence and leadership, securing regional access to and voice
in the international arena. This new strategy envisages regional scientific
engagements to start with the end in mind, identifying measurable outcomes,
setting targets and indicators of success.

At the end of the meeting, participants visited the premises of the
Regional Office and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), the
host of the Office.


*More news from ICSU's Regional Office for Africa*
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Events 23rd ISPRS Congress
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Prague, 12-19 July 2016.
41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly
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Istanbul, 30 July - 7 August 2016.
IUFoST 18th World Congress of Food Science and Technology (World Food
Congress)
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=1d9dc69b3d&e=16012ba9af>.
Dublin, 21-25 August 2016.
SciDataCon 2016
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=39e995070b&e=16012ba9af>.
Denver, Colorado, 11-13 September 2016.
3rd Global Land Project Open Science Meeting
<http://icsu.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2e9b648776114e2888e7ea8c5&id=eb41baa0bd&e=16012ba9af>.
Beijing, 24-27 October 2016.

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