CENDI-NFAIS-NAS-RDA Workshop on FAIR Data

Implementing FAIR Data for People and Machines: Impact and Implications

On September 11, 2019, CENDI, the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), will co-sponsor a special one-day workshop for data and information professionals, information technologists, and disciplinary scientists interested in effective data sharing focusing on the wave of activities related to making data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).

The one-day event focuses on the implementations, ultimate impacts, and implications, especially as data is made FAIR for people and machines.

The Workshop will provide a venue for attendees to collaborate with their peers and hear from leading experts.

This event will be held at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,
Room 100, Keck Center of the National Academy of Sciences, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington DC, 20001.

Keynote Speakers, panelists, and presenters include:
Marcia McNutt, President, NAS
Barend Mons, President, CODATA and Profession of Bioinformatics, Leiden University Medical Center
Dan Atkins, Emeritus Professor of Information and EECS, University of Michigan

Federal Agency Perspectives: National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy (DOE)
Metrics and Maturity: GO FAIR, RDA, and University of California
Implementing Organizations: Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), FAIR Data & Earth Science Repositories
Search and Discovery: DataONE, University of California Digital Library
Scientific Workflows: NAS