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23rd International CODATA Conference on Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet

CODATA 23 will bring together stakeholders from industry, research and academia who will highlight, debate and address issues in data-intensive scientific fields over a three day period. It will provide an international foru; where these stakeholders, in collaboration with the ICSU and CODATA international networks and other networks can create a dialogue on legal, economic and technological challenges; evaluate societal impacts; and put forward possible solutions that can in turn benefit the planet.
What
  • Data and information
When Oct 28, 2012 09:00 AM to
Oct 31, 2012 07:00 PM
Where Academy of Sciences, Taipei
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Contact Phone +33(0)145250496
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Never before have scientific data and information played such a major role in addressing the problems and challenges facing our planet. The calls for freely available, publicly accessible data are gaining a stronger voice. The June 2011 editorial in Nature highlighted the value of open access to global nuclear-monitoring data, and the benefits of such data for a variety of applications, “in times of both calm and crisis.”

The theme of the Committee on Data Science and Technology's 23rd International Conference “Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet” encompasses some relevant issues in data-intensive scientific fields. Nurturing an open environment for data and information is crucial for disseminating research results to a wide audience and allowing thorough, collaborative analysis. Also, the theme distinguishes between data and information and by so doing highlights the role data-intensive science plays in transforming raw observations into applicable, intelligible results and discoveries. Furthermore, the theme emphasizes that our scientific endeavors, and the data that sustain them, are key to providing reasoned solutions to the problems we face with climate change, population pressure, natural hazards, and other global issues. The theme supports not only the mission of CODATA, but that of ICSU, as it strives to strengthen international science for the benefit of society.

Early Career Scientists

CODATA recognizes the importance of involving and working with young scientists who will face the scientific challenges of tomorrow.  The Conference will thus build on strengthening interaction between young and senior scientists and special activities and social events will take place within the framework of the scientific program.

Amongst the scientific topics to be discussed are:

    • Data and Information for a Planet Under Pressure
    • Information Science and Computational Informatics
    • Interoperability and Data Integration
    • Biological Science, Medical and Health Data
    • Social Science Data and Digital Humanity
    • Semantic Web and Linked Data
    • e-Science and e-Science Networks
    • Data Mining and Knowledge Management
    • Earth and Environmental Data
    • Physical Science Data
    • Open Access, Public Section Information, Legal and Policy Issues
    • Data Challenges for Global Sustainability: The Outcome of Rio +20

Deadlines

CODATA Prize nominations - Friday 25 May

This is a major biennial prize awarded to acknowledge outstanding achievement in the world of scientific and technical data, recognising work carried out in fields such as data management, evaluation, dissemination, access issues, international cooperation, knowledge discovery, archiving or related subjects.

Call for Abstracts and Session Proposals - Friday 25 May

For more information, see the CODATA 23 website.

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