Welcome to the International FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020

Change of Symposium format and dates!

The International FAIR Convergence Symposium will now take place as a fully virtual event in the week 27 November – 4 December. Please save the dates! 

In order to facilitate the new approach, and in response to a number of enquiries, we have also extended the deadline for submissions of session proposals to 30 September and of posters and lightning talks to 31 October.

To ensure an engaging and dynamic event, with clear outcomes, the organisers now envision the Symposium as a series of online sessions, dispersed over one week to accommodate a range of timezones as best as possible.

The International FAIR Convergence Symposium is organised by CODATA and GO FAIR in the week of November 30 – December 4. This event will provide a unique forum for advancing international and cross-domain convergence around FAIR. The two internationally recognized organisations will convene a global community with an interest in combining data across domains for a host of research issues – including major global challenges, such as those relating to the SDGs or the COVID-19 pandemic. Outcomes will directly inform the CODATA Decadal Programme ‘Making data work for cross-domain grand challenges’ and the GO FAIR community’s convergence towards bottom-up development of the Internet of FAIR data and services globally.

The outcomes will address fundamental issues, such as an improved alignment with parallel and emerging data initiatives around the world and lessons learned during the current crisis (virus outbreak) in relation to international research data sharing and the role of FAIR.

The approach in many sessions will be detailed and technical, resulting in recommendations, consensus for action and draft implementations.

Participation is open to ALL researchers, data experts, funders, and science policy makers.

Programme

The Symposium programme will be announced in October.

It will include keynotes and/or plenary sessions introducing each of the four themes, parallel sessions of various formats (paper sessions, workshops, interactive practical sessions and demos) and a plenary poster session. A plenary panel discussion will close the second day of the Symposium.

Important dates:

30 April: call for session proposals released

29 May: registration open

30 September: deadline for session proposals

23 October: accepted session proposals notified

31 October: deadline for posters and lightning talks submissions

26 October: initial programme announced

16 November: close of registration

27 November-4 December: International FAIR Convergence Symposium

Organization

Convenors: CODATA, GO FAIR

Supporter:  Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of the French Republic

ENVRI contribution

The symposium will be combined with “FAIRification Workshops” where Barbara Magagna has organised the ENVRI representation. Inform Barbara for more information.