<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">CALL FOR SESSIONS – DEADLINE 29 April 2019 </em></strong></p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class=""><a href="https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/submit/" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class="">https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/</a></em></strong></p><p align="left" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><img alt="" apple-inline="yes" id="F1042608-5198-4C08-B83D-7D09F6CD71E8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" src="cid:BEA9A14F-2FCE-4224-BFE4-6CCC65D3D139" class=""></p><p align="left" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The CODATA 2019 Conference will be held on 19-20 September 2019 in Beijing, China. This year’s conference theme is: Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms. <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">The conference will follow a high-level workshop, 17-18 September 2019, on ‘Implementing Open Research Data Policy and Practice’ that will examine such challenges in China and elsewhere in the light of the emergence of data policies and in particular the China State Council’s Notice on ‘Measures for Managing Scientific Data’.</em></p><h1 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">CODATA 2019: Towards next-generation data-driven science</strong><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">: </strong><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">policies, practices and platforms</strong></h1><p align="left" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Science globally is being transformed by new digital technologies. At the same time addressing the major global challenges of the age requires the analysis of vast quantities of heterogeneous data from multiple sources. In response, many countries, regions and scientific domains have developed Research Infrastructures to assist with the management, stewardship and analysis. These developments have been stimulated by Open Science policies and practices, both those developed by funders and those that have emerged from communities. The FAIR principles and supporting practices seek to accelerate this process and unlock the potential of analysis at scale with machines. <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">This conference provides a significant opportunity to survey and examine these developments from a global perspective.</strong></p><p align="left" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The convening organisations are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program by proposing sessions. The deadline for session proposals is 29 April 2019: <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class=""><a href="https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/submit/" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class="">https://conference.codata.org/CODATA_2019/submit/</a></strong></p><p align="left" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">All proposals related to open science and open data, FAIR data, research data management and stewardship, research infrastructures and platforms are welcomed. The following themes are of particular interest:</p><h1 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">1. FAIR and Open data policies</strong></h1><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; list-style: none; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Open data policies, their implications and implementation</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">FAIR data, its challenges and opportunities</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Incentives and metrics for data and research contribution</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Trustworthiness and sustainability for FAIR data, research infrastructures, data repositories</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Co-operation in research data policies and management at international, national and institutional levels</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data policies towards the next-generation open science community </li></ul><h3 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">2. Advanced research infrastructures for Open Science and FAIR data</strong></h3><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; list-style: none; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Opportunities and challenges in research infrastructures.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Disciplinary technical infrastructure for research data management and data stewardship.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">The development of Open Science Clouds, Platforms and Commons: a new model for coordination?</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Successes and models for different aspects of the research data management and stewardship infrastructure</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Institutional research data management and stewardship status, models and challenges.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data management technologies and interoperability between human and technical processes.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data science education and training.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Business models for Open Science, FAIR data, research infrastructures and data stewardship.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Key data specifications, RDM protocols and research infrastructures</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Other technologies and standards feature open data issues. </li></ul><h3 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">3. Data driven scientific discovery and decision-making.</strong></h3><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; list-style: none; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Case studies and exploration of science discoveries based on data-driven research</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data-driven decision-making, from data to evidence</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Disciplinary data applications</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data success stories </li></ul><h3 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">4. Data intensive research for international scientific and global challenges</strong></h3><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; list-style: none; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">FAIR data, interoperability and data integration in multi-disciplinary research areas.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data-driven practices in support of the United Nation’s sustainable development goals.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data-driven practices in support of Sendai and disaster risk reduction</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Data-driven practices in support of Resilient Cities; biodiversity; climate change adaptation; agriculture; hydrology and other research areas.</li></ul><h3 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Programme</strong></h3><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; list-style: none; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Sessions:</strong> Sessions will be 90 minutes. Two session formats are suggested: 1) papers sessions which may include research papers, practice papers or a mixture of these; 2) lightning talks followed by a structured panel discussion. Paper presentations should be a minimum of 15 minutes; papers sessions should include a maximum of 4-5 papers.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Keynote speakers:</strong> there will be keynote sessions on the morning of each day. </li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class="">Plenary panel discussion: the conference will close with a Plenary Panel discussion featuring short presentations.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Poster session:</strong> there will be a poster session on the later afternoon of the first day. </li></ul><h3 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Important dates:</strong></h3><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">1 February:</strong> Call for Session Proposals Released</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">22 April:</strong> Registration Open</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">29 April:</strong> Deadline for session proposals</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">13 May:</strong> Accepted session proposals notified; call for presentations and posters released</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">17 June:</strong> Deadline for presentation submissions and first round of poster submissions</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">8 July:</strong> Submitters notified of acceptances of full presentations and posters</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">1 August:</strong> Close of second round of poster submissions</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">18 August:</strong> Close of early bird registration</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">17-18 September:</strong> High Level Workshop on 'Implementing Open Research Data Policy and Practice’</p><p style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">19-20 September: CODATA 2019 Conference ‘Towards next-generation data-driven science: policies, practices and platforms’</strong></p><h3 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Organization</strong></h3><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; list-style: none; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Convenors:</strong> CODATA, CODATA China</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Supporter:</strong> Minister of Science and Technology (MOST), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), NSFC</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 19px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top; background-image: url("http://www.codata.org/uploads/Main/list_white_box_blue_arrow.png"); line-height: 26px; background-position: 0% 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Local organiser:</strong> Computer Network Information Center, CAS; National S&T Infrastructure Center, MOST </li></ul><h3 align="left" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 22px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 32px; color: rgb(59, 102, 60);" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Possible venue (TBC):</strong> the <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: top;" class="">Friendship Hotel of Beijing</strong>.</h3><p align="left" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">The Friendship Hotel of Beijing is one of the largest garden-style hotels in Asia. Located in the heart of ZhongGuanCun Hi-Tech Zone, the Friendship Hotel neighbours many world famous tourist sites and universities such as Tsinghua and Peking University, the Summer Palace.</p><p align="left" style="margin: 6px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: "Droid Sans", sans-serif; vertical-align: top; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Address: Zhongguancun South St. Beijing 100873, P.R. 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