[Geo4All] CODATA Global Data Ethics & Governance Symposium [ 18-19 Sept 2025, Durban, South Africa] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

[Suchith Anand]

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of the International Science Council CODATA Data Ethics Task Group (DETG), I am pleased to share this Call for Abstracts for the Global Data Ethics and Governance Symposium on 18-19 September, 2025 in Durban, South Africa. 

The symposium will also introduce and launch final versions of policy briefs developed by the DETG in response to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. Details at  https://codata.org/codata-data-ethics-working-group-policy-briefs-available-for-comment-and-feedback/

Submit abstracts for the symposium by 1 September 2025. Please see attached call for abstracts for more details.

Selected papers from the proceedings of the symposium will be compiled and published in a special issue of an international journal.  

Looking forward to your participation in the symposium.

Best wishes

Suchith

Professor Suchith Anand
Professor of Practice in Science Policy | Senior Adviser to Governments and International Organisations | Scientist | Global Citizen | Science Diplomacy |  SDG Volunteer and Advocate
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/43268-suchith-anand
https://ethicaldatainitiative.org <https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/>

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> From: Johannes John-Langba <JohnLangbaJ at ukzn.ac.za>
> Subject: [tg-dataethics] CODATA Global Data Ethics & Governance Symposium [ 18-19 Sept 2025, Durban, South Africa] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
> Date: 12 August 2025 at 19:30:38 BST
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> Dear Colleagues
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> I trust this finds you all well.
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> Please find below  the  announcement  and attached CALL FOR ABSTRACTS  document for the Global Data Ethics and Governance Symposium being organised by the Data Ethics Task Group  (DETG)  of CODATA on 18-19 September, 2025 in Durban, SOUTH AFRICA.
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> Grateful if you could circulate this announcement widely among your networks.
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> Thank you all for your support and contributions.
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> Kind regards
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> Prof Johannes John-Langba ( DETG Co-Chair)
> Dr Sukhdeep  Kaur ( DETG Secretary)
> On behalf of the CODATA Global Data Ethics & Governance Symposium Organising Committee
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> CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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> GLOBAL DATA ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE SYMPOSIUM
> Hybrid (In-person & Virtual)
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> 18-19 SEPTEMBER 2025
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> THE RIVERSIDE HOTEL, Duban, SOUTH AFRICA
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> https://riversidehotel.co.za <https://riversidehotel.co.za/>
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> THEME:
> BUILDING TRUST, PROTECTION, AND ETHICS IN GLOBAL DATA: TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAPE TOWN GLOBAL ACTION PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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> Trust in the integrity of science is dependent on ethical creation, use, and sharing of data. In response to this critical reality, the Committee on Data (CODATA) of the International Science Council (ISC) established a Working Group in 2021, now Data Ethics Task Group (DETG) committed to steering technology toward benevolence and ensuring its enduring benefits to humanity. The DETG  is a global multi-disciplinary data ethics stakeholder with the aim of raising awareness about contemporary data ethics issues. The DETG works towards promoting the UNESCO recommendations on open science sets out the foundations for an international standard for open science, by defining shared values and guiding principles. It also seeks to identify "a set of actions conducive to a fair and equitable operationalization of open science for all at the individual, institutional, national, regional and international levels".  The DETG promotes the notion that Individual, family and community data rights such as for privacy and rights of representation must be respected throughout the research process; and that data distribution must ensure equal access for researchers in every context, including low resourced contexts and recognizing the importance of fostering equitable partnerships, diversity and inclusion among researchers for achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); in particular SDG 16 and SDG 17.  The increasing use of computational techniques including Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, by academic researchers demand consideration of data ethics issues that this raises, especially around bias and privacy. 
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> The  Global Data Ethics and Governance Symposium will convene a diverse, international group of scholars from across disciplines with interest in data ethics to sensitize and raise awareness about ethical issues among early career and emerging researchers from low and middle-income countries related to building trust, protection and ethics in global data.  The symposium will also introduce and launch final versions of policy briefs developed by the DETG in response to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science and invite wider contributions and engagement around the importance of safeguarding data ethics at the global level. 
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> Sub-themes:
> We invite individual paper abstracts and panel proposals under following sub-themes:
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> Data Ethics and Scientific Integrity
> Data Privacy
> Data Ethics and Structural Inequities in Science
> Ethics of Indigenous Data Governance
> 5. Ethical Data Stewardship and Data Colonialism
> Data Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
> Data Sovereignty and Intellectual Property Protection.
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> REGISTRATION
> Click the following link  https://forms.office.com/r/feuvsKNZF3  to register to participate in-person or virtually.  
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> See attached call for abstracts for more details
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> Deadline to register: Monday 15 September 2025.
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> Participation is FREE: In-person participation spaces are however limited.
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> ABSTRACT AND PANEL PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS
> We invite  abstracts and panel proposals for the following submission types:
> Abstracts of not more than 300 words and a bio-sketch of the authors (50 word limit).
> Fully constituted panel proposals ( of not more than 5 panellists) should describe the topic and relationship between papers in no more than 500 words. Additionally, include 300-word abstracts for each paper on the panel. 
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> We particularly welcome contributions from Junior/Emerging Researchers and Practitioners  from Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) including data regulators, policy institutions, and civil society organizations. 
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> Click the following link  https://forms.office.com/r/j3Quk24unc  to submit abstracts and/or panel proposals.
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> Deadline to submit abstracts: 1 September 2025.
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> See attached call for abstracts document for more details.
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> Prof. Johannes John-Langba, PhD., MPH., MSW
> Director, College of Humanities Doctoral Academy
> Professor of Social Work, School of Applied Human Sciences
> University of KwaZulu-Natal
> Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
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