SciDataCon 2016 Opening Ceremony
11 September 2016

Opening Remarks:
George Strawn
Heide Hackmann
Takashi Onishi
Robert Chen
Geoffrey Boulton
Sandy Harrison Prize and Awards Presentations:
David Lide, CODATA Prize Winner
Lee Wilson, CODATA Canada, Sangster Award Winner
Yaxing Wei, WDS Stewardship Award 2016
Boris Biskaborn, WDS Stewardship Award 2016 [video message]

SciDataCon 2016 Opening Plenary Keynotes
12 September 2016

Keynote Talks: Elaine Faustman Simon Cox

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 1: Principles, Platforms and Metrics to Improve Data Management Practices Throughout the Life-Cycle
12 September 2016, 9:30 – 11:00

There are many stakeholders involved in the life cycle of data: the researchers who produce the data, libraries who curate it, institutions that store it, and journals that help drive data sharing through their policies. For data management to be successful, it is important to engage with all these groups to make sure that the education, capacity, and policies are in place to make data management and sharing easy and incentivised for researchers.

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 2: Getting the Incentives Right: Removing Social, Institutional and Economic Barriers to Data Sharing (Part 1)
12 September 2016, 11:30 – 13:00

Much work has been done relating to the technical aspects of scientific data sharing. The progress in many cases has been painstakingly slow, and has been particularly hampered by a lack of awareness that the barriers and risks to be addressed are socio-technical concerns, with the non-technical concerns –the social, institutional and economic aspects of data sharing, often over looked. This session seeks research papers that identify and address the social, institutional and economic barriers to data sharing, particular with regard to incentives and disincentives. We are especially interested in review or position papers that can be used to form a coherent research plan for the future.

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 3: Getting the Incentives Right: Removing Social, Institutional and Economic Barriers to Data Sharing (Part 2)
12 September 2016, 14:00 – 15:30

Much work has been done relating to the technical aspects of scientific data sharing. The progress in many cases has been painstakingly slow, and has been particularly hampered by a lack of awareness that the barriers and risks to be addressed are socio-technical concerns, with the non-technical concerns –the social, institutional and economic aspects of data sharing, often over looked. This session seeks research papers that identify and address the social, institutional and economic barriers to data sharing, particular with regard to incentives and disincentives. We are especially interested in review or position papers that can be used to form a coherent research plan for the future.

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 4: Data Citation - Past, Present and Future
12 September 2016, 16:00 – 17:30

After decades of discussion about how to attribute responsibility for research data, active work on policy and practice for data citation began about a decade ago. Early efforts attempted to map bibliographic citation mechanisms to data citation. These approaches proved inadequate, due to the vastly different characteristics of publications and data

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 5: Geospatial Data and Key Characteristics of Geospatial Data Analysis and Science: The Way Forward
13 September 2016, 08:30 – 10:00

Analysis and processing of geospatial data plays an essential role is many fields of research and applied sciences. The Open Geospatial Consortium has developed a number of standards featuring the interoperable exchange of geospatial data. This is particularly true for in-domain data exchange, where application profiles of generic base-standards have been developed and successfully applied to exchange geospatial data within communities. Still, the growing complexity and interdisciplinarity of research and applied science questions requires the developments of standards to exchange data within continuously growing communities as well as across domains. This session targets geo-spatial data as a fundamental base layer for data science and analysis. It addresses geo-spatial properties of data and discusses which new models need to be developed to enhance the level of interoperability from syntactical to semantic interoperability. In a mixed paper session, we will discuss new requirements and opportunities coming from the Semantic Web and Linked Data communities and their applicability to cross-domain data exchange.

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 6: Building a Disciplinary, World Wide Data Infrastructure
13 September 2016, 10:30 – 12:00

Each panel member will be invited to present briefly the way their discipline is organized, their own practices and lessons learned. Panelists will focus on practical aspects of enabling and developing an interoperability infrastructure for their community, taking into account their disciplinary culture with regard to data sharing.

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 7: Enhancing Data Infrastructure Services to Sustain Earth Sciences Researchers’ Needs for a Robust Science (Part 1)
13 September 2016, 13:30 – 15:00

Researchers in Earth Sciences disciplines are facing huge barriers in using all the data they require to do proper data analysis. As a result of this, researchers are often using only a part of the data needed to properly do their research, only due to technical constraints. Those constraints can be the large data volumes, lack of interoperability between data storage facilities and data analysis servers, interdisciplinary issues when dealing with multiple scientific fields (such as semantics and metadata as well as heterogeneity in data access services). Furthermore, in the future, current infrastructures may not have enough capacity to cope with all the users’ requests, due to technological barriers. In this context, the session aims to bring together scientists from the field of Earth Sciences with representatives of data infrastructures to jointly present, discuss and examine the demands on the infrastructures in the coming years. Furthermore, the session will identify current and future bottlenecks, analysing the actions being currently done to overcome them, notably in collaboration and standardisation efforts, as well as technology watch and innovative solutions.

SciDataCon 2016 Breakout Session 8: Enhancing Data Infrastructure Services to Sustain Earth Sciences Researchers’ Needs for a Robust Science (Part 2)
13 September 2016, 16:00 – 17:30

Researchers in Earth Sciences disciplines are facing huge barriers in using all the data they require to do proper data analysis. As a result of this, researchers are often using only a part of the data needed to properly do their research, only due to technical constraints. Those constraints can be the large data volumes, lack of interoperability between data storage facilities and data analysis servers, interdisciplinary issues when dealing with multiple scientific fields (such as semantics and metadata as well as heterogeneity in data access services). Furthermore, in the future, current infrastructures may not have enough capacity to cope with all the users’ requests, due to technological barriers. In this context, the session aims to bring together scientists from the field of Earth Sciences with representatives of data infrastructures to jointly present, discuss and examine the demands on the infrastructures in the coming years. Furthermore, the session will identify current and future bottlenecks, analysing the actions being currently done to overcome them, notably in collaboration and standardisation efforts, as well as technology watch and innovative solutions.

SciDataCon 2016 Closing Plenary Keynote
13 September 2016, 17:30 – 18:30

Christine L. Borgman

International Data Forum Welcome and Opening Keynote Talks
14 September 2016, 09:00 – 10:30

Welcome:
Mark Parsons
Christopher Horsethief

Keynote Talks:
Co-Moderator: Heide Hackmann, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU)
Co-Moderator: Geoffrey Boulton, President, CODATA
Keynote: Philip Bourne, Associate Director for Data Science, National Institutes of Health
Keynote: Edit Herczog, European Parliament; Managing Director for Vision & Values SPRL

International Data Forum Panel Discussion: Open Data as a Public Good and the Responsibilities of Scientists
14 September 2016, 11:00 - 12:30

Moderator: Sandy Harrison
Centre for Past Climate Change at the University of Reading and Chair of World Data System Scientific Committee

This panel of distinguished guests who represent government and academic sectors will discuss the responsibility of scientists to make publicly-funded research results open for reuse by others and how to address national and international inequalities of data access.

International Data Forum Panel Discussion Data Stories
14 September 2016, 13:30 – 14:30

Moderator:
Bernard Minster Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Jane Hunter University of Queensland, Australia
Data Story I: “Combining People Power with Satellites to capture the true extent of Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef”

Christine White Federation of Earth Science Partners (ESIP), United States
Data Story II: “Lessons from the Edge: What a Contest for 5th Graders Teaches about Science Communication”

Unni Karunakara Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University and Former International President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Switzerland
Data Story III: "Humanitarianism: Action + Data"

International Data Forum Panel Discussion Responsible Openness
14 September 2016, 14:30 – 16:00

Moderator: Chris Greer Senior Executive for Cyber-Physical Systems, NIST

An active discussion focusing on how responsible consideration of privacy & confidentiality, safety & security, intellectual property, and legal constraints can promote open data sharing.
Brian Bot, Sage Bionetworks, "Research participation as a social contract"

Christopher Horsethief, Ktunaxa Nation Council, "Trust, Openness & Limits in First Nations Communities"

Eva Méndez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, "Responsible Research and Innovation"

International Data Forum Panel Discussion Data for the Public Good – A Next-Generation Vision
14 September 2016, 16:30 – 17:45

Moderator: Francine Berman, Co-Chair, RDA Council; RDA/US Chair; Hamilton Distinguished Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The IDF will conclude with a view from the next generation of data professionals. As data becomes more ubiquitous and fundamental for every aspect of life, how will our responsibilities and opportunities evolve? How does the current generation of digital natives see the impact of data on their work lives and the broader society? What does the horizon look like to them? The session will provide a glimpse of the views of next generation professionals about the brave new world of data.

Panelists:
Candice Lanius, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations
Xiaogang (Marshall) Ma, University of Idaho D. Sarah Stamps, Virginia Tech
Henri Tonnang, Global Young Academy

International Data Forum Closing Statement
14 September 2016, 17:45 – 18:00

Jean-Bernard Minster, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Data Alliance 8th Plenary Opening Plenary Session
15 September 2016, 09:00 – 10:30

Many public and private funders are hesitant to commit to funding resources in perpetuity, and ask for sustainability plans that could range from distributed community support, institutional commitments, or various sorts of fee-for-service business models. However, all too often the most difficult challenges are not in the sustainability model itself, but in a successful transition from the initial R&D phase that is conventionally fundable. This panel will explore various ways that research funders are trying to support transitions to sustainability, and open a conversation about how that might be more effectively achieved.

Moderators: Jennie Larkin, NIH and Josh Greenberg, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Panelists:
Dan Lynn, AgilData
Meredith Morovati, Dryad
Linda Naughton, JISC

Research Data Alliance 8th Plenary Keynote Address: Data Sharing in Africa
15 September 2016, 10:30 – 11:00

Kay Raseroka, University of Botswana & RDA Council

Research Data Alliance 8th Plenary Data Hackathons: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
15 September 2016, 14:00 – 17:00

Co-hosted by the West Big Data Innovation Hub (WBDIH), Research Data Alliance (RDA), and Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

Research Data Alliance 8th Plenary RDA Recommendations & Adoption Plenary (Part 1) & Introduction to RDA 9th Plenary in Barcelona
16 September 2016, 09:00 – 10:30

Chair:
Hilary Hanahoe, Trust-IT Services & RDA Secretariat
Panelists:
Peter McQuilton, Biosharing.org & University of Oxford, Biosharing Registry WG Recommendations
Stefano Nativi, National Research Council of Italy, Brokering Governance WG Recommendations
Thomas Zastrow, MPCDF, DFT in Fedora
Leslie McIntosh, WUSTL, Adoption into Biomedical Science Infrastructure

Introduction to RDA 9th Plenary:
Fabrizio Gagliardi, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

RDA Business Panelists:
Mark Parsons, Research Data Alliance
Amy Nurnberger, Columbia University
Juan Bicarregui, STFC
Francine Berman, Research Data Alliance
Francoise Genova, CDS, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg

Research Data Alliance 8th Plenary RDA Recommendations & Adoption Plenary (Part 2)
16 September 2016, 17:00 – 18:15

Chair:
Kathy Fontaine, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Research Data Alliance
Panelists:
Alex Ball, University of Bath
Hugh Shanahan, Royal Holloway, University of London
Cyndy Chandler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jim Duncan, Vermont Monitoring Cooperative
Jason Haga, AIST
Hylke Koers, Elsevier

Research Data Alliance 8th Plenary RDA Closing Plenary
17 September 2016, 12:30 – 13:30

Lynn Yarmey, Research Data Alliance