The last weeks have been very busy, engaging with the DataCite community across the world. Today I’m thrilled to share the outcome of our DataCite Connect events.

The Persistent Identifiers for Projects Community Dialogue, hosted by DataCite and Metadata Game Changers, brought together a diverse group of experts to explore how PIDs can transform the identification and documentation of projects and related resources of many kinds.

The Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) for Instruments Community Dialogue , hosted by DataCite and Metadata Game Changers, brought together a diverse group of experts to explore how PIDs can transform the identification of scientific instruments and the data they collect.

DataCite welcomed over 370 participants from almost 300 institutions across 59 countries to our Annual Community Meeting on 25 September 2024.  The DataCite Community Meeting was held across 10 sessions in three blocks and spanning all time zones, with some sessions repeated to give a regional focus.

csv,conf es un evento impulsado por la comunidad y organizado al 100% por voluntarios para creadores de datos de todo el mundo. Esta conferencia sirve como una plataforma para compartir conocimientos y fomentar la colaboración entre aficionados a los datos, contribuyentes de código abierto, académicos y más. La octava edición de csv,conf se llevó a cabo del 27 al 30 de mayo en Puebla, México. Después de un muy exitoso csv,conf,v7 en Buenos Aires, esta edición se realizó en la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), siendo una conferencia bilingüe (inglés y español) por segunda vez.

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csv,conf is a community-driven and 100% volunteer organized event for data makers from all around the world. This conference serves as a platform for sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration among data hobbyists, open source contributors, academics, and more. csv,conf,v8 took place on May 27-30, in Puebla, Mexico. After a very successful csv,conf,v7 in  Buenos Aires, this edition was hosted at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), being a bilingual (English and Spanish) conference for the second time.

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PIDfest, jointly organized by NTK and ARDC, was held from June 11 -13 in Prague. The event brought together persistent identifier (PID) advocates, users, and leaders from around the world to solve real-world infrastructure challenges to accelerate research and innovation. DataCite was well represented during the event with presentations by our staff, members and partners.

On June 10, 2024, we hosted the DataCite Connect Prague event, collocated with PIDfest. We are happy that 40 community members joined us to discuss how we can collectively make the most of metadata. Bringing together a diverse group of stakeholders, the event facilitated presentations and offered space for lively discussions.  The session began with a warm welcome and introduction of the DataCite team by Helena Cousijn.

‘If you want to create good and tasty food, then you must have love and respect for the person who will consume it’. This was the key message that the DataCite Team was taught when learning to cook Moroccan food at our recent retreat, and one that is pertinent to not only serving guests in your home but also for DataCite when developing services for the community. Appetizer 🥗 It is that time of year again already!

The above was the theme of ‘Persistent Identifiers for Open Science in Japan (and Asia Pacific)’ [English/Japanese], held on 12 December 2023 in Tokyo and co-located with the International Symposium on Data Science 2023 (DSWS-2023; see below for more on this). This in-person event brought together local, regional, and international stakeholders to learn about what is happening within Japan and APAC (and beyond) to increase persistent identifier (PID) adoption, and network on how to better connect national and global research infrastructure. It was co-organized by ORCID and DataCite alongside their respective Consortium Leads in Japan, the Academic eXchange for Information Environment and Strategy (AXIES) and the Japan Link Center (JaLC; hosted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)).

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