NFDITalks is a series of events dedicated to the future of data research. This year, there are once again many exciting topics from our network and beyond on the agenda.

 

What to expect

 

  • Inspiring lectures: Learn more from researchers from various disciplines – regularly on the first and third Monday of the month at 4 p.m. online via Zoom and a YouTube livestream.
  • Interactive discussions: Ask questions and exchange ideas with experts. Please come to our Zoom session to access these discussions, as the YouTube streaming only covers the lecture itself. You can register here.
  • Innovative tools, new services, exciting concepts: learn more about the latest developments in research data management.
  • Networking opportunities: Establish contacts with other professionals.

 

You can register here www.nfdi.de/talks.

NFDITalks 2026

Termin/Date Consortium/Section/(Basic) Service Thema/Topic
19.01.26 KonsortSWD – NFDI4Society Sociodemographic standard variables for survey research in Germany
02.02.26 NFDI4ING Introduction to NFDI-RFC A concept for standardisation of RDM
02.03.26 NFDI4Cat Introduction to the FAIR  research tool LARA
16.03.26 NFDI4Energy Introduction to knowledge-driven FAIR services and the Leibniz Data Manager
20.04.26 NFDIxCS Intro RDMC
04.05.26 NFDI4Earth, NFDI4Memory, DaTNet NFDI und Datentreuhand
18.05.26 PID4NFDI Intro to PID4NFDI service components
01.06.26 FAIRmat The NOMAD ecosystem
22.06.26 Text+ SSH Open Marketplace: contextualized SSH resources
06.07.26 NGFI4Micriobiota TBA
07.09.26 NFDI4DataScience AI- and synthesis-ready scientific knowledge with the Knowledge Loom
21.09.26 NFDI-Geschäftstelle EOSC Node Germany
19.10.26 DMP4NFDI Software Managment Plans
02.11.26 NFDI4ING NFDI4ING Metadata Profile Service
16.11.26 NFDI4Health TBA
07.12.26 FAIRagro/NFDI4Health The NFDI4Health Health Study Hub and FAIRagro Search Hub: Co-developed domain-specific search portals

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