(Published on 07.04.2022) The work in the sections started. This week and last week, the sections Common Infrastructures (section-infra), Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects (section-ELSA) and (Meta)data, Terminologies and Provenance (section-metadata) elected their spokespersons and deputies in their first official meetings.
For the section Common Infrastructures, the kick-off meeting was on Tuesday 29 March. Dr. Michael Diepenbroek was elected Speaker and Dr. Sonja Schimmler Deputy Speaker. On Wednesday, 30 March, the section Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects met for its session. Prof. Dr. Franziska Boehm was elected as speaker and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sax as deputy speaker. Yesterday, the inaugural meeting of the section (Meta)data, Terminologies and Provenance took place. Dr. Oliver Koepler was elected speaker and Dr. Brigitte Mathiak was elected deputy speaker. We congratulate them on their election and look forward to working with the new section speakers. We would also like to thank all participants for their commitment. The section Training & Education will have its first meeting on Tuesday, 3 May, starting at 11 AM. Registrations are still possible.Other posts
One year FAIR Data Spaces
The project FAIR Data Spaces celebrates its first anniversary this week. The project application was submitted to the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) at the beginning of April last year and the funding already started on 17 May 2021. Since then, the FAIR Data Spaces community has been built up and the first milestones have been reached together.
NFDI publishes statement on the EU Data Act
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New FAIR Data Spaces community newsletter published
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