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CNI is a co-sponsor of this event.
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Research Data Access and Preservation Summit
An ASIS&T Summit
Phoenix, AZ | Hyatt Regency | April 9-10, 2010
In cooperation with the Coalition for Networked Information
Register at https://www.asis.org/Conferences/IA10/rdap10regform.php
Early rates end 2/26
Researchers in all fields generate and analyze enormous quantities of digital data. In fields ranging throughout the sciences and humanities, managing, preserving, and sharing these data require substantial capital and human resources and new kinds of information professionals who are able to integrate technology, content, and policy skills. This summit aims to bring together leaders in data centers, laboratories, and libraries in different organizational and disciplinary settings to share ideas and techniques for managing, preserving, and sharing large-scale research data repositories with an eye toward achieving infrastructure-independent access and stewardship. The summit will engage three kinds of leaders: those from projects with experience in integrating high-performance technologies; those from large scale collaboratories in science, social science, and the humanities; and those from institutions coping with the challenges of integrating different technologies and data collections. The summit will address three main questions:
1. What data access and preservation capabilities are required within and across research groups?
2. What technical solutions exist to meet these needs and how do they scale across domains?
3. What are the social contexts under which research communities assemble to share data?
The summit will take place in Phoenix April 9-10, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The plan is to have a full day (Friday) of invited panels and presentations with an evening poster and demo session (with food). The poster/demo session and 30 minute breaks between sessions are designed to maximize participant interaction. The demo session will provide an opportunity to display existing technology solutions and their application to specific research collaborations.
Saturday will be a half day of sessions. The formal meeting ends at noon. Saturday afternoon tutorials will be given for those who wish to focus on particular concepts and systems. We expect to have a panel on each of the above questions led by leaders who have practical experience dealing with the associated challenges, and a few invited speakers. Participants will have ample opportunities to interact with speakers and each other and present techniques and concepts via posters and semi-structured discussions. Demonstrations of integrated systems that address data management challenges will be held, with opportunities to compare approaches and ask implementation details.
More information is at http://www.asis.org/Conferences/IA10/ResearchDataAccessSummit2010.html
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Diane Goldenberg-Hart
Communications Coordinator
Coalition for Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-5098
202-872-0884 (Fax)
diane@cni.org
www.cni.org
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