3 July 2025

Registering for International Data Week 2025 offers unparalleled opportunities for professionals in data science, research, and policy. The early bird deadline is fast approaching, so why not register now? 

Why should you register?

The early bird rates close 15 July 2025 23:59 AEST – register now and reap the savings!

The WDS Members’ Forum will take place leading up to IDW 2025 on Sunday, 12 October, both online and in person in Brisbane, Australia, from 13:00-17:00 AEST. The event will be hybrid, but we strongly encourage your physical attendance for networking and engagement.

The WDS Members’ Forum is an opportunity for the WDS community to report on their specific developments, activities, and progress, as well as to discuss the strategic and organizational objectives of the WDS. The forum will consist of a Scientific and a Plenary Session, where members will have the opportunity to report on their activities, engage with other members, discuss membership issues, and provide feedback. The WDS Bylaws require that ALL WDS members participate in the forum with a report on their activities.

The World Data System (WDS) Asia-Oceania Conference 2025 is taking place in Beijing, China, 8-12 September. The Asia-Oceania (A&O) region plays an important role in multi-disciplinary data collection, storage, management, mining, stewardship, and even knowledge discovery in the world. The WDS China Group, the WDS community of Japan, and other stakeholders in the A&O region are dedicated to establishing an open-data network in the A&O region through collaboration.

This event is organized by the WDS China Group, hosted by the Institute of Geographical Science and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), CAS.

The theme of the conference is “Open Data Governance and Collaborative Network” with seven sessions:

Registration deadline: 1 August 2025

Event: 8-12 September 2025

The CoreTrustSeal Board is still seeking input for proposed changes to the requirements to take effect in 2026-2028.  CTS values its community members' opinions and feels the process of updating these trustworthy data repository requirements will be most successful with as much community participation as possible.

The community is built around a Peer-to-Peer review process. This helps each other protect their data assets for future generations by challenging each other to be the best repositories they can be. CTS knows that the ever-changing landscape everyone works in requires periodic review of the requirements and procedures.

The CoreTrustSeal Board appreciates your time and effort in completing this survey and providing valuable feedback on the CoreTrustSeal Requirements. The Board will not individually respond to each survey but will make every effort to reflect every response in the revisions of the Requirements.

The estimated duration of this questionnaire is 20 minutes and will remain active until 15 August 2025.

Progress and outcomes will be shared in the coming months. 

Welcome to our two newest members of the WDS Community!

The Canadian Watershed Information Network (CanWIN) is a cutting-edge spatial research data infrastructure (SRDI) system based at the University of Manitoba and managed by the Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS). CEOS, a leader in multidisciplinary climate research, focuses particularly on the Arctic freshwater marine system—an area critically impacted by climate change. CanWIN supports large-scale, ecosystem-based studies by enabling the sharing, discovery, visualization, and analysis of diverse datasets, including sensitive Indigenous Knowledge. Originally developed by Environment and Climate Change Canada for Lake Winnipeg Basin research, CanWIN has evolved into a flexible, modular, open-source platform. In 2020, it underwent a major redevelopment to implement a distributed data ecosystem with CKAN as its central hub and a redesigned user interface aligned with UM’s identity, addressing the growing need for collaborative, cross-disciplinary environmental data management in support of urgent climate and water security challenges. They joined WDS as a Candidate member in June 2025.

The AuScope EarthBank Platform (formerly AusGeochem) is an advanced geospatial research tool designed to support analytical data management for the Earth Sciences community. Combining a cloud-hosted relational database engine, robust access controls, and a virtual laboratory for analyzing and visualizing complex geochemical datasets, the platform integrates seamlessly into research workflows. Recently rebranded from AusGeochem to reflect its expanded national collaboration and global vision, EarthBank remains committed to its core mission of facilitating geological data synthesis and visualization.

Developed through the AuScope Geochemistry Laboratory Network initiative (in partnership with Lithodat Pty Ltd) and funded by both the Australian and Western Australia state governments, the project enhances the analysis, preservation, and discoverability of nationally significant Earth and environmental sample collections. With renewed funding for instrumentation, expanded capabilities, and dedicated personnel at collaborating Australian universities, EarthBank is strengthening efforts to preserve and share vital geochemical and isotopic data for the benefit of researchers nationwide. They joined WDS as a Regular member in June 2025.

It’s not too late to register for virtual attendance to the Open Science: Monitoring Progress and Assessing Impact conference to be held on 7-8 July 2025.

Organized in collaboration with UNESCO, PathOS, OpenAIRE, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Track, and the Open Science Monitoring Initiative (OSMI), this event will bring together global actors to discuss tools and approaches to monitor the implementation and impact of open science policies and practices.

Don’t miss your final opportunity to register for Charleston In Between 2025, happening 8-9 July! In addition to a small in person gathering in Berlin, Germany, all conference sessions will be available to join live via Zoom and will be recorded for on-demand viewing. The theme is “Elevating Librarianship, Cross-Industry Collaboration, and Navigating AI Realities.”

Are you a researcher interested in improving the reproducibility of your work? Horizon Europe is collaborating with researchers across Europe to develop a training module designed to enhance reproducibility in research.

Researchers at any career stage and from any discipline are invited to participate in an online workshop to help co-create this valuable resource.

Workshop Details:

Date: Friday, 18 July 2025

Time: 10:00–12:00 (BST)

Format: Small group discussion with plenty of opportunities to share your views. Minimal preparation is required.

Your input will be instrumental in shaping a training module tailored to the needs of researchers like you. Don’t miss this opportunity to contribute to advancing research practices!

The Fifth International Conference on Digital Data Processing (DDP 2025) will take place 18-20 August 2025, at the University of Bedfordshire in Luton, United Kingdom. Organized with IEEE Publications and offering both virtual and physical participation options, this conference is set to be a pivotal event for professionals in data science, computing, and related fields.

As data continues to grow exponentially in complexity and diversity, DDP 2025 will address pressing challenges such as data accuracy, privacy, and processing efficiency. The event will feature discussions on cutting-edge advancements like machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and predictive analytics—highlighting their transformative impact across industries, including biomedical engineering, renewable energy, multimedia systems, and more.

Key Topics Include:

The conference also offers co-located workshops and opportunities for networking with leading researchers.

Registration deadline: 10 August 2025

For program details or registration information, visit their website or contact the organizers at ddp@socio.org.uk.

Peer Review Week is 15-19 September 2025. What events will you be hosting, supporting, or attending to support data peer review? See their website for updates and ideas!

The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) is hosting its 2025 Annual Conference and General Assembly in Zurich, Switzerland, on 18-19 September.

This year's conference workshops follow the theme of “Bridging Open Science Ethics and Infrastructure” and are free and open to all. Requests for formal invitations should be sent to addie.cox@icsti.org.

The Third Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change (GIYSCC) will take place on 9 August 2025, coinciding with the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This unique 24-hour event, hosted by Future Earth in collaboration with the Science Diplomacy Center™, will span three 8-hour time zones (00:00 UTC – 24:00 UTC), symbolically circling the Earth with the Sun.

Building on the success of GIYSCC 2024 and the inaugural GIYSCC 2023, which saw participation from over 1,300 registrants across 112 nations and 88 languages, this summit continues its mission to amplify Indigenous youth voices in climate diplomacy. Notably, the summit’s legacy includes a Nature Commentary emphasizing that Indigenous Youth Must Be at the Forefront of Climate Diplomacy.

Key Objectives:

This summit is a transformative opportunity for Indigenous youth to shape climate diplomacy and sustainable development at both local and global levels.

For more details, visit their website.

The call for submissions for the 20th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC26) is closing soon! The conference will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, between 16-18 February 2026.

The main theme of IDCC26 is "AI, austerity, and authoritarianism: contemporary challenges in digital curation". Submissions are invited to consider how these forces affect the work of the digital curation community and the steps we take to stay resilient. While recognizing the financial and political challenges the contemporary environment presents, the call is open to optimism through examples of resilience and resistance in digital curation activities to sustain momentum in open scholarship and promote social change. More information about the sub-themes for the conference is available here.

Submissions are open for papers, lightning talks, and posters until 11 July 2025, and workshops until 25 July 2025.

If you have any questions about IDCC, please contact them by email at idcc@dcc.ac.uk.

Be part of the inaugural World Forum for Science-Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WFSIE – Kenya 2025), a global gathering dedicated to science, innovation, and human-centered entrepreneurship. It will take place at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, on 1-3 December 2025. This forum aims to redefine the relationship between science and society by leveraging scientific outputs to address pressing global challenges, impact communities, and advance development agendas.

WFSIE serves as a platform for change-makers, including scientists, innovators, entrepreneurs, educators, policymakers, artists, and storytellers—to bridge the gap between knowledge creation and real-world transformation. Through collaboration and interdisciplinary engagement, WFSIE aims to foster innovation, research management, and entrepreneurship to build solutions for today’s most urgent issues.

Submission deadline: 30 July 2025

The American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) annual conference is coming up! It will be 15-19 December 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 July

Session conveners accept abstracts and arrange their sessions: Early August

Abstract submitters notified of abstract acceptance: Early October 

The Charleston Conference is going abroad! They will be hosting the 2026 Charleston Conference Asia at the Royal Orchid Sheraton in Bangkok, Thailand, 26-28 January 2026.

The call for papers, preliminary agenda, registration fees, sponsorship, and exhibitor details, plus an interest form to find out when registration opens, are all available on their website.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, 15 August 2025.

The 3rd FAIR Digital Objects Conference is bringing together leading experts from science and industry, technologists, data stewards/managers, and policymakers engaged in advancing FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs). They will explore the relevance of the FDOs for turning to a global data landscape characterized by the STAP Principles, tackle the integration of FDOs with data use control technologies (dataspace technologies), and examine the challenges and showcase successful demonstrations of interoperability between different implementations.

The conference will feature a mix of invited presentations, panels, posters, and demonstrators. It will be associated with a day of tutorials and a newcomer session. The organizers are seeking contributions that do one of the following:

Submission deadline: 15 September 2025

The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the 2025 Advanced Grant (AdG) call (ERC-2025-AdG), a funding opportunity designed for established, leading principal investigators (PIs) who wish to pursue groundbreaking, high-risk research projects. The grants support research in any field and are carried out in public or private research organizations located in EU Member States or Associated Countries. The evaluation process is based solely on the criterion of excellence, assessing both the quality of the research proposal and the PI's track record.

For detailed information on eligibility criteria, application procedures, and evaluation processes, please refer to the official ERC Advanced Grant 2025 Call. The deadline is 28 August 2025.

The British Academy Writing Workshops program offers funding to support researchers in the humanities and social sciences from developing countries. These workshops aim to enhance academic writing skills, foster international collaboration, and improve the chances of publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Eligible applicants can apply for grants to organize workshops that bring together early-career researchers, mentors, and editors to share expertise and build capacity. The program is designed to strengthen research networks and contribute to global knowledge exchange.

Application deadline: 17 September 2025

How much do you trust climate science and its communication? The “Trust in Climate Science” project, led by Urban Futures Hub at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in collaboration with the Global Young Academy, invites you to share your thoughts. This quick survey focuses on trust in science, particularly regarding the environment and climate change.

The International Science Council (ISC), together with the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES), has launched a global qualitative survey to understand how scientists experience participation in scientific organizations. The survey explores access, roles, and leadership pathways; perceived benefits and barriers; organizational culture and inclusion; as well as policies, recognition, and experiences of discrimination. Your insights will help shape recommendations to foster more equitable and inclusive participation. All individual scientists affiliated with scientific organizations, including academies, unions and associations, societies, science councils, and young scientist organizations, are invited and highly encouraged to take part.

Deadline: 6 July 2025

United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) is developing a new research data policy to streamline expectations for sharing and managing research data and digital objects, such as algorithms, software code, and workflows, arising from UKRI-funded research. This integrated policy will apply across research councils, Research England, Innovate UK, and cross-UKRI schemes, aiming to establish clearer and more consistent guidelines.

The draft outlines common principles for research data and metadata and takes a modular approach to address domain-specific requirements, data management plans, and compliance monitoring.

Learn more about the policy development process by accessing the recording and slides from the 7 May 2025 webinar.

Feedback deadline: 1 August 2025

The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) invites experts to help shape the future of ocean observation by contributing to the development of Biology and Ecosystems Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs). This initiative aims to refine these variables to address critical questions about ocean health, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.

Researchers, early-career scientists, and experts in fields like biology, ecology, and oceanography are encouraged to share their insights. Your input will ensure these variables are robust, globally applicable, and aligned with scientific priorities.

For details on how to participate, visit GOOS Ocean News. Make your mark on global ocean science!

The International Development Research Centre of Canada (DRC-Canada) has launched a survey as part of a case study focused on the Venezuelan scientific diaspora. Its purpose is to gather information provided by members of this diaspora, in order to make it available to international funding agencies interested in   supporting scientific-academic engagement and collaboration initiatives between the scientific diaspora, their country of origin, and other Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) ecosystems in Latin America. This project takes the Venezuelan case as a reference, approaching it as a case study whose findings could be relevant and transferable to the analysis of other scientific diasporas in similar contexts.

The survey will be open until 31 January 2026.

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