IASSIST at 50! Bridging oceans, harbouring data & anchoring the future
IASSIST 2025 (https://iassistdata.org/c
Visit lively, yet laid-back, Bristol and find a city full of character, centuries-old heritage, and an irrepressible creative zeal. Enveloped in the hills of South West England, Bristol is a city full of unique experiences, from year-round festivals, award-winning cycle tracks, and gastronomy of every flavour, to first-class arts venues, and awe-inspiring street art.
The conference will be held in-person, centering around networking opportunities and interactions. We welcome submissions for papers, presentations, posters, demonstrations, workshops, and lightning talks that embrace our conference theme, “Bridging oceans, harbouring data & anchoring the future”. We are seeking out information on: the connections created by data and data services professionals and enthusiasts; the wealth of knowledge in the community; the context of our profession today; and good data practice in the future. Possible topics include (but are not limited to):
* Environmental impact and sustainability
* Artificial Intelligence
* Reproducibility
* Partnerships and collaboration
* Data literacy
* Data consultation and librarianship
* Data management and archiving
* Data provenance, CARE / FAIR data principles
* Data discovery and access
* Data documentation and metadata
* Data governance and ethics
* Data gaps and biases
Have you ever considered submitting a poster? Do you have a new idea you would like feedback on? Would you like to showcase a new service or resource? We will be holding a “Poster Reception” to encourage conversations, sharing of ideas, and community building, while engaging with these visually dynamic posters.
The deadline for submissions is Friday December 13, 2024.
We request that submitters limit themselves to one proposal per format type.
Decisions regarding submissions will be sent out by email mid-February 2025.
The Call for proposals and workshops, with a link to the submission form, is available at:
https://www.openconf.org/iassi
Or from the IASSIST 2025 Homepage at:
https://iassistdata.org/confer
Questions about presentation submissions may be sent to the Program Co-Chairs (Michael Beckstrand, Jane Fry, and Oliver Watteler) at programme.lists@iassistdata.or
Support for Attending Conference
IASSIST Fellows Program supports data professionals from countries with emerging economies and underrepresented regions who are developing information infrastructures regarding the use and preservation of public and private data, implementing information policy decisions, and providing data services at their home institutions.
IASSIST Early Professional Fellows Program supports early career data professionals from under-resourced institutions. It recognizes the value of new and innovative ideas from graduates and professionals new to data in the social sciences, who may not otherwise have the funding to travel.
Applications can be made at https://forms.gle/1xLyY3Y6W96G
Please address your questions about the Fellows Program to Fellows Committee Co-Chairs Florio Arguillas (foa2@cornell.edu) and Sarah Young (sarahy@andrew.cmu.edu)
For information about traveling to Bristol, check out (https://iassistdata.org/confe
