1. RDA Europe & National initiatives HILARY HANAHOE, TRUST-IT SERVICES, RDA SECRETARIAT & RDA EUROPE PROJECT COORDINATOR H.HANAHOE@TRUST-ITSERVICES.COM - @HILARYHANAHOE RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY

2. All roads lead to … 2 Increasing RDA awareness Effective European engagement in RDA Europe a driver of RDA Global Promoting RDA Outputs & Adoption RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY

3. RDA Membership Total Members: 3,029 from 103 countries Italy #6 of which 59% academia / RTD United States1040 United Kingdom347 Germany216 Netherlands159 France131 Italy128 Australia117 Ireland {Republic}87 Canada80 Finland73 RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY

4. Individuals  Observers  Contributors  Drivers 4 Organisations  Insight  Adopt  Drive National level Coordination & Knowledge Exchange, Strategy & / or Implementation Members WGs-IGs-BoFs Requests for Comments Plenaries Getting involved Member WGs-IGs-BoFs RfCs H2020 projects Adoption / Uptake Papers & Events Meetings & Fora Training & Workshops Uptake pilots RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY

5. RDA Plenary 8 during International Data Week 2016 When? 11-16 Sept 2016 Where? East Coast, USA Co-located with? SciDataCon2016 RDA Plenary 7 When? 28 Feb - 3 March 2016 Where? Toyko, Japan RDA Plenary 9 When? 3-7 April 2017 Where? Barcelona, Spain RDA Plenaries RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY RDA Plenary 6 When? 22 - 25 Sept 2015 Where? Paris, France Why attend? Working Meeting: Updates & Progress Knowledge Exchange, Networking & Direct Interaction Best Practice, Outputs & Adoption New ideas, groups, …. Why attend? Working Meeting: Updates & Progress Knowledge Exchange, Networking & Direct Interaction Best Practice, Outputs & Adoption New ideas, groups, ….

6. France is hosting the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in December. To echo back to this crucial global event, we will demonstrate how RDA activities are key to many climate change issues. Over 85 plenary, WG, IG, BoF & other sessions Poster session, RDA for Newcomers, other networking events Experimentation Day fostering interaction between enterprise & RDA Climate Change Data Challenge RDA Europe Early Career Programme Pre- plenary “5 stream” workshop (22 nd Sept) 1.Human Brain 2.Open Scholarship 3.Service orientation to data & HPC infrastructures 4.Environmental related societal challenges 5.Global Linguistic Resources RDA Plenary 6 Opportunities RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY Individuals Organisations National

7. introduce European early career researchers & scientists to RDA; highlight what data scientists / practitioners are doing; leverage on Early Career Researchers & Scientists knowledge to support Plenary activities; and support the Working & Interest group activities. Deadline for Applications – 20 July 2015 https://rd-alliance.org/early-career-european-researchers-scientists-working-data-september-2015.html Targeting researchers & scientists engaged in Bachelor, Masters, PhD or Post Doc studies in a higher education or research institution based in Europe & studies are of relevance & pertinence to RDA RDA Europe Early Career Programme Travel & Subsistence to attend Plenary 6, 22-25 Sept 2015, Paris RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY Individuals  Observers  Contributors  Drivers

8. a challenge to demonstrate novel ways to integrate diverse data for new understanding using technologies, systems, or practices developed by RDA. private sector partners & other organisations invited to use open data made available by a wide range of global RDA members and other organisations to address real and developing problems emerging from rapid climate change. Looking for novel approaches using a wide range & diverse data (from both natural and social sciences) and RDA technologies and practices. Multiple datasets (over 60) from different global organisations have been made available to enterprises for the creation of novel and innovative solutions in areas covering Air quality, energy and urban activity. 3 finalists will present solutions during the COP21 conference in Paris December 2015 & on 24 th Sept 2015 at RDA Plenary. Deadline for Submission – 31 August 2015 (launched 22 nd June) https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenary-6-climate-change-data-challenge.html Climate Change Data Challenge RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY Organisations  Insight  Adopt  Drive

9. 24 th September 2015 Experimentation day is dedicated to foster connection/interaction between RDA members and startups, SMEs and large companies to promote enterprise engagement in RDA. With around 70% of RDA members coming from academic organizations, attracting more enterprise involvement in the data ecosystem is key for future development of the Alliance. Deadline for Applications – 31 July 2015 https://www.rd-alliance.org/plenary-meetings/sixth-plenary/6th-plenary-experimentation-day.html Organisations  Insight  Adopt  Drive Experimentation Day RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY Key Benefits encouraging involvement of private sector in RDA activities (Startups, SMEs, large companies) to participate in the process of defining solutions introducing new or on-going enterprise work on data solutions & foster concrete activities with RDA discuss & create new links with enterprise stakeholders engaged with the data community.

10. Call open 17 July – 30 September 2015 Co-organization of domain workshops or training courses on barriers, solutions, RDA results and adoption possibilities. Adoption of a specific RDA output and integration into the infrastructure software stack. Adaptation of some existing software stack to be compliant with RDA guidelines. Writing guidelines on RDA output tuned to domain specialties. Call for Collaboration Projects Organisations  Insight  Adopt  Drive RDA Europe supporting in terms of funds and experts. RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY

11. National level activities 11 Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy United Kingdom Spain RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY National level Coordination & Knowledge Exchange, Strategy & / or Implementation National level research organisations meeting frequently (every 3 - 6 months) to specifically discuss research data issues & RDA coordination; Localisation of RDA global communication material; Creation of national level white / position papers on research data; National level workshops (in different cities) supported by RDA Europe to raise awareness of RDA & coordinate national activities (membership, updates on outputs, groups working on issues of interest nationally), etc.;

12. National level activities 12 Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy United Kingdom Spain RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY National level Coordination & Knowledge Exchange, Strategy & / or Implementation Dedicated workshops with main national players on community specific / thematic issues or particular national relevance & interest to coordinate RDA interaction and take advantage of RDA as a platform for input & knowledge exchange on the specific area of interest; Generation of national level use cases and / or case studies to showcase RDA outputs Funding to RDA output uptake / implementation in national scenarios (e.g. enterprise focused pilots - €50K per pilot);....

13. Going forward… 13 1.Join RDA & get involved 2.Encourage your collaborators / teams to Observe -> Contribute -> Drive 3.An RDA Italy to … Coordinate research data discussions nationally, globally Coordinate interaction with RDA & act as a focal point Create -> Adopt -> Use … go further … RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY

14. Hilary Hanahoe, Trust-IT Services, RDA SECRETARIAT & RDA Europe Project Coordinator h.hanahoe@trust-itservices.com - @hilaryhanahoe RDA MEETS THE ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, 14TH JULY 2015, PISA, ITALY 14 RDA Global Email - enquiries@rd-alliance.org Web - www.rd-alliance.org Twitter - @resdatall RDA Europe Email - info@europe.rd-alliance.org Web - europe.rd-alliance.org Twitter - @RDA_Europe