Thanks alot

Le mar. 1 mai 2018 à 09:18, Maheva Bagard Laursen mblaursen@gbif.org a écrit :

Dear all,

Please see below a communication from ICSU World Data System that may especially be of interest for the BID community members based in Africa.

The *Call for Abstracts https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/submit/ for SciDataCon 2018 is open until Thursday, 31 May 2018*. Abstracts for papers or posters are invited for sessions at SciDataCon 2018, part of International Data Week (5–8 November 2018; Gaborone, Botswana). Abstracts must be submitted to an accepted session https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/ or to the General Submission, and will be reviewed for quality and appropriateness to be included in a either an existing session or a (to be created) thematic session. Accepted abstracts will be available from the conference website and will form a persistent collection.

In particular, we would like to draw your attention to the following *WDS-sponsored sessions* https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts :

• Africa Data Centers: Challenges and Opportunities (Abstract

https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts#Africa_Data_Centers )

• Spatial Data for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa (

Abstract https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts#Spatial_Data_SDGs )

• Citizen Science Data – from Collection to Curation to Management (

Abstract https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts#CS_Data )

• Health Databases across the African Continent: What do we have and

what do we need for Sustainable Development? (Abstract https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts#Health_Databases )

• Repositories: Are we serving our scientists? Cross-learnings from

multiple disciplines (Abstract https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts#Repositories )

• Scientific Data Challenges for Sustainable Development (Abstract

https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts#SDG_Challenges )

• The Role of Early Career Researchers and Scientists in the Data

Revolution (Abstract https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/scidatacon-2018-call-for-abstracts#ECR_Role )

Finally, a reminder that the https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/call-for-nominations-wds-data-stewardship-award-2018*Call for Nominations https://www.icsu-wds.org/news/news-archive/call-for-nominations-wds-data-stewardship-award-2018 for the 2018 WDS Data Stewardship Award is open until Monday, 21 May 2018*. If you know of an early career researcher who deserves to have their accomplishments recognized and highlighted to the international community, then complete the attached form (Word and PDF provided)—see notes below—and send it to the WDS International Programme Office (ipo@icsu-wds.org).

Please disseminate this information far-and-wide

With Best Regards

Maheva

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Maheva Bagard Laursen

BID coordination team

GBIF Secretariat

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