1st NFDI4Earth Conference

Since spring 2018, researchers from universities and non-university research institutions as well as representatives of infrastructure institutions from earth system research have been involved in the discussion on the design of a National Research Data Infrastructure for Earth System Sciences (ESS), i.e. NFDI4Earth.

The initiative organised a series of meetings, plenums and workshops in order to put together a consortium with the broadest possible range of disciplines and interests from ESS, to inform the corresponding community about the ongoing activities as well as to discuss and to develop a common proposal for the corresponding call of the German Science Foundation (DFG).

When

11th November 2020,
13.00 - 17.15 hrs

Where

Online Event
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In the context of the last plenum end of January 2020 in Potsdam the idea and arrangement of the 1st NFDI4Earth Conference took shape and place on 11th November 2020 afternoon as an online event due to the restrictions for presence conferences in consequence of the respiratory disease of COVID-19!

The conference was divided into three thematic blocks:

An introduction to the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) by York Sure-Vetter, NFDI Directorate Karlsruhe, is followed by a keynote of Kerstin Lehnert, Columbia University New York (US) and the presentation about NFDI4Earth by its spokesperson Lars Bernard, TU Dresden.
The second block takes up different important aspects of NFDI4Earth: (I) impulses of the planned 'Pilots', (II) scientific requirements of the community as well as (III) methodological approaches for long archives and long-tail perspectives.
And finally different so-called interest groups within NFDI4Earth will present and promote their first ideas for a stronger community engagment and introduce a possible follow-up process.

The event addressed scientists from German research institutions, infrastructure service providers and users as well as actors from research data management and further interest groups – all in the field of ESS, and additionally colleagues from other NFDI initiatives.

Final information on the 1st NFDI4Earth Conference – especially about the programme (including course and contents) as well as the different presentations are available!