International Data Week (IDW) 2025 is a unique event that combines the Research Data Alliance Plenary Meeting and SciDataCon. Organized by WDS and CODATA, SciDataCon addresses the frontiers of research data. IDW2025 is taking place from 13-16 October 2025 in Brisbane, Australia, generously hosted by the Australian Research Data Commons. The IDW 2025 theme of ‘Data for Positive Change’ highlights our commitment to the role of data in instituting change by empowering communities and advancing research.
Informational Webinars: Two 60-minute webinars will provide an overview of the benefits of participating in the upcoming IDW 2025. Webinar participants will receive guidance on how to navigate the four-day program and learn what registration includes. Click here to register for the January 28 session. A second webinar will be scheduled in February 2025 in the Oceania time zone. Recordings and slides will be available.
SciDataCon Call for Sessions, Presentations, and Posters: The WDS and CODATA are pleased to announce this launch. We invite session proposals as well as abstracts for presentations and posters. The deadline for proposals for sessions and individual presentations is 23:59 AEST (Brisbane timezone) on Tuesday, 15 April 2025. The deadline for posters is 23:59 AEST on Thursday, 15 May 2025. Submit proposal at https://scidatacon.org/.
SciDataCon2025 Specific Themes: These themes are specially designated as important themes for 2025. The first four themes align with the broader International Data Week plenary themes, and an additional two themes were introduced by the SciDataCon Program Committee.
- CAREful Indigenous Data Governance
- Rigorous, responsible, and reproducible science in the era of FAIR data and AI
- Open research through Interconnected, Interoperable, and Interdisciplinary Data
- Empowering the global data community for impact, equity, and inclusion
- Infrastructures to Support Data-Intensive Research – Local to Global
- The Transformative Role of Data in Sustainable Development Goals and Disaster Resilience
SciDataCon Persistent Themes: These themes typically carry over from one SciDataCon to the next, with minor refinements to allow for changing expectations over time.
- Data and Research
- Data Science and Data Analysis
- Data Stewardship
- Policy and Practice of Data in Research
- Data and Education
- Data, Society, Ethics, and Politics
- Open Data, FAIR Data, Innovation, Industry and Development
For a full description of these SciDataCon 2025 themes, visit https://scidatacon.org/event/9/program.
We look forward to seeing you in Brisbane, Australia, in October!