RDAP 2023

Building on Experience: Centering Communities in Data Creation and Access

Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Virtual Summit will be held March 28-30, 2023. Workshops are scheduled for March 27, 2023.

• RDAP Summit is a three-day event for all who work toward management, access, and preservation of research data. There will be associated workshops, for a small additional fee, on March 27, 2023.  

• The program includes presentations, lightning talks, panels, keynotes, and workshops. Optional social activities are also offered.

• The theme of RDAP Summit 2023 is Building on Experience: Centering Communities in Data Creation and Access. We encourage proposals that explore how you engage with and build communities in your data environment, how you have expanded on past successes, and how you are making data accessible for a wider range of communities.

• Presenters will be offered free registration.

• Scholarships will be available.

Call for Proposals

Proposals for RDAP Summit 2023 are now being accepted! Find out more on our call for proposals page. Proposals will be accepted through November 4, 2022.

About the conference theme

We welcome proposals that encourage discussion on research data access and preservation in communities. We are interested in exploring the idea of communities as broadly as possible. This can include but is not limited to:

• How you engage with and build communities in your data environment
• How you have expanded on past successes in data management, access, and preservation services
• How you are making data accessible for a wider range of communities
• Empowering communities to take ownership of their data
• New community-centered projects, service areas, or ideas for research data.
• How data projects, services or research are being reshaped at higher education, industry, government and other research data stakeholders.

Who Should Attend?

The Summit is relevant to the interests and needs of data managers and curators, librarians who work with research data, and researchers and data scientists. A wide range of disciplines from the life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities will be represented. The Summit will bring together practitioners and researchers from academic institutions, data centers, funding agencies, and industry.

More information

RDAP Summit is an independent conference through the RDAP Association, which provides accessible and affordable opportunities to connect with the research data support community.

View past RDAP Summit programs. 

Send your questions to the RDAP Conference Chairs: rdapsummit@rdapassociation.org