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FAIR Digital Objects (FDO) are autonomous information units that virtually bind all information in a machine-actionable way that is required to make data FAIR, including various kinds of metadata and globally unique and resolvable persistent identifiers (PIDs). FDOs...

Title: A Comparative Analysis of Modeling Approaches for the Association of FAIR Digital Objects Operations Author: Nicolas Blumenröhr, Jana Böhm, Philipp Ost, Marco Kulüke, Peter Wittenburg, Christophe Blanchi, Sven Bingert, Ulrich Schwardmann URL:...

On 29 August, 14:00 - 15:00 (SAST, UTC+02:00) the CODATA South Africa National Committee is convening a webinar on Data Privacy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC): An appeal for unity. The distinguished speaker is Adv. Dirontsho Mohale, Chief...

27 August 2025 Shaily Gandhi (Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at IT:U), Neema Sumari (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania), and Felix Emeka Anyiam (University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria) This August 2025, the ICTP in Trieste, Italy, hosted a special edition of the...

Natural disasters have cost us $162 billion this year. The first half of 2025 marks a new inflection point in the global climate risk landscape. According to leading professional services firm Aon, global insured losses from natural catastrophe events reached $100...

Conference: International Symposium on Open Science Clouds 2025 (ISOSC 2025) Time: September 2-4, 2025 Venue: Nanjing University Suzhou Campus, Suzhou, China and virtually Theme: Co-developing Open, Resilient, and Intelligible Research E-infrastructures for Future...

By: Prof Joseph Muliaro Wafula The Kenya National Vaccination and Immunization Program (KeNVIP) portal was officially launched on 14 May by Cabinet Secretary Hon Aden Duale of the Ministry of Health. The portal represents a significant milestone in the digitalization...

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: GLOBAL DATA ETHICS AND GOVERNANCE SYMPOSIUM Hybrid (In-person & Virtual) 18-19 SEPTEMBER 2025 THE RIVERSIDE HOTEL, Duban, SOUTH AFRICA THEME: BUILDING TRUST, PROTECTION, AND ETHICS IN GLOBAL DATA: TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAPE TOWN GLOBAL...

Join the high-level virtual launch of the UNDRR–ISC Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) 2025 update - a vital tool for building a safer, more resilient world. Date: 18 August, 8:00-9:00 UTC Format: Online (Zoom) Register Now The 2025 edition of the Hazard Information...

Rising to the challenge: boosting adaptation and resilience for development One in five people globally are at high risk from climate-related hazards-not just because they're exposed to floods, heatwaves, cyclones, or droughts, but because poverty or limited access to...