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C O D A T A

At the 25th CODATA General Assembly on 26-27 October in Beijing, the following Mission Statement was approved: The mission of CODATA is to strengthen international science for the benefit of society by promoting improved scientific and technical data management and use.

NEWS AND EVENTS      (for past news and events, visit our Archives)
NEW!	"Sharing and Stewardship of Scientific Data for Improved Decision Making and Sustainable     Development: Why share data fully and openly?"      A side event organized by CODATA and the World Data System (WDS) at the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation      for Sustainable, Rio de Janeiro -14th June 2012
NEW!	Newsletter 103 - May 2012
NEW!	International Training Workshop for Developing Countries on Scientific Data Management    and Sustainable Development, 15-31 July 2012 - Beijing, China         Organized jointly by CODATA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the workshop aims to improve the ability of scientific     data management, preservation and sharing application.     For more information check the Background Document    Deadline for submission: 31st May 2012
NEW!	23rd CODATA International Conference, 28-31 October 2012 - Taipei               "Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet"                      Call for Abstracts and Session Proposals Call for CODATA Prize Nomination Deadline extended to June 15th, 2012                   Visit the Conference website at: http://www.codata2012.com/                   Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/CODATANews
	Workshop on the description of nanomaterials     CODATA and ICSU sponsored a two-day workshop on 23 and 24 February 2012. It brought together international scientific experts from     diverse fields to review the present status of description systems for nanomaterials.     For more information on this event please check the background information, the agenda and presentations.
	GUO Huadong, CODATA President, elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
	CODATA celebrates its 45th Anniversary in Beijing, October 2011 Agenda Highlights of CODATA History
	CODATA Collaboration with GEO GEO-VIII, Eigth Plenary Session, Istanbul, 16-17 November 2011 GEO past activities
	Events to come The 4th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference (QQML2012), 22-25 May 2012 - Limerick, Ireland Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, 11-15 June 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio 20+, 20-22 June 2012 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil PICK-ME Conference 2012, 21-22 June 2012 - Turin, Italy Interdisciplinary Conference on Digital Cultural Heritage, 2-4 July 2012 - St Dié, France 6th International Workshop on Web APIs and Service Mashups (Mashups 2012) at ESOCC 2012, 19th September 2012 - Bertorino, Italy 3rd Conference - World Complexity Science Academy "Mapping Systemic Knowledge", 18-19 November 2012 - Vienna, Austria