RDA 27th Plenary Meeting
2026-10-06 - 2026-10-08 | London
The Research Data Alliance 27th Plenary Meeting (P27) will take place in London, United Kingdom as an in-person event, 6-8 October 2026. P27 will be hosted by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the UK’s largest public research funder.

UKRI brings together seven Research Councils (covering all domains), Research England and Innovate UK. It has a strong history of investment in open research and research infrastructure. UKRI has been supporting access to data since the 1960s through funded data services.

Rachel Bruce, Head of Open Research at UKRI, said:

“We are looking forward to welcoming delegates to London and celebrating UKRI’s involvement with the RDA and international research data community, as we work together to build a global research ecosystem where data is routinely shared and reused without barriers.”

Save the date: EOSC Symposium 2026
2026-10-14 - 2026-10-16 | Florence
The EOSC Symposium 2026 will take place from 14 to 16 October in Florence, Italy. As the EOSC flagship event, the Symposium annually brings together the entire stakeholder community, including researchers, policy-makers, organisations and infrastructures to share and celebrate the latest developments around EOSC and the EOSC Federation. Be sure to save the dates in your calendar. Further details coming soon!

UC4B 2026
2026-11-24 - 2026-11-26 | Berlin, Berlin, Germany
We are delighted to announce that next year’s Base4NFDI User Conference (UC4B 2026) will be held in Berlin.
Date: 24.-25. November 2026
Location: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Haus Potsdamer Straße
Stay tuned for more details about the programme and registration. We look forward to welcoming you!
If you are interested in the event, take a look at the materials from our previous user conferences UC4B2024 and UC4B2025.

International Data Week 2027
2027-09-20 - 2027-09-23 | Cape Town, South Africa
The International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA) including the local hosts, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), will be hosting the International Data Week 2027 (IDW 2027) which will take place on 20-23 September 2027. IDW 2027 will be held in Cape Town International Conference Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa. It will be supported by the Department of Science and Innovation, and the local organising committee.

IDW 2027 will address topics such as: enhancing and entrenching the dialogue on open science; skills development; infrastructure development; and resourcing in Africa.

IDW 2027 will combine the RDA Plenary Meeting, the biannual meeting of this international member organization working to develop and support global infrastructure facilitating data sharing and reuse, and SciDataCon, the scientific conference addressing the frontiers of data in research organized by CODATA and WDS.
