DCC Roadshow Northwest England

The 9th DCC regional roadshow will take place on 20th and 21st March at the University of Salford.

We are delighted to announce that the event will be opened by Professor Martin Hall, Vice Chancellor of the University of Salford and Chair of the UK Open Access Implementation Group.

Registration is FREE and delegates can choose to attend one or both days, according to their roles and responsibilities.

• Day 1 will be a general introduction and is open to all. Best practice will be shared through case studies to help build a community of data management expertise in the Northwest of England.
• Day 2 will be a strategic training day for research support staff.  The workshop will provide an introduction to curation and DCC tools through presentations and breakout exercises, to help you start to plan research data management services for your institution.

• Professor Martin Hall, Vice Chancellor, University of Salford / Chair of the UK Open Access Implementation Group [slides]
• Professor Terrence Fernando, Director of ThinkLab, University of Salford [slides]
• Meik Poschen, MaDAM and MiSS Projects, University of Manchester [slides]
• Rachel Kane,  Research Data Management Project Manager, Research and Innovation Services, University of Sheffield
• Managing research data: From tsunami to tools and services - Graham Pryor, DCC [slides]

• Introduction to RDM: Activities, Roles and Requirements [slides] [exercise]
• Making the Case for Data Management [slides] [exercise]
• Facing the Data Challenge: Developing Data Policy and Services [slides] [exercise]