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Research Data Management Forum (RDMF)

Our biannual Research Data Management Forum events bring together researchers, digital repository managers, staff from library, information and research organisations, data curators, data centre managers, data scientists, research funding organisations and research networks. The events are organised thematically, with a mixture of presentations and breakout and discussion sessions.

Because we limit RDMF workshop numbers to fifty, the events are in-depth and highly interactive sessions. To give you a taste of the topics we’ve discussed previously, past RDMF workshop titles are given below. Click on them to see more details.

You’ll also find details of forthcoming RDMF workshops on this page. Topics under consideration for future workshops include ‘Data and the Research Excellence Framework’ and ‘Socio-legal and ethical data challenges: managing confidentiality, anonymity, privacy and consent’.

For more information about taking part in Research Data Management Forum activities, or to sign up for notifications, drop us a line or call us on 0131 651 1239.  Additionally, you can join the RDMF social space, which has been designed as a place for sharing ideas, concerns and solutions and where members can upload presentations and minutes from past events, or suggest topics for future workshops. 

RDMF9: Shaping the infrastructure

Cambridge, 14 - 15 November 2012
Examples of technological change designed to assist the producers, users and managers of research data are becoming increasingly prevalent. The impetus for this is varied.

RDMF8: Engaging with the Publishers

Southampton, 29 - 30 March 2012
Hosted by the University of Southampton, this event took place at the Hilton Southampton hotel. The programme included speakers from Nature, Elsevier, Dryad, the International Union of Crystallography and Faculty of 1000. Presentations from RDMF8: Ruth Wilson, Nature Publishing

RDMF7: Incentivising Data Management & Sharing

Coventry, 2 - 3 November 2011
The seventh RDMF workshop took place at the University of Warwick on 2nd and 3rd November 2011. The theme for the workshop was Incentivising Data Management & Sharing. Presentations and discussions addressed a vibrant range of questions including

RDMF6: Planning for research data management

Leicester, 5 - 6 May 2011
The sixth meeting of the Research Data Management Forum (RDMF6) was hosted by the University of Leicester on 5th and 6th May 2011.  The theme for the meeting provided an opportunity to explore the principles for data management planning that are set by the major funders, what these mean in practice for researchers and institutions, as well as how plans are assessed, monitored and their agreed outputs measured. Presentations and discussions comprised

RDMF Review Meeting

London, 13 January 2011
On 13th January 2011 an invited group of researchers, together with senior library, IT and data centre staff, and with representatives from the DCC, RIN and JISC, met to develop a forward strategy for the Research Data Management Forum (RDMF). The purpose of the meeting was to consider the nature and outcome of the first five RDMF events, observe the impact of changes in the research data landscape since November 2007 (when the RDMF was created) and produce a revised strategy for the appropriate continuation of the RDMF.

RDMF5: Economics of Applying and Sustaining Digital Curation

Manchester, 27 - 28 October 2010
This was the fifth meeting of the Research Data Management Forum.Aimed at researchers, digital repository managers, staff from library, information and research organisations, data curators, data centre managers, data scientists, research funding organisations and research networks, the event addressed the topic "Economics of Applying and Sustaining Digital Curation."Programme and Slides

RDMF4: Dealing with Sensitive Data

Manchester, 10 - 11 March 2010
This was the fourth meeting of the Research Data Management Forum.Aimed at researchers, digital repository managers, staff from library, information and research organisations, data curators, data centre managers, data scientists, research funding organisations and research networks, the event addressed the topic "Dealing with Sensitive Data: managing ethics, security and trust." Programme and presentations

RDMF3: Value and Benefits of Data Sharing and Management

Manchester, 30 April - 1 May 2009
In partnership with the Research Information Network, the DCC held the third RDMF workshop on the Value and Benefits of Data Sharing and Management at Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester.

RDMF2: Roles and Responsibilities for Effective Data Management

Manchester, 26 - 27 November 2008
Following on from our Research Data Management Forum: Inaugural Workshop on 19-20 March 2008, the DCC - in partnership with the Research Information Network - held the second workshop on the roles and responsibilities for effective data management at Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester. The themes explored at this workshop included:

Research Data Management Forum: Inaugural Workshop

Manchester, 19 - 20 March 2008
In partnership with the Research Information Network we have created a new forum for the exchange of experience and best practice between the managers and technical staff from UK data centres, university repository installations and other related organisations with responsibility for the discovery, delivery and preservation of digital research output.

The DCC is funded by

Joint Information Systems Committee