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Pipeline Newsletter - October 2026
In this edition of Pipeline, discover what’s coming up at IDCC27, including ticket options, discounts and workshops; explore our resource of the month for practical guidance across the research lifecycle; and save the dates for upcoming webinars, events and workshops.
October 2026
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In this edition of Pipeline, discover what’s coming up at IDCC27, including ticket options, discounts and workshops; explore our resource of the month for practical guidance across the research lifecycle; and save the dates for upcoming webinars, events and workshops.
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DCC News
IDCC27 Early Bird Tickets available NOW!
9–12 February 2027 | Lisbon, Portugal
Registration is now open for the 21st International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC27), taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 9-12 February 2027. Join the international digital curation community for four days of workshops, papers and lightning talks, a poster exhibition, networking opportunities, and social events.
Early Bird registration is available until 30 October 2026, or until tickets sell out.
Discounted tickets are available for DCC Associates, students, Portuguese residents and residents of lower-middle-income countries (LMICs). Workshop registration will open in late October.
Register for IDCC27 and find full details on ticket options, discounts and workshops.
New DRI webinar - Getting to Know Research Data Scotland
14:00 – 15:00, 21 October | Virtual
Join us and our guest speaker, Hugh Wallace, to learn about Research Data Scotland (RDS), a charity focused on enabling access to public sector data about people, places and businesses. RDS works with organisations across Scotland and the UK to help researchers find and use health, social care and administrative data. By making these resources more accessible, RDS supports evidence-based decision-making and helps advance health and social wellbeing in Scotland.
Find out more and register for free on the DCC website.
5 weeks to go: Self-assessing research data management and FAIR-enabling capabilities training
13:00 – 16:00, 9 November | Virtual
With just five weeks to go until our workshop on self-assessing your organisation’s capabilities to support research data management (RDM) and FAIR data, now is the time to register. This half-day virtual training will introduce two practical self-assessment approaches – our Research Infrastructure Self Evaluation Framework (RISE) and the Assessing capability maturity and engagement with FAIR-enabling practice (ACME-FAIR) – and provide guidance on interpreting results and planning for improvement.
Register for the workshop on Eventbrite.
International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC)
Changes to International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC) Submissions
If you’re considering submitting to the IJDC for the first time, or especially if you’ve done so in the past, you’ll be keen to know that we have simplified the submissions process. The changes are laid out clearly in a DCC post here, and submissions will now include a data availability statement, statements on AI use, and an option of including CRediT (Contributor Role Taxonomy) for authors .
Article: Implementing Libsafe Go
A new article in the International Journal of Digital Curation (IJDC) explores a digital preservation system migration project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Written by Alisha Baginski and Andrew Pederson, the case study examines how the project team navigated significant time and resource constraints, highlighting key implementation and migration practices. It also offers practical strategies for other institutions planning digital preservation system migrations with limited resources and tight timelines.
Baginski, A., & Pederson, A. (2026). Implementing Libsafe Go: A case study in rapid digital preservation system migration. International Journal of Digital Curation, 20(1).
Funded Projects
Launch of GenAI4Earth project
The GenAI4Earth project officially launched in Santander, Spain, from the 21st – 23rd September 2026. Funded by Horizon Europe, the three-year project will develop trustworthy, reusable generative AI services for Earth system science within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) ecosystem.
Led by CNRS, the project brings together 17 partners with expertise in AI, data science, Earth systems and computing infrastructure. The DCC will lead work on capacity building, adoption and dissemination, as well as developing tools to support actionable, AI-ready Data Management Plans (DMPs).
Find out more about the project on the GenAI4Earth website and keep up to date with its activities via LinkedIn.
Resource of the month
Data Do’s and Don’ts: A Primer on Indigenous Data Sovereignty provides practical guidance for researchers working with Indigenous data and knowledge. More than an introduction to Indigenous Data Sovereignty, the primer offers clear “do’s and don’ts” for every stage of the research lifecycle - from data collection, consent and provenance to access, reuse, attribution and governance.
It also challenges common misconceptions and encourages researchers to build respectful, reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities.
Access Anderson, J. (2026). Data Do’s and Don’ts: a Primer on Indigenous Data Sovereignty. National Science Foundation Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science, New York University, online here.
For your calendar
AI in Science Summit 2026 (AIS26)
15–16 October | In-person, Dublin
The AI in Science Summit 2026 (AIS26) is just around the corner, taking place in Dublin from 15–16 October. AIS26 brings together scientists, industry leaders, investors and policymakers to explore how AI can transform scientific discovery and research. Under the theme “Reaching a New Level of Ambition in Research and Innovation”, the summit will examine how Europe can harness AI to unlock new approaches to research while ensuring innovation remains responsible and impactful.
Registrations for AIS26 are now full but you can be added to a waiting list. Those who have already secured a place, all details about the event can be found on the AI in Science Summit website.
INSPIRING ERA online event: Building the EOSC Federation: Progress, Practice and Lessons from across Europe
14:30 – 16:30 CEST, 22 October | Virtual
The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation’s event connects data, services, and infrastructures across borders and disciplines to advance Open Science. Researchers, research organisations, policymakers, funders, research managers, Open Science professionals, and e-infrastructure providers are encouraged to join and hear from speakers in European policy, the EOSC community, EOSC Nodes, and research who will share real-world implementations and highlight the Federation’s value for researchers and institutions as it enters its implementation phase.
For the full programme and to register, visit the Inspiring Era website, and keep up to date with them on LinkedIn.
RLUK’s Digital Shift Forum: The Persistence Challenge: Ensuring Long-Term Access to Repositories
14:00 – 15:00, 28 October | Virtual
Join us for this RLUK Digital Shift session as we explore the long-term survival of European repositories. Using data from registries, web archives, and CORE, we will trace repository lifespans and examine what happens to scholarly citations when content vanishes, as well as discussing key findings on repository decline and policy solutions to protect the future of the scholarly record.
Register for the event on Eventbrite.
CaSDaR’s Hybrid Data Steward Conference 2026
17–18 November | Hybrid, Manchester
This hybrid conference organised by CaSDaR brings together the growing data stewardship community to share progress, showcase impact, and shape the next phase of activity. This event is fully hybrid, so all sessions will be available online and in-person at The Midland Hotel, Manchester. Applications for Lightning Talks and Posters will close on 19 October 2026.
Explore the CaSDaR website for more information on registration and submissions.
CILIP Rewired Online Conference 2026
19 November | Virtual
This year’s programme aims to explore and inspire innovation amongst tech-curious colleagues and thought-leaders on all things digital.
The event will run over Zoom, and has been developed in collaboration with CILIP’s UKeiG and will explore data, AI, coding, natural language processing and open source vs proprietary across keynotes, workshops, panel discussions and a conversation forum.
To view the draft programme, visit the event website.
PSDI Showcase – Registration now open!
25–26 November | Southampton
Join other researchers, data professionals, software engineers, infrastructure providers, funders, policymakers, and industry partners from across the UK physical sciences landscape at this year’s Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) Showcase. With opportunities to explore how data, digital infrastructure, and AI are transforming physical sciences research, the Showcase will be held in Southampton on 25–26 November 2026. To register for the event, visit this PSDI website page.
...and finally
This week the Research Data Alliance 27th Plenary Meeting (P27) takes place in London from 5 - 9 October. P27 is hosted by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the theme is ‘Shaping a global open research commons’. The event brings the global RDA community together to explore how we can collectively build a strong, connected, and sustainable open research ecosystem. Several members of the DCC team are attending and presenting at the plenary and co-located sessions. We are looking forward to a week of innovative ideas and collaboration. If you are attending, please drop by the DCC exhibiting stand during the week. Next month we will share our reflections from the event.
DCC Team
If there are topics you would like us to cover in future issues, or if you wish to share some of your ideas with us
please do get in touch.