New frontiers for EUDAT CDI in 2019: new collaborations, new members and shareholders

In this issue: - Delivering Research Data Management Solutions to suit your needs - SURFsara joins EUDAT Ltd as shareholder - Towards the European Open Science Cloud: 3 questions to Damien Lecarpentier, CSC & EUDAT CDI Secretariat - EUDAT CDI welcomes three new members from France (CERFACS), Portugal (FCCN), and Germany (GWDG) - Advancing the integration of B2 service data discovery and metadata management - Meet EUDAT at the upcoming EOSC-hub week, 10-12 April 2019, Prague

Meet the EUDAT CDI secretariat. Latest from the EOSC-hub project, EUDAT services at work & upcoming events

Lots of things can happen in the span of a month. Check out the latest updates from EUDAT: EUDAT CDI Council formally appoints EUDAT Ltd. as the hosting party of the Collaboration, EUDAT services: building blocks of the recently launched EOSC-hub Service Catalogue, EOSC-hub and OpenAIRE-Advance collaboration formally starts, EUDAT supports the analysis and long-term preservation of herbarium specimen images: Watch the new HERBADROP-EUDAT video, EUDAT workshop "Coupling HPC & data services together" at the European HPC Summit Week 2018, 30 May 2018, Ljubljana and DI4R2018, 9 - 11 October 2018, Lisbon: Call for abstracts is open!

EUDAT becomes EUDAT ltd! Want to know more? Join us at the 1st EOSC-hub week

The last two months have been pivotal for EUDAT as it has successfully set up EUDAT Ltd, a new company that will ensure EUDAT's sustainability. In addition, the EUDAT conference “Putting the EOSC vision into practice” took place in Porto gathering over 230 relevant stakeholders together. Aside from this a new video explaining the added-value in using B2FIND has been published as well as an article describing the new branded features added to B2SAFE. The first EOSC-hub Week has also been recently announced, and the EUDAT CDI is one of the key sponsors and contributors. Read more below!

Exclusive news from the EUDAT CDI: Per Öster appointed Project Director of EOSC-hub & CLARIN ERIC officially joining the CDI

There are still so many new things to share before the year is over! The EUDAT CDI Council appoints Per Öster (Director of Research Infrastructures at CSC - IT Center for Science) as Project Director of the EOSC-hub project, CLARIN ERIC officially becomes a EUDAT CDI thematic provider, all EUDAT presentations given at the recent DI4R 2017 event are available and the countdown to the next EUDAT Conference "Putting the EOSC vision into practice" has started!

EUDAT Conference 2018: insights on the programme and new deadlines for contributions and early-bird registration

On 22-25 January 2018, data managers, scientists & research communities, policy-makers, e-Infrastructure initiatives, research infrastructures and ESFRI projects from all over Europe will gather in Porto (Portugal) to attend the next EUDAT Conference entitled "Putting the EOSC vision into practice".

DI4R 2017 programme is now available: early bird registration closes on 3 November 2017. Register now!

With one month left to go, Brussels is getting ready to host the second edition of the Digital Infrastructures for Research event (30 November-1 December 2017)! The full conference programme has now been released and it counts over 20 sessions, 2 plenaries, and of course plenty of opportunities to network and enjoy Brussels.