Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC)

📅 12 noon (AEDT), Wednesday 11 December | Online Australia faces challenges in sharing high-value #data due to commercial, privacy and security concerns. #Dataspaces offers the digital infrastructures, policy and governance framework to enable controlled data exchange among #research, #industry and #government based on agreed rules. In this Australian #SensitiveData Interest Group #AUSDIG webinar, you'll hear about the ARDC's current work to adopt dataspaces for Australia. Speakers from the ARDC include: 👤 Kheeran Dharmawardena, who is leading the Australian Dataspaces program 👤 Shannon Callaghan, Senior Data Policy Advisor 👤 Jon Smillie. Systems Analyst 👤 Dr Muhammad Ali, Research Data Specialist (Data Architecture). Join us to learn more! 🔗 Register now > https://lnkd.in/gzPSYrHw

📅TODAY, Wednesday 4 December | #Perth We look forward to seeing the #DataScience community at the Australian Data Science Network Conference 2024 in Perth! Come say hi and visit us at the ARDC booth to hear all about our services and #IDW2025. We're also speaking at a session today. 👉12:15 pm (AWST) ARDC's own Nick Jenkins will be on the Panel Discussion: What are the barriers to working closely with universities/industry, and what strategies do we have to create more collaborations? 🔗Learn more: https://ow.ly/Yks150UjwQY Curtin Institute for Data Science #ADSN2024

📅 2 pm (AEST) Wednesday 4 December | Hybrid Join us at the 2024 International Conference on #Research Infrastructures #ICRI2024 will be hosted in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia and online. The ARDC will speak in this session at 2 pm (AEST) today: ⚙️ The role of RIs in #training the digital #workforce, joined by Rosie Hicks, CEO. Research infrastructures are essential in maximizing research impact, but reliant on access to a skilled workforce. In this session, we'll explore the pivotal role RIs play in providing crucial #data and research software to train a digitally adept workforce, for their own needs and broader research communities. 🔗Learn more + register to join online > https://ow.ly/jwOg50UhRhB

📅 Next Tuesday, 10 December | Monash University Clayton, #Melbourne Join us for a workshop on how to access the #data needed for #research that informs #government policy and programs! Anyone interested in #health and medical #DataLinkage is welcome. 🔗 Register now > https://ow.ly/at9J50U8M8q This is a Monash Research Data Linkage Working Group #M-Link end-of-year event, co-hosted by Population Health Research Network (PHRN) and the ARDC.

📅 11 am (AEDT), THIS FRIDAY, 5 December | Online Do you think the FAIR principles for #Research #Software (https://ow.ly/tQnz50UjxTf) are working? Two years into the publication of #FAIR4RS, the team is conducting a review, seeking to understand if the principles have been useful and usable with a view to revising them if needed. Share your thoughts at this upcoming webinar! 🔗 Register now > https://ow.ly/3HXo50UjxTg 📝 Please also spend 15 to 30 minutes to fill out this survey as part of the review! > https://ow.ly/cyp650UjxTe #ResearchSoftwareAU

A recent workshop brought together Yolŋu, Makassan and other experts from Indonesia and Australia in a cultural exchange of information and data between knowledge holders and institutions. Yolŋu, from North-East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, are among many coastal Aboriginal peoples with centuries-old connections with seafarers from Makassar in South Sulawesi, often collectively referred to as Makassans. There is a wealth of research on this subject; however, much of this body of knowledge has been extractive rather than collaborative research co-produced with Indigenous knowledge holders. Sustaining Relations Between Makassans and Yolŋu: living history in the present and future, facilitated by the Indigenous Data Network, took place in Darwin on Larrakia Country and in Yirrkala and surrounds on Yolŋu Country in August 2025. The purpose of the Workshop was to foster new and ongoing connections and collaborations between multiple Yolŋu clans and people from South Sulawesi, Australian and Indonesian universities, and arts and cultural institutions to progress and enable knowledge sharing. A long-term goal of this work is to develop shared data repositories supported by appropriate bilateral Indigenous Data Governance protocols that promote truth-telling of our shared pre-colonial histories. Read about the workshop in this article by our partners at the Indigenous Data Network at the University of Melbourne - James Pilbrow and A/Prof Kristen Smith 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gZYs_mpe Workshop attendees included: Professor Muhlis Hadrawi (Hasanuddin University), Nurabdiansyah Ramli (Makassar State University and Macassan Arts, Research and Global Encounters (MAREGE Institute)) and Abdi Karya (MAREGE Institute). Key Yolŋu contributors included Renelle Gondarra (Miwatj Health), Mervin Garawirrtja (Arnhem Land Progress Association) and Jacinta Burukumalawuy (Milingimbi Art and Culture), Timmy Djawa II Burarrwanga (Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation), Djapirri MUNUNGGIRRITJ (Miwatj Health) and Arian Ganambarr-Pearson (Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Centre). Melbourne University-based Investigators from the Improving Indigenous Research Capabilities Project included Professor Marcia Langton (Project Lead), A/Professor Kristen Smith, Professor Aaron Corn, Lisa Palmer, Dr Anthea Skinner, Levi Murray and James Pilbrow. Other attendees included Jenny Fewster (Director – ARDC HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons)  and Ayesha Bux (Director – Salamfest). The first day of the Workshop was held in Darwin and comprised of visits to the collections at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) and the exhibition Taripang / Dharripa / Trepang at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA). #IDgov #IDsov #IndigenousData

📅 3 pm (AEST) Tuesday 3 December | Hybrid Join us at the 2024 International Conference on #Research Infrastructures #ICRI2024 will be hosted in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia and online. The ARDC will speak in this session at 3 pm (AEST) today: 🖥️ Building infrastructures and scaling up – #DataSharing on a global scale, joined by Lesley Wyborn, Research Data Strategist This session will examine the value and challenges of #scaling #data #infrastructures from national to global levels, focusing on three key areas: economies and challenges of scale, #interoperability, and the impact of AI. Through these discussions, attendees will gain valuable insights into #optimizing data infrastructures, balancing efficiency, and leveraging advanced technologies in a global research context. 🔗Learn more + register to join online > https://ow.ly/TjVF50UhRn5

📣Register now for the ARDC Indigenous Data Governance Masterclass at Summer School 2025 📆3 Feb 📍State Library of Queensland Custodians of #IndigenousData and researchers from all fields are invited to learn about applying Indigenous data governance principles. Speakers: ⭐ Robert McLellan (Gooreng Gooreng), Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA), UQ Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Queensland ⭐ Levi Murray (Wakka Wakka, Kubi Kubi), Indigenous Data Network, University of Melbourne The Masterclass is free to attend, and travel bursaries are available to support the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who work with community data. ✍️Seats are limited so register now: https://lnkd.in/gEkS9WBs #IDgov #FAIRdata #CARE #Brisbane #IndigenousResearch #IndigenousData #DataGovernance

📅 12 noon (AEDT), TOMORROW, Wednesday 4 December | Online Join us at our second monthly National #Skills forum, where we'll discuss takeaways from eResearch Australasia Conference 2024 regarding digital #research skills! You'll hear from the following spakers about their presentations at #eResAU2024: 🎤 Nisha G., Research Communities Advisor, Training, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (NeSI) 🎤 Kit Greenhill, Skills Development Lead, HASS and Indigenous, ARDC 🎤 Amany Gouda-Vossos, Skills Development Lead, People, ARDC. 🔗 Learn more + register now > https://lnkd.in/dUGa3Q_M

📅 9 and 11 December | #Perth Are you passionate about #OpenResearch and #research innovation? Join us in person at the Curtin University or the University of Western Australia (UWA) to: 👋 meet the visiting Research Data Alliance (#RDA) Secretary General Hilary Hanahoe 🤝 learn about how the RDA is building the social and technical bridges in the research #data community globally by facilitating trusted data sharing, collaboration and standards across borders and disciplines. 🔗 Registration for the 9 December Curtin session closes THIS THHURSDAY, 5 December > https://lnkd.in/gGrBBmJT