Lightning talks

A series of short reflections and case studies from international participants.

• The NII research cloud for national data services, Kazutsuna YAMAJI, Research Centre for Open Science in Japan
• Research Data Canada partnerships and collaborations, Mark Leggott, CANARIE
• The LIBSENSE initiative for data infrastructure in Africa, Omo Oaiya, WACREN
• Building the 4TU.ResearchData community, Connie Clare, TU Delft
• Project Connectome: federating repositories and partnering across universities, Kurt Baumann, SWITCH

Interactive workshop

A discussion to explore partnerships between institutions and providers. How can services like NRENs or coordinating bodies help address sector needs? Can national or disciplinary service models avoid each institution reinventing wheels? How can user groups or other mechanisms help providers engage and partner more effectively?

Proposed output: 

• 'What I wish I knew before...' lessons on collaborative partnerships

Interactive session with inputs from all

Wrap up & next steps

Reflections on how work should progress and opportunities to further develop guidance resources