ICPSR Hosts SciDataCon Panel Session on Infrastructures to Support Data-Intensive Research

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA–ICPSR hosted a panel session on “Infrastructures to Support Data-Intensive Research – Local to Global” at SciDataCon 2025, which was chaired by ICPSR’s Jeannette Jackson and included eight data-intensive organizations from all over the world (France, Italy, Africa, Australia, Germany) representing different data types (wildlife, population & health, metadata, earth and environmental science, and social science). ICPSR brand ambassador Data Jeff was there, too, bringing extra energy and engagement to the event.

SciDataCon 2025 is an international conference on data in research, held as part of International Data Week 2025 in Brisbane, Australia (13–16 October 2025). Organized by the International Science Council’s data committees, CODATA and the World Data System, SciDataCon discusses major issues in data policy, scientific communication, data-driven research, innovations in data science, stewardship, and building a sustainable data ecosystem. It also focuses on the role of education and capacity building in data. The conference has been part of International Data Week since 2016.