The US National Academies Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI) will be holding its next meeting in Washington DC on August 29-30. Much of the meeting is open to the public and includes a wide range of updates on developments in data management and curation, and there is a Forum on Global Scientific Data Infrastructure on the afternoon of the 29th.
You can find information on the overall meeting at
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_070714and the details of the forum are at
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_070715Please note that advance registration is required; details are on the pages above.
Disclosure: I am currently serving as Co-chair of BRDI.
Clifford Lynch Director, CNI
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