RDA Roadshow: Hobart 2026

Discover the Future of Data Sharing at the RDA Roadshow in Hobart!
Are you passionate about data sharing, open research and research innovation? Join us for an in-person, community event on Tuesday, 22nd September brought to you by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), University of Tasmania and the Research Data Alliance (RDA).

What will you hear about?

Discover what's happening in digital research in your region: Hear about local initiatives, services and capabilities supporting researchers workign with data, digital tools and emerging technologies, and discover resources and expertise available to the UTAS research community and beyond.

Explore what’s happening across the global research data community: Hear from RDA community members about emerging approaches, practical initiatives and real-world examples shaping the future of research data sharing, management and reuse.

Bring your research and data challenges: Whether you’re navigating data management, sharing and reuse, digital research infrastructure, interoperability or an emerging challenge, explore the people, services and communities that may be able to help - locally and globally.

Find new opportunities to collaborate: Discover ways to connect with your local research data initiatives, ARDC capabilities and the international RDA community, and identify opportunities to contribute your expertise, join existing activities or build new collaborations.

Meet your research community: Connect with researchers, digital research specialists, data professionals, research infrastructure providers and others across Tasmania - and continue the conversation over light refreshments and networking.

Who should attend?

We welcome researchers, academics, HDR candidates and early career researchers, research data and digital research professionals, research infrastructure specialists, university librarians and information professionals, research support staff, data custodians and collections professionals, digital humanities and computational researchers, and anyone interested in research data, digital infrastructure, AI and collaborative research communities.

You don't need to be an existing ARDC or RDA community member to attend, all are welcome!

Who will be speaking?

Speakers from the ARDC, RDA, UTAS and the research community will share their work and experiences throughout the morning. Full speaker details will be announced soon.

Event details:

Date: Tuesday 22nd September, 2026

Time: 9:30AM - 11:30AM (9:15AM registration, 9:30AM-11:00AM presentations, 11.00AM - 11:30AM light refreshments and networking)

Location : University of Tasmania, The Forest, 83 Melville Street, Hobart

About the Research Data Alliance

The Research Data Alliance (RDA) is an international community working to enable the open sharing and reuse of research data across technologies, disciplines and countries. Through its global network and community-led groups, RDA brings researchers, data professionals and other experts together to develop solutions, recommendations and practices for shared research data challenges.

About the ARDC

At the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), we're accelerating Australian research and innovation by driving excellence in the creation, analysis and retention of high-quality data assets.We partner with the research community and industry to build leading-edge digital research infrastructure to provide Australian researchers with competitive advantage through data.The ARDC is enabled by the Australian Government's National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

Further ARDC & RDA resources

• ARDC website
• Resource Hub
• RDA website
• Become an RDA Member

Have questions?

Email contact@ardc.edu.au

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