Introduction to Data Management Plans - 20/07/2020 @ Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

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Ready For BioData Management? – Introduction to Data Management Plans (Online) is an introductory one-day course aiming at disseminating Data Management best practices and teaching the basics of making and using Data Management Plans (DMPs) in the context of research activities. It is organized by BioData.pt and sponsored by the Portuguese node of the Research Data Alliance.

Feel free to register for RDA and also join RDA in Portugal.

The workshop features two introductory lectures on Research Data Management and DMPs, followed by a hands-on DMP exercise where participants will form groups to fill in a DMP for a mock research project. The produced DMPs will then be reviewed and discussed.

The workshop will be delivered online, in real time, via Zoom, using Google Spreadsheets for the hands-on group exercise.

Registration is free. This is an event dedicated to IPB researchers and students, but everyone is welcome.

Target Audience: Researchers, Lab Managers, PhD and Master Students, other science professionals.
No previous experience with DMPs required.

Trainers: João Cardoso (BioData.pt/INESC-ID), Daniel Faria (BioData.pt/INESC-ID)

Agenda
9:30 Overview of BioData.pt and RDA Portugal (Ana Melo & Cristina Ribeiro)
9:45 Introduction to Research Data Management (Daniel Faria)
11:00 Break
11:15 Demystifying Data Management Plans (João Cardoso)
11:35 Introduction to the Hands-On DMP Exercise (João Cardoso & Daniel Faria)
12:00 Hands-On DMP Session (steps 1 and 2)
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Hands-On DMP Session (steps 3, 4 and 5)
15:45 Break
16:00 DMP discussion
16:30 End

Debriefing

The third edition of the course was held on July 20th for the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), to an audience of 24 participants (2 of which only attended the theoretical lectures), which were mostly post-doctoral researchers and PhD students. It is important to highlight the presence of 9 foreign participants, mainly from African universities, which supports the diversity and value of BioData.pt and its capacity-building activities.

Technically speaking, the course was once again extremely fruitful. Feedback from the participants was very positive and constructive since most participants rated the overall quality of the course as either very good or excellent despite also suggesting very useful tips to improve some minor aspects. During the course, it was possible to watch some relevant discussions about key data management topics, such as open science and FAIR principles, data privacy and the commercial usage of research data.

The following testimonial was left anonymously by one participant:

"This was a great initiative, thank you for sharing this useful information. Looking forward to more workshops"

We would like to thank the participants for their interest, and above all, Dr. Ursula Barron for serving as the contact point at the IPB and advertising the event.