Community experts in digital standards development are converging to develop strategies for adoption and promotion of chemistry standards in FAIR data exchange. The goal is to translate these into practice through the development of community assets that facilitate implementation of standards into FAIR data workflows to enhance interoperability. Hosted by the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC) in conjunction with the Beilstein-Institut, the InChI Trust, the IUPAC WorldFAIR Chemistry project and NFDI4Chem, this workshop is the second in a series of community activities building on collective pre-competitive approaches and business models for developing, adopting and sustaining broadly applicable and interoperable chemistry data and information standards and builds on the outcomes of the first event, Digital Standards: A Path to Sustainable and Interoperable Chemical Data Exchange.
Workshop program and schedule
The need for consistent reporting and exchange of chemical data and information globally is more compelling than ever before. As the predominance of AI scales up and changes the rules for development and dissemination, we face new challenges and opportunities to ensure the high level of integrity we rely on for chemical data. FAIR provides a framework to implement data exchange standards and facilitate programmatic access to chemistry data. Ongoing refinement of current processes and tools is needed to enable interoperable flow of chemical information across sectors and disciplines.
The workshop is aimed at experts from chemical data initiatives who are involved in the development of sustainable digital standards.
Goals of the Workshop
- Establish community assets to support standards adoption, including standards mapping and data harmonization.
- Organize and start-up a community coalition and collaboration model for ongoing development.
- Identify use cases and parameters for chemistry data reuse across sectors and disciplines.
- Develop collective messaging and value propositions for adoption and sustainable business models.
Organizational information
- Venue: BAFF Theater Delitzsch (Anna-Zammert-Straße 1, 04509 Delitzsch), close to Leipzig, Germany, hosted by the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC). For travel from outside Europe, there are connecting flights into Leipzig, and Berlin airport is accessible by train.
- Resources: Materials will be provided in time ahead to familiarize you with the workshop scope.
- Meals and coffee breaks: Networking is encouraged, lunch, group dinner and coffee will be provided.
- Accomodation: Please contact us in case you need hotel recommendations.
- Visas: Please let us know if you will need an invitation letter for Visa.
Registration and important contacts
The organizing institutions and committee
Leah McEwen (Chair), Cornell University, IUPAC
Davide Chiarugi, Center for the Transformation of Chemistry
Wendy Patterson, Beilstein-Institut
Ian Bruno, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, InChI Trust
Carsten Kettner, Beilstein-Institut
Oliver Koepler, TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, NFDI4Chem
Steffen Neuman, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, NFDI4Chem
John Rumble, National Institute of Standards and Technology (retired), CODATA
Dana Vanderwall, Digital Lab Consulting, IUPAC
Sarah Kilz, Center for the Transformation of Chemistry
