Annual IASSIST Conference
Each spring the annual conference provides data professionals a variety of opportunities to participate in discussions about data sharing and management, data access and repository tools, metadata for research data, best practices for preserving data, global resources for information, new technologies professional development and much more.
The conference consists of workshops focused on the profession, stimulating plenaries, individual presentations, panels, and posters. Networking opportunities with peers from around the world take place in breakout groups, interest group or birds of a feather sessions, and perhaps most importantly, during the breaks.
The annual conference is an international event. Conference locations reflect our membership base and typically rotate to a different region each year.
The main conference will be virtual and will be scheduled for some time in May 2021 with dates to be confirmed shortly. In addition, we will host a joint IASSIST/CESSDA meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden from 30 June – 2 July.
Those who have accepted presentations will be contacted shortly to discuss in which event they would like to participate. Depending on the distribution of presentations, an additional call for presentations may occur later this year.
Additional information about programs, registrations, schedules, and information about existing arrangements from the 2020 conference will be made available as soon as possible. Questions and concerns can be directed to the Executive Committee via IASSIST President Sandra Cannon.
2021 IASSIST Events
Africa Workshop Virtual Global Conference IASSIST/CESSDA Summit
Next Conferences
46th Annual (Virtual) Conference IASSIST 2021
Will be held virtually in May 2021.
Details forthcoming.
IASSIST/CESSDA Meeting 2021
Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 June – 2 July, 2021
Host institution: Swedish National Data Service (SND)
Previous Conferences
See the conference archive.
Additional information about the past conferences will be updated on the website shortly!
Other Events
In addition annual conference IASSIST may organise regional workshops or IASSIST branded events. IASSIST may also provide modest sponsorhip to regional or local events under its Event Sponsorship program.
Coming up
1st IASSIST Africa Regional Workshop
Data Literacy as a catalyst for achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Kampala, Uganda, January 11-13, 2021
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Host institutions: IASSIST in collaboration with the East Africa School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS) and Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Eastern and Southern Africa (APLESA)
Registration is now open!