Who Owns My Data? On Our Way To Open Data – Nagoya And Beyond! – Workshop at the GfÖ Conference 2022

In order to gain insight into complex ecological processes and the consequences of anthropogenic impact on the worlds ecosystems, researchers need to work together and share their data. The vast resources of biodiversity-related data combined with socio-economic, trade, financial data will allow to improve models of the state, stability and threats to ecosystems - but only if data is FAIR. Consequently, research institutions and funders, but also publishers increasingly demand transparency and promote data sharing practices. However, sharing data often touches national and international law such as handling sensitive data (e.g. occurrence data of endangered species). Thus, it is often noticed as challenging and complex. 

In our workshop that will take place as part of the Joint Conference of SFE2, GfÖ & EEF (November 21-25, 2022) we will hear about and discuss open (biodiversity) data at national and global scales: Lawyer Louisa Hantsche (UfU) will introduce the basics of copyright protection, data policies and licensing. She will also elaborate on how national legislation, such as the Umweltinformationsgesetz in Germany, will boost research and support nature conservation by providing access to monitoring data from assessment reports, e.g. monitoring of bats before and after wind mills were installed. Microbiologist Dr. Amber Scholz (DSMZ) will present the ongoing discussion whether digital sequence information (DSI) are subject to the Nagoya protocol, and why the answer to this question could have severe effects on global research. Afterwards, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities of open biodiversity data in breakout rooms, and collect ideas to improve access to open data training and resources.

Workshop language
English

Organizers
Juliane Röder, Uni Marburg/NFDI4Biodiversity
Marlen Fischer, Uni Marburg/NFDI4Biodiversity
Dr. Ortrun Brand, Uni Marburg/HeFDI/NFDI4Biodiversity
Dr. Daniel Tschink, GFBio e.V./NFDI4Biodiversity

Contact: dtschink@gfbio.org