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 course 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 course will be delivered online, in real time, via Zoom, using Google Spreadsheets for the hands-on group exercise.
Registration is free but exclusive for members or collaborators of the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.
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 & Irene Rodrigues)
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 second edition of the course was held on July 10th for the Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), to an audience of 18 participants (4 of which only attended the theoretical lectures), which were mostly PhD students.
The course was again very successful from a technical standpoint, with one participant even managing to attend the course via mobile phone. Feedback from the participants was even more positive, as a result of the “Ready for BioData Management?” team’s effort to address the aspects that had been seamless in the previous edition (namely the explanations on the several exercise steps and the time given to complete them). There were relevant debates about how data management is crucial for every researcher, as well a more philosophical discussion on making data available for commercial usage.
The following testimonial was left anonymously by one participant:
“The practical exercise is key to apply and understand how to handle the concepts presented in the theoretical sessions! The workshop was very well articulated - organisation on point!”
We would like to thank the participants for their interest, and above all, Dr. Vicente Sousa for serving as the contact point at the UTAD and advertising the event.
