The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) is organizing a Regional Event to follow up on the recent Virtual Plenary 16 of the Research Data Alliance (RDA; WDS Associate Member). The following five virtual sessions will take place on 23–27 November 2020.

• COVID-19: Role of data in responding to COVID-19 pandemic. What can we do to respond better in the future? (Register here) 
  Monday, 23 November, 13:00–15:00 AEDT (Check the event time in your time zone) 
  Session chair: Priyanka Pillai
  
  
• Data versioning and data life cycle (Register here)
  Tuesday, 24 November, 13:00–15:00 AEDT (Check the event time in your time zone)
  Session chairs: Jens Klump and Lesley Wyborn
  
  
• FAIR (Register here)
  Wednesday, 25 November, 13:00–15:00 AEDT (Check the event time in your time zone)
  Session chair: Keith Russell
  
  
• Skills (Register here)
  Thursday, 26 November, 13:00–15:00 AEDT (Check the event time in your time zone)
  Session chair: Kathryn Unsworth
  
  
• Research Software (Register here)
  Friday, 27 November, 13:00–15:00 AEDT (Check the event in your time zone)
  Session chairs: Mingfang Wu and Tom Honeyman
  

Please see visit the RDA Regional Event website for more information.