With the theme of ‘The Digital Frontiers of Global Science’, the IDW2018 is being held on 5-8 November 2018 in Gaborone, Botswana.
The event is co-organized by the ISC World Data System (WDS), the ISC Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), the Research Data Alliance (RDA), University of Botswana (UoB) and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). IDW2018 combines the 12th RDA Plenary Meeting, the bi-annual meeting of the research data community, and SciDataCon 2018, the scientific conference addressing the frontiers of data in research. The event programme covers all areas of research, including the social sciences, humanities, and business and management sciences.