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Networking Meetings


Network Meeting - 14 April 2026
TOPICS The networking meeting covered the following topics: Welcome Starter Kit – SenScience FAIR² Data Platform Starter Kit – Euretos Disease Atlas 4LifeSupport – ODRL demo Parking lot & close SUMMARY Starter Kit – SenScience FAIR² Data Platform SenScience demonstrated FAIR², their AI-assisted platform for publishing datasets as FAIR-compliant data — developed in partnership with Frontiers. Researchers upload their dataset alongside any methodological documentation, and the
May 72 min read


Network Meeting - 12 March 2026
TOPICS The networking meeting of the 12th of March covered the following topics: Welcome Introductions Update (Barend) FAIR Solutions – Starter Kit SureSync – Starter Kit Parking lot & close SUMMARY Introduction - Barend Mons LIFES delivered three documents for the Center of Excellence Data Sharing and Cloud (CoE DSC): a general introduction to FAIR data visiting, a practical implementation guide focused on data stations, and a guide on data semantics. Together these form the
Apr 92 min read


Network Meeting - 10 February 2026
TOPICS The networking meeting of the 10th of February covered the following topics: Welcome Introductions FAIR Implementation Guidance approach - update (Barend) Desci Labs starter kit presentation FAIR enough questionnaire Parking lot & close SUMMARY Introduction - Barend Mons The FAIR Implementation Guidance (FIG) approach — which structures FAIRification around four progressive levels of data use, from personal to fully machine-actionable data visiting — is gaining tractio
Apr 92 min read


Network Meeting - 15 January 2026
TOPICS The networking meeting covered the following topics: Welcome (including new members) Introductions Working groups, consultation moments and calendar FAIR Implementation Guidance approach (Barend) Starter Kit status (Arie) Sandbox offering for EHDS mini pilot (4LifeSupport) Parking lot & close PRESENTATIONS FAIR Implementation Guidance: A Practical Framework for Organizations - Barend Mons The FAIR Implementation Guidance (FIG) initiative provides organizations with a p
Feb 62 min read


Network Meeting - 9 December 2025
TOPICS The networking meeting of the 9th of December covered the following topics: Welcome & LIFES updates (including new members) Introductions Member presentation - Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology (TIB) Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG) OKRG Ask TIB-AIssistant LIFES update on approach, working groups & starter kit Working Groups Consultation hour Starter Kit General discussion Parking lot & close PRESENTATIONS Leibniz Information Centre for Science
Jan 92 min read


Network Meeting - 13 November 2025
TOPICS The networking meeting of the 13th of November covered the following topics: Welcome & LIFES updates (including new members) Introductions Member presentation - Farminform LIFES Steering Committee & General Assembly meetings Workstreams agreed with GA Workstream & core LIFES team schedule 4LifeSupport - ODRL (Open Digitial Rights Language) Parking lot & close PRESENTATIONS Farminform (Idris Mattijssen) Farminform is a long-standing Dutch not-for-profit data trust tha
Dec 5, 20252 min read


FAIR for everyone - ease of use in adopting FAIR
11 MARCH 2025 NETWORK MEETING - SUMMARY The networking meeting of the 11th of March was on the theme of 'FAIR for everyone - ease of use...
Mar 11, 20251 min read


FAIR enabling resources for metadata creation and management
11 FEB 2025 MEETING SUMMARY Barend Mons – Simplifying FAIR Data Adoption The session addressed challenges in making data FAIR,...
Feb 11, 20251 min read


Outstanding challenges in federated data reuse
14 JAN 2025 MEETING SUMMARY The meeting opened by exploring unresolved issues in distributed learning, focusing on Ethical, Legal, and...
Jan 14, 20253 min read


Orchestration for FAIR-enabled data stations
3 DEC 2024 MEETING SUMMARY FAIR Data Train : The FAIR Data Train introduces a domain-agnostic system that enhances automated...
Dec 3, 20243 min read


FAIR capacity building: growing the network of experts and FAIR-enabled data stations
5 NOVEMBER 2024 NETWORK MEETING - SUMMARY The networking meeting discussed the need for FAIR capacity building to grow the network of...
Nov 5, 20244 min read


Personal Health Environments (PHE) and their role as ‘FAIR Stations
17 SEP 2024 INTRODUCTION LIFES, Barend Mons barend@gofair.foundation Personal Health Data Spaces in the Dutch Health Ecosystem TNO, Simon...
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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