RDA Europe UK National Node Webinar Juan Bicarregui (STFC) Christopher Brown (Jisc) 28/05/2019 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall UK National Node To engage with the UK’s research community to participate in RDA activities and adopt RDA outputs Events (Webinars, meetings, workshops, training courses etc.) Discussion Coordination Support Promotion of open calls for European participation in RDA (plenary meetings, support programmes, ambassadors, early career programmes, etc.) Dissemination of RDA activities and outputs encouraging participation in RDA activities and adoption of outputs, leveraging on the knowledge of the local research system Liaison with Funding bodies Jisc and STFC are themselves also funding bodies We do not plan to set up an RDA/UK legal entity Node is delivered by STFC and Jisc 28/05/2019 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall UK “special features” Liaison with EOSC projects: STFC coordinates EOSCpilot and FREYA STFC participates in EOSC-Secretariat and FAIRsFAIR UK has many RDA members and leadership of several Groups Relationship with RDA Council and Foundation RDA Foundation is in UK Participation in Council though OAB co-chairing Admin support to Secretary General (Hopefully) will host plenary in future (maybe in 2.5 years) 28/05/2019 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0

www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall UK Membership of RDA 722 members (Dec 2018) Second largest after USA c.f. 531 in Germany 40 attendees at IDW 2018 (Gabarone, Botswana) 67 attendees at RDA Pleanary 11 (Berlin) 28/05/2019 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall

Attendees at Berlin Plenary (March 2018) 28/05/2019 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall

Attendees at all Plenaries (March 2018) 28/05/2019 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall

RDA Europe UK National Node Webinar Juan Bicarregui (STFC) Christopher Brown (Jisc) 28/05/2019 www.rd-alliance.org - @resdatall CC BY-SA 4.0