Call for Proposals: Dataverse Community Meeting 2025

by Dataverse Staff
 

Submission deadline: Feburary 21 March 15, 2025

The 2025 Dataverse Community Meeting will take place from June 10th–13th, 2025, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  The theme of this year's meeting is "Expanding the Dataverse: Advancing Innovation, Building Community, Establishing Legacy."

This theme seeks to explore Dataverse from multiple perspectives: from technical advancements and integrations to innovative faculty-led research initiatives that leverage Dataverse in unique and transformative ways. We are excited to hear how the Dataverse community supports the research legacies of their institutions and faculty while simultaneously cultivating stronger communities of practice in data sharing, preservation, and repository infrastructure.

Join us to experience a vibrant scholarly community and engage with peers from around the globe. We look forward to seeing everyone in Chapel Hill!

Who Should Submit

We invite proposals from a broad range of contributors, including:

• Developers and Technologists: Share cutting-edge work on new Dataverse features, plug-ins, modules, and integrations with other research data infrastructures.
• Faculty, Researchers, and Data Professionals: Highlight projects and research initiatives that utilize Dataverse to manage and share scholarly data.
• Librarians, Repository Managers, and Information Specialists: Discuss best practices, policies, governance, and community-driven efforts around the stewardship and curation of datasets in Dataverse.
• Educators and Trainers: Present teaching approaches, classroom use-cases, and training materials that help cultivate the next generation of Dataverse users and contributors.

Conference Scope and Topics

We seek contributions that align with the theme of “Expanding the Dataverse”, including, but not limited to:

• Technical Development and Integrations
• Faculty Research and Institutional Use-Cases
• Community Building, Governance, and Data Ethics
• Curation, Preservation, and Data Sharing Standards and Workflows
• Outreach and Dissemination
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Compliance and Policy Implementation
• User Support, Training, and Education

Session Formats

We welcome submissions for various formats to accommodate a range of participation
and interaction styles:

• Presentation: 15–20 minute talks offering insights into cutting-edge developments, research projects, and case studies.
• Roundtable Discussion: 45–60 minute discussions engaging multiple speakers and fostering dialogue, debate, and community input.
• Poster: Visual displays of research findings, implementation strategies, and community initiatives, accompanied by an interactive session for Q&A and networking.
• Workshop (Pre-Conference – June 10): Half- or full-day sessions providing hands-on learning experiences, demonstrations of new tools and methodologies, and opportunities to build technical and conceptual skills.

Please note that we will also be hosting an all-day Hackathon on June 13, which will provide attendees with the opportunity to contribute their ideas and expertise to Dataverse.

Submission Guidelines

Length & Format

• Presentation and Roundtable proposals: Up to 500 words, describing topic scope, relevance, and target audience.
• Poster proposals: Up to 300 words, summarizing the project, data, or tool.
• Workshop proposals: Up to 700 words, specifying goals, required materials, technical prerequisites, and participant outcomes.

Please limit your submissions to one per session format.

Include

Title, presenter(s) name and affiliation, contact information, abstract, and up to 5 keywords.

Deadline

Proposals must be submitted by February 21, 2025. Deadline extended to March 15, 2025.

Notification of Acceptance

Authors will be notified by March 31, 2025.

Registration and Logistics

Registration details, including early-bird rates, lodging, and travel information, will be provided on the conference website as they become available.

How to Submit

• All proposals must be submitted through our online submission system.
• For questions related to submissions, please contact the organizing committee at dcm-2025@unc.edu. 

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