International Data Week (IDW) takes place every two years and is the leading international conference on research data. It is jointly organized by the International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA). It combines the RDA Plenary Meeting–the biannual meeting of this international member organization, which works to develop and support global infrastructure facilitating data sharing and reuse–with SciDataCon–the scientific conference addressing the frontiers of data in research, organized by CODATA and WDS.

SciDataCon has been organised as an integral part of International Data Week since 2016. It is organised by the International Science Council (ISC)’s two data bodies: CODATA (the ISC’s Committee on Data) and the World Data System (WDS). 

SciDataCon is the international conference for scrutiny and discussion of the frontier issues of data in research. The scope of SciDataCon covers policy matters and the place of data in the scientific endeavour and scholarly communications; the opportunities of the data revolution for the global research enterprise; innovations in data science and data stewardship; and the challenge of developing a sustainable data ecosystem, including the role of education and capacity building.