With research becoming increasingly data-driven and interdisciplinary, the need for structured, well-documented, and accessible data is paramount. 

This international conference will bring together thought leaders from various domains to discuss the critical role of metadata, data stewardship, and cross-domain integration in improving data management, sharing, and reuse. Central to these discussions are the concepts of reproducibility, data citation, and data access, all of which play vital roles in ensuring that research data is properly managed, credited, and available for future use.

The conference highlights the importance of data stewards in maintaining data quality and integrity, ensuring that data can be accessed, cited and reused efficiently. The discussions centers on the importance of reducing technical barriers to data management, enabling easier compliance with the Data Management Plan and ensuring that data is accessible to all researchers, regardless of technical capabilities. Metadata underpins research workflows by enhancing data interoperability and accessibility, key to compliance with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). With standards like DDI-CDI (Data Documentation Initiative - Cross Domain Integration), the conference will also focus on the importance of integrating data across different disciplines to maximize its usability.

The event creates a framework for dialog and collaboration between researchers, data managers or infrastructures, decision makers, as a basis for developing and establishing common practices and policies. In Bucharest, representatives from the Norwegian Center for Research Data, European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), European Social Survey (ESS), Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA), Data Documentation Initiative Alliance (DDI) USA, Life Watch (ERIC), ICOS (ERIC) will be present.

Organizer: UEFISCDI under the EEA & Norway Grants

Co-organizer: Romanian Social Data Archive

Partners: CESSDA, European Social Survey (ESS), SHARE, CLARIN, LifeWatch, eLTER, ICOS, CO-DATA, EOSC, SSHOC, DARIAH-EU, OSCARS