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Exploring Data Curation and Management in Physical Sciences: PSDI Roadshow @ Southampton

Exploring Data Curation and Management in Physical Sciences: PSDI Roadshow @ Southampton

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Event Description

The Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI), The University of Southampton, and the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) are jointly hosting an in-person, one-day event to explore data curation and data management in physical sciences.

Via presentations and discussions, the event will enable knowledge exchange around current practices, challenges, and future directions in the curation and management of research data in physical sciences, as well as foster networking and collaboration.

The event will highlight PSDI’s work and, importantly, gather community input for identifying future priorities and activities that will support data management and curation in the physical sciences.

The event is part of the PSDI UK Roadshow on Data Curation and Data Management in Physical Sciences. Click here to see our Cambridge event.

This event is free to attend, and lunch will be provided. Spaces are limited, to guarantee a space please register by 1 July 2025!

 

 

Who Should Attend?

This event is intended primarily for the academic research community in physical sciences, including:

  • Data repository managers
  • Data stewards and data managers
  • Academic librarians and other research support professionals
  • Research technicians
  • Researchers with an active interest in generating, managing, and reusing research data
  • Other data professionals involved or interested in curating and managing data

Our regional focus is on the Southampton area and southern England.

 

Why Attend?

  • Exchange knowledge on data curation and data management in physical sciences in the era of automation and AI
  • Contribute your experience and perspective to help shape best practices and community guidelines
  • Connect with professional peers in your discipline and region
  • Discover PSDI’s work, influence its future priorities, and learn how you can get involved

 

Venue Information

Location

Sir James Matthews Building, University of Southampton
Above Bar Street, Southampton, SO14 7FQ

Nearest Train Station

Southampton Central Station (0.4 miles away). It is a 5-minute bus ride or an 11-minute walk.

 

What is PSDI?

The Physical Sciences Data Infrastructure (PSDI) aims to provide a data infrastructure that connects existing experimental and computational facilities within the physical sciences and beyond. In the long term, PSDI aims to enable:

  • A platform for data collection, sharing, aggregation, integration, and curation
  • Support for analysis across experimental, simulation, and reference data
  • Combining and enhancing existing data infrastructures
  • Sustaining data resources beyond the lifespan of individual research projects

Click here to sign up for PSDI events, updates and how to get involved

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Provisional Agenda

Time Session
09:30 – 10:00 Registration & coffee
10:00 – 10:10 Housekeeping and meeting intro
10:10 – 10:25 Dr Nicola Knight, Introduction to PSDI
10:25 – 10:45 Dr Samantha Pearman-Kanza, Putting the R into FAIR Data – The complexities of FAIR data and the importance of Data Stewardship in the Physical Sciences
10:45 – 11:30 Drs Cerys Willoughby & Louise Saul, Data Management Plans for the physical sciences
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break + networking
11:45 – 12:05 Dr Aileen Day, Plugging Physical Sciences research data into PSDI via metadata and standards – why and how?
12:05 – 12:25 Dr Louise Saul, Data stewardship and the role of technicians/research technical professionals
12:25 – 13:25 Lunch
13:25 – 13:45 Dr Matthew Partridge, Balancing Trust and Verification: Data auditing as the backbone of reliable chemistry data
13:45 – 14:05 Dr Richenda Houseago-Stokes, Oceanographic Data Management
14:05 – 14:25 Lightning talks
14:25 – 15:10 Breakout discussion session 1
15:10 – 15:25
 Coffee break + networking
15:25 – 16:10
 Breakout discussion session 2
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