HMC Conference 2025 | Workshop 4: Leveraging the HMC FAIR Data Dashboard: An Interactive Workshop on Enhancing Open and FAIR Data Practices
10:00 - 11:30
Organizer: Gabriel Preuß and Markus Kubin, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB)
Co-organizers: Mojeeb Rahman Sedeqi, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC); Dr Oonagh Brendike-Mannix, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC); Pascal Ehlers, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC)
This interactive workshop focuses on the HMC Dashboard on Open and FAIR Data in Helmholtz, a tool designed to monitor and improve open and FAIR research data practices within the Helmholtz Association. This workshop aims to engage repository managers, data stewards and researchers in exploring the potential of the Dashboard and its role in building a FAIR data space.
The workshop will comprise four key components:
- An overview of the Dashboard's capabilities to provide insights into repository usage, trends and data publication statistics across the Helmholtz Association.
- An interactive discussion on how repository managers and data stewards can use the dashboard to improve infrastructure, interfaces and data management practices, with a focus on improving FAIR metadata.
- An exploration of external factors that can potentially influence the functionality and community adoption of the dashboard, including repository practices, relevant standards, interfaces and technologies, and developments in the broader research data ecosystem.
- A collaborative discussion on strategies for assessment of (meta)data quality, addressing potential benefits, challenges, and synergies with existing evaluation frameworks and metrics development.
This workshop will support conference topics focused on human actors in the FAIR data landscape, and metrics, tools and workflows for metadata assessment. Participants will gain practical insights into using the Dashboard to foster community engagement and improve FAIR (meta)data practices, contributing to the realization of a FAIR Data Space.
We invite all interested participants to contribute and discuss ideas on leveraging the Dashboard's capabilities effectively and to shape the future of FAIR (meta)data practices in the Helmholtz data ecosystem and beyond.
Please note: This workshop is part of the HMC Conference 2025 taking place in Cologne from 12-14 May 2025. Participation must be in person and is only possible for people who are registered for the conference.
