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The Ethical Data Initiative Town Hall 2025: Shaping the Future of Data Ethics
This event unites experts and stakeholders to explore opportunities, share updates on the Ethical Data Initiative’s work in education, policy, and research, and gain insights from leading practitioners and institutions.
For details about hybrid participation options, please refer to the agenda below.
📌 Legend for Participation Options:
• 🏛️ In-person Only: Available only for on-site participants (no streaming)
• 🌐 Hybrid Participation: On-site event with live streaming available for remote viewers
Preliminary Agenda, 31 March 2025
09:00 - 09:30 🏛️ Coffee and welcome
09:30 - 10:00 🌐 Introductions (Sabina Leonelli, Markus Siewert)
10:00 - 10:20 🌐 Updates on EDI Development: Community building and policy (Suchith Anand, Kathryn Bailey)
10:20 - 10:40 🌐 Updates on EDI Development: Education (Kim Hajek, Paul Trauttmansdorff)
10:40 - 11:00 🌐 Updates on EDI Development: Research (Stephan Guttinger, Silvia Milano)
11:00 - 11:30 ☕ Coffee break
11:30 - 12:00 🌐 Flash talks by EDI affiliates
12:00 - 13:00 🌐 Keynote 1: Hilary Hanahoe, Secretary General of the Research Data Alliance (RDA)
(Attending in person, streaming available for remote participants)
13:00 - 13:45 Working lunch with ideas maps
13:45 - 14:15 🌐 Flash talks by EDI affiliates
14:15 - 15:15 🏛️ Break-out groups with consultation of community
15:15 - 15:45 🌐 Plenary discussion with reports back from break-up groups
15:45 - 16:15 ☕ Coffee break
16:15 - 17:15 🌐 Keynote 2: Xiao-Li Meng, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Data Science Review and former Dean of the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Attending in person, streaming available for remote participants)
17:00 - 17:30 🌐 Final reflections and closing remarks
17:30 – 18:30 🏛️ Evening Reception
