Make Data Count (MDC) is convening a two-day summit dedicated to the evaluation of open data usage, reach, and impact.
Our inaugural Make Data Count Summit, taking place in Washington, DC, on September 12 and 13, will bring together representatives of the research community, government data administrators, funders, policymakers, publishers, and infrastructure providers to discuss and solve the diverse and complex challenges of implementing open data assessment metrics and the infrastructures that support them.
For years the MDC initiative has been focused on bringing together the research ecosystem to prioritize open data metrics through the development of social and technical infrastructure for data citation and data usage. By bringing together groups from across the research and policy landscape, the Summit’s goal is to evaluate and highlight key success stories and use cases from the last decades of investments made into open data, and establish a collective vision for evidence-based data metrics.
Incorporating facilitated discussions, panels, and brainstorming sessions, the event will be focused on identifying concrete next steps to drive adoption and recognition of data metrics. The meeting will be focused especially on how to draw on existing data metrics initiatives to develop solutions for improving academic and governmental infrastructures that support data impact evaluation globally.
For more details and to register for the Summit: summit.makedatacount.org
