Hosted by Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia.

The theme of this year's conference is intended to stimulate discussions about ways in which sharing data, information, and knowledge can contribute to research and to professional practices that enable scientific progress.

Call for Workshops

Submissions are encouraged that offer improvements for creating, documenting, submitting, describing, disseminating, and preserving scientific research data. Please submit the proposed title and an abstract of no longer than 200 words to edwardsm@uoguelph.ca. With your submission please include a preliminary list of requirements, Computer Lab OR classroom, software and hardware requirements.

Deadline for submission: November 29, 2010

Notification of acceptance: February 3, 2011

For more information about the conference, including travel and accommodation, see the conference website.

IASSIST is an international organization of professionals working in and with information technology and data services to support research and teaching in the social sciences. Typical workplaces include data archives/libraries, statistical agencies, research centers, libraries, academic departments, government departments, and non‐profit organizations. See http://www.iassistdata.org for further information.