Dear all,

The foundingGIDE Community Event 2025 is less than three weeks away. We have a packed program planned, including three interactive workshops and a panel discussion. This hybrid event will bring together researchers, imaging specialists, and data experts to exchange ideas and shape the future of global imaging data. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time to secure your spot, whether joining us in Brisbane or online. More information below.

With International Data Week (Oct 13–16) and eResearch Australasia (Oct 20–24) taking place just before and after, all at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, the foundingGIDE Community Event sits at the heart of a truly global data week. All three events can also be attended virtually!

And speaking of virtual opportunities, today is the last day to register for the Global BioImaging Exchange of Experience 2025, so don’t miss your chance to take part in this important international community gathering.

We’re excited to let you know that registrations are still open for the foundingGIDE Community Event 2025, taking place in Brisbane, Australia on October 17–18. Join us for 1.5 days of collaboration and engagement with the global imaging data community.

Two of our workshops will also be available to the online audience: Harmonizing Biological and Imaging Data and Community roles and opportunities in the Global Image Data Ecosystem. You can still join us virtually, registration deadline is 15th of October. The in-person registration deadline is 7th of October.

This year’s theme of Imaging Data Ecosystem: Towards Shared Solutions highlights foundingGIDE’s commitment to building a collaborative, interoperable ecosystem that enables the seamless sharing, integration, and reuse of biological and preclinical imaging data across disciplines, platforms, and borders.

Discover the full agenda and list of speakers here.

We’re excited to share that the project's first technical deliverables have been reviewed and approved by the European Commission. All the project deliverables are available on Zenodo and freely accessible to the community.

D2.1 Landscape analysis of existing ontologies and recommendations on a set of imaging ontologies

D4.1 Report on the recommended ontologies for preclinical image datasets and technologies

D6.1 Report in metadata model overlap and gaps

You can explore the complete list of deliverables on the foundingGIDE website.

Global BioImaging Exchange of Experience Conference 2025
6-10 October 2025

Join the Global BioImaging’s Exchange of Experience Conference 2025, hosted by BioImaging North America and Canada BioImaging! The event will focus on sustaining imaging infrastructures, networks, and facilities, while also setting the stage for the BINA Community Congress.

You can still join virtually - registration deadline is October 1!

Find out more here.

International Data Week
13-16 October 2025

IDW takes place every two years and is the leading international conference on research data. It is jointly organised by the International Science Council’s Committee on Data (CODATA) and World Data System (WDS), and the Research Data Alliance (RDA).

Find out more here.

eResearch Australasia
20-24 October 2025

Hosted by Australasian eResearch Organisations (AeRO) Inc., the conference is the premiere event for those interested in eResearch and actively transforming research via information technology.  

Find out more here.

We hope to see you in Brisbane or online as we continue building a more FAIR, open, and collaborative data ecosystem.

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