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Data Days Niedersachsen 2025

The Data Days Lower Saxony is a three-day event organized by the State Initiative for Research Data Management in Lower Saxony, entirely dedicated to the topic of research data. Its goal is to connect stakeholders from academia, infrastructure, and administration, to provide inspiration, and to foster exchange. The event consists of two parts:

In-person event in Braunschweig

On November 24 and 25, we invite you to a two-day in-person event in Braunschweig. The focus will be on community building, exchange, and networking – featuring expert presentations, hands-on workshops, and exciting insights into the work of the State Initiative.

Further information about the in-person event

Virtual Theme Day

On November 26, a compact online day will follow, focusing on current topics related to research data in and from Lower Saxony. Look forward to a variety of online presentations and interactive workshops.

Further information about the virtual theme day
Graphic for the 'Data Days Niedersachsen 2025' event.A gradient from blue to red with white, interconnected data points. The FDM-NDS logo is in the top left corner. The event dates are highlighted in white and blue: '24th & 25th November 2025 Braunschweig' and '26th November 2025 online'. The hashtag #DataDaysNds25 appears in the bottom right.
Picture of "Haus der Wissenschaft"

Program

In-person event in Braunschweig

On November 24 and 25, 2025, the State Initiative FDM-NDS invites all members, researchers, research data management (RDM) professionals, and NFDI participants to Braunschweig for the second edition of the Data Days – a space for information, exchange, and networking.

What can you expect?
A two-day in-person event featuring contributions from Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen (HdN) and the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), reports from the three pillars of FDM-NDS, the awarding of the FAIR Data and Software Award Lower Saxony, a marketplace with NFDI and RDM4Braunschweig, and hands-on workshops for networking and discussion.
Participation is free of charge. The event will be held in German (except for one workshop on the second day).

Who should attend?
Anyone involved with research data management, FAIR principles, NFDI initiatives, and data literacy – from data stewards and researchers to staff at universities, libraries, and research institutions.

Where will it take place?

In the auditorium of the Haus der Wissenschaft in Braunschweig (Pockelsstraße 11, 38106 Braunschweig), and on the second day also in the Old Building and University Library of TU Braunschweig.

Register here: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/92/

24.11.2025 – Day 1:

12:30 – 01:30 pm:
Arrival & registration

01:30 – 01:40 pm:
Welcome

01:40 – 02:00 pm:
Keynote (Norbert Lossau, HdN)

02:00 – 02:40 pm:
Report from FDM-NDS (Pillar 1 & 2)

02:40 – 03:15 pm:
Coffee break

03:15- 04:00 pm:
The Future of NFDI (Cord Wiljes)

04:00 – 05:00 pm:
FAIR Data and Software Award Ceremony

05:00 pm:
Marketplace (with Fingerfood)

06:00 pm:
Open end of day 1

25.11.2025 – Day 2:

09:00 – 11:00 am:
Parallel sessions – Workshops at the working level for networking and discussion

Vom Sensibiblisieren zum Etablieren: Erfahrungen und Empfehlungen für nachhaltiges FDM (further information here)

Dynamic ELN Workshop – Hands on, playful and insightful! (further information here)

Data engineering for researchers – a hands on introduction (registration and further information here)

11:00 – 11:30 am:
Coffee break

11:30 am – 12:30 pm:
Pillar 3 – Reports on projects launched so far

12:30 pm:
Closing with an open-ended conclusion

Information about hotels

General information about Braunschweig and tourist activities can be found at: https://www.braunschweig.de/english/touristservice/index.php

Some hotel recommendations:

Near the train station (15–20 minutes by public transport to the workshop venue):

    City center (25 minutes on foot and 15–20 minutes by public transport to the venue):

      North district (15 minutes walk to the venue):

        Otherwise, please also consider the special hotel rates (only in German) negotiated by TU Braunschweig.

        Information about arrival

        Information about arrival can be found directly on the event venue’s website.

        Link to the event location (Haus der Wissenschaft)

        Information on catering

        We take care of your culinary needs:

        Day 1

        • Reception with finger food (mini buns, mini croissants, pancake and fruit skewers)
        • Coffee break with snacks (cookies, muffins, cinnamon rolls)
        • Finishing with finger food (panini, skewers, salad in a jar)

        Day 2

        • Coffee break with snacks (wraps, granola bars, fruit for the journey home)

        Vegetarian and vegan alternatives are of course available. In addition, hot drinks and soft drinks are available free of charge throughout the event.

        Virtual Theme Day

        V1: Zum FAIRen Umgang mit qualitativen, sensiblen Forschungsdaten beim Forschungsdatenzentrum Qualiservice

        8:45 – 9:30 am

        Paula Lein & Viola Logemann – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/120/

        V2: OpenRefine – Cleaning and Transforming Messy Data*

        9:30 – 11:30 am

        Phuong Tu Hoang – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/121/

        V3: From Questions to Data: Incorporating LLMs into RDM Software

        10:00 – 10:30 am

        Alexander Schlemmer (Indiscale) – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/122/

        V4: Gemeinsam weiterdenken: Ergebnisse, Herausforderungen und Zukunftsfahrplan der FDM-NDS Säule 2 nach Abschluss des Projekts FDM-ndsHAW*

        11:15 am – 12:00 pm

        FDM-ndsHAW & FDM-NDS Säule 2 Team – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/123/

        V5: forschungsdaten.info – zentrale FDM-Informationsplattform mit partizipativem Redaktionsmodell

        12:00 – 12:45 pm

        Max Heber – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/124/

        V6: noScribe – KI basierte Transkription: sicher, kostenfrei und open source

        12:00 – 13:00 pm

        Kai Dröge – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/125/

        V7: Zwischen Daten teilen und Datenschutz: Services und Erfahrungen des VerbundFDB*

        13:00 – 14:00 pm

        Anna Thaut – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/126/

        V8: Anonymisierung qualitativer Textdaten mit QualiAnon*

        13:30 – 15:30 pm

        Karolin Mayer & Sebastian Schlerka – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/127/

        V9: Grundlagen FAIRe (Forschungs-)Software und Softwarelizenzierung*

        15:00 – 16:20 pm

        Doreen Rocholl & Jule Meyer – Information: https://events.academiccloud.de/event/134/

        *registration necessary

        Poster for 'Data Days Niedersachsen 2025'. The image shows a stylized icon of two people communicating—one on a computer screen with the abbreviation 'FDM NDS' on their chest, and another figure in front of the screen with a speech bubble above them. Below the icon, the text reads: '26.11.2025 Virtual Theme Day'. The background is a gradient from purple to red.