๐ Registration is now open for #HMCConference2026
Join us 28โ30 April 2026 in Heidelberg for keynotes, talks, and interactive sessions around #metadata & #FAIRdata.
Registration will be open until 10 April 2026.
Register here: https://events.geomar.de/e/HMC-Conference_2026
Pre-Conference Workshop update for #HMCConference2026
Weโre thrilled by the amazing response to our Call for Pre-Conference Workshops! Thanks to the high-quality submissions, the programme now includes 12 interactive topics, offering 24 hours of hands-on sessions across up to 6 parallel workshops.
Workshop descriptions are now online, while the schedule is being finalised:
โก๏ธ https://events.geomar.de/event/884/page/99-pre-conference-workshops
๐ Registration opens next week โ stay tuned!
๐ข 3rd Keynote reveal:
Weโre excited to announce Prof. Dr. Oliver Stegle as a keynote speaker at HMC Conference 2026 โ Metadata in Action!
As Director and Co-Spokesperson of the German Human Genome-Phenome Archive (GHGA), Oliver Stegle advances secure, #FAIR and #interoperable infrastructures for data-driven biomedical research. ๐งฌ๐
Stay tuned for more #HMCConference2026 reveals!
A small behind-the-scenes moment: part of our team is currently in Heidelberg, getting to know the venue and the city a bit better.
Looking forward to welcoming you here in April!
๐ Call closed โ great response!
We are truly excited about the strong interest and the high number of abstracts and workshop proposals submitted to the HMC Conference 2026 โ Metadata in Action.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to #HMCConference2026. Our programme committee has now enthusiastically started reviewing the submissions and bringing everything together.
๐ฌ News and decision notifications will follow soon โ stay tuned!
โณ Final deadline tomorrow โ HMC Conference 2026!
Tomorrow is your last chance to submit an abstract or pre-conference workshop proposal for HMC Conference 2026 โ Metadata in Action.
We look forward to your contributions and to an inspiring programme shaped by the community.
๐ Deadline: 31 January 2026
๐ Submit via the conference website: https://events.geomar.de/event/884
#HMCConference2026 #HMC2026
@association
@HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice
๐ข 2nd Keynote reveal:
Weโre excited to announce Dr. Jan Portisch as a keynote speaker at HMC Conference 2026 โ Metadata in Action!
As Head of Content Infrastructure at SAP SE, Jan is an expert in knowledge graphs, data integration, and AI-driven applications, focusing on enterprise-scale knowledge graphs and semantically grounded, explainable AI. ๐ง ๐
๐ More keynotes coming soon + donโt forget to submit your abstract or workshop: https://events.geomar.de/event/884/
๐ Submission Deadline Extended โ HMC Conference 2026
Good news! To give our community a little more time, we are extending the submission deadline for abstracts and pre-conference workshops to
๐ 31 Jan 2026, 23:59 CEST
We warmly invite you to contribute and help shape the programme of HMC Conference 2026 โ Metadata in Action.
๐ Submissions via the conference website: https://events.geomar.de/event/884
@OpenScienceNL
@martateperek @forschungsdateninfo @NFDI4DS @helmholtz
โฐ Last Call โ Submissions close today!
Today is the deadline to submit abstracts and pre-conference workshop proposals for HMC Conference 2026 โ Metadata in Action.
Donโt miss the chance to contribute!
๐ Submit via the conference website: https://events.geomar.de/event/884
@forschungsdateninfo @datacite
@NFDI4DS @nfdi4objects @data_mar @helmholtz @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice @hzbde @HelmholtzImaging @DKFZ @fairmat_nfdi
๐ข Keynote reveal:
Weโre excited to announce Dr. Marta Teperek as a keynote speaker at HMC Conference 2026 โ Metadata in Action!
As Programme Leader for FAIR Data at @Open Science NL (NWO), Marta is a global leader in #openScience & research data management, bridging data policy and practice through #FAIR, actionable metadata. ๐
๐ More keynotes coming soon +don't forget to register and submit your abstract or workshop:
https://events.geomar.de/event/884
Helmholtz Metadata Collab.