What is Nordic Data Stewardship Network (NDSN)?

The Nordic Data Stewardship Network (NDSN) is a collaborative initiative aimed at strengthening data stewardship across the Nordic countries. Read more about the network here: https://datice.is/en/nordic-data-stewardship-network

Aim of the event:

Join us for the Nordic Data Stewardship Network’s Hybrid Seminar, a unique opportunity for data professionals across the Nordic region to connect, collaborate, and advance shared goals within the NDSN.

This seminar is co-organized with NeIC and will bring together experts and practitioners to exchange ideas, strengthen partnerships, and explore best practices in data stewardship. Whether you join us in person or online, you’ll be part of a discussion shaping the future of data management in the Nordics.

Participants will enjoy inspiring talks, engaging group sessions, and opportunities for networking throughout the day.

We would be delighted to see you and highly recommend attending in person – hopefully in a beautifully sunny Finnish spring!

Please note that this event is intended for members of the Nordic Data Stewardship Network.

Agenda & schedule:

• 10.00-11.15 Welcome, program introduction and keynote speakers 
  • Enrico Glerean, Aalto University
    Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence systems in research work and support: ethics, integrity, and compliance
  • Jessica Parland-von Essen, CSC
    FAIR management and implementation – So seamless, even the data says: That’s FAIR
  • Darren Bell, UK Data Service
    The Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF): Taking FAIR from principles to concrete infrastructure
• 11.15-11.30 Coffee break
• 11.30-12.10 Session on Data Steward training – Experiences and needs
  Abdulrahman Azab & Michaela Barth, NeIC
• 12.10-13.10 Lunch
• 13.10-14.40 Parallel interactive sessions / workshops
  • Building a long-term preservation service workshop
    Supporting service designers in shaping sustainable long‑term preservation services, what should be taken into consideration?
  • Nordic DMP Forum workshop
    Data Management Plan success stories and challenges
  • Interoperability in services workshop
    Practical approaches to making research data FAIR and interoperable: assigning PIDs, enabling cross‑infrastructure compatibility, and exploring services and solutions that support sustainable data interoperability.
• 14.40-15.00 Coffee break
• 15.00-16.00 Round table / panel discussion
  Discussion on the themes presented during the day, visions for the future and possibilities for Nordic collaboration

The schedule is preliminary and will be refined as we get closer to the event.

Keynote descriptions

Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence systems in research work and support: ethics, integrity, and compliance
Enrico Glerean, Aalto University

Whether you are a researcher or support the work of researchers, modern AI tools introduce a new range of risks that can affect the ethical, integrity, and legal compliance dimensions of research. In this talk, I present a practical framework for understanding these risks by grouping them into three categories: (1) fundamental digital risks, (2) AI-amplified risks, and (3) AI-native risks. I will also outline a set of sensible measures that researchers, research support professionals, and institutions can use to reduce these risks and strengthen responsible research practice.

So seamless, even the data says: That’s FAIR
Jessica Parland-von Essen, CSC

This presentation will cover the work done at CSC, where we're integrating machine-actionable Data Management Plans (maDMPs) and Dataset-as-a-Service aiming at timely metadata creation, ensuring researchers can focus on science, not administration. Driven by the EOSC Federation and Finland’s national reference architecture for research data management, our work is rooted in user-centric design and national collaboration. Together with research organizations and service providers, we’re building interoperable processes that make FAIR not just a goal, but a natural part of the research lifecycle.

The Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF): Taking FAIR from principles to concrete infrastructure
Darren Bell, UK Data Service 

While some progress has been made over the last decade since the launch of FAIR and EOSC - both framed in different ways as grand solutions to connect the research landscape - there is still very little large-scale and seamless integration of data, such as we see in the finance industry or airline ticketing for example.  This presentation firstly covers some of the challenges in fulfilling those early aspirations and then describes how CDIF – the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework - approaches those challenges with a pragmatic standards-based mindset, along with an integrated approach to metadata, where discovery is only one of several equally critical dimensions.  Lastly, we look at real projects and infrastructures, particularly within CESSDA, where this is being implemented over the next three years and how we expect both CDIF and the rapid ascendancy of AI to impact upon the daily experience of data stewards.

This hybrid event will be held in English – we warmly welcome you to join onsite or online! Online participants will receive the Zoom link after registration closes.

Final deadline for registrations is 29.4.2026 – one week before the event!

Only on-line participation seats available - in person seats are full!

Accommodation

If you are arriving onsite, we have two hotel deals available for you:

Sokos Hotel Heymo – 5% off with the code: WORKERY
Book here: https://www.sokoshotels.fi/en/hotels/espoo/heymo-1 (Code valid 5–7 May 2026)
Heymo is located in Espoo, right next to CSC, making it a very convenient option.

Hotel Helka – 12% off with the code: NDSN26
Book here: https://www.hotelhelka.com (Code valid 4–10 May 2026)
Helka is located in Helsinki city centre, and you can easily reach CSC by metro.