In the context of the WP5 “Training and capacity building for key national and international stakeholders”, our aim is to unlock the expertise in handling cancer related data both within and outside of the EOSC4Cancer consortium. To this end, in Task5.3 we will bring together a network of key cancer data support professionals (a.o. data stewards), coming from within the EOSC4Cancer member institutes, the respective RIs, relevant national initiatives and competency centers. On June 19 2023, we presented the proposed setup and activities of the network in a webinar and you can find the slides here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8073707 . The network of cancer data support professionals is foreseen to a) share expertise, best practices, training resources, challenges b) work together on identified tasks (a.o. RDMkit Cancer view pages) and c) align and connect to already existing networks of cancer data support professionals.

The next step will be the first meeting of the network, which is open for all, and this will take place on Wednesday September 6 2023, 13-14 CEST. We want to start with setting up the minimal network (with representatives of all EOSC4Cancer partners) and expand by including external stakeholders (as identified in WP6). We will do this in a stepwise fashion, according to the plans, needs and ideas of the members of the network.

Please help identify the person(s) that will represent your organisation in the network and forward this  invitation to them so we have a good representation across the consortium. The foreseen members are individuals who are in a supporting role for cancer researchers in their institute, and/or are participating in a cancer related project, and/or are involved in building and operating the infrastructure.