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EVENTS 2011

ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF THE SECURE DATA SERVICE

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Tuesday 29 March 2011
Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS), Central London

The Secure Data Service invites data owners and the country's foremost researchers to join us in building a community dedicated to advancing social science research through responsible and secure use of detailed and sensitive data.

Join us at this special launch event to learn more, including the data that will be available, our security principles and practices, and how this new service can unleash new avenues and opportunities for social science research in the UK.

Speakers to include:

  • Jil Matheson, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority
  • Paul Boyle, Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
  • Julia Lane, Program Director, National Science Foundation (USA)
    Chair, Secure Data Service Advisory Committee
  • Melanie Wright, Director, Secure Data Service

Schedule of events:

  • 18.00  drinks and canapes
  • 18.30  keynote speakers and panel discussion

 

Building security requires all attendees to register in advance.

Booking for this event is now closed. Many thanks to those of you who have registered; we look forward to welcoming you on the 29 March 2011. If you have missed the booking period and would still like to attend, please email the Secure Data Service

 

Invitation to the launch

 

More about the Secure Data Service

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE  

1 of 10: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences
2 of 10: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative
3 of 10: Each of our data collections has a unique persistent identifier (DOI) that makes it easier to find and cite
4 of 10: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades
5 of 10: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data
6 of 10: We are certified to ISO 27001, the information security standard, and helped develop the Data Seal of Approval
7 of 10: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data
8 of 10: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data
9 of 10: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead
10 of 10: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys

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