PV2023 Adding value to and preserving scientific & technical data

The PV Conference welcomes you to its 10^th edition, to be held 2 - 4 May 2023 at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva (Switzerland). PV2023 will continue to address prospects in the domain of data preservation, stewardship and value-adding to scientific data and research related information.

Exponential growth is being experienced in terms of produced and archived data from a range of areas: space, ground-based equipment, and scientific research activities. An end-to-end management approach for long term data preservation is key to ensuring that there is no loss of information and data, that data are independently understandable and meet standards-based data formats and metadata content, and that data are usable by humans and machines. Robust data management also entails discovery and open access to the archived data, as well as the curation processes aimed at improving the information content and the usability of the archived data throughout its lifecycle. 

We would invite participation from projects, organizations or individuals developing novel data services within or as a result of these environments. This includes smaller bespoke archives wishing to integrate with larger data holdings to generate targeted knowledge and data services. With respect to previous conferences in this series, and whilst maintaining the overall thematic focus, additional goals for PV2023 include:

• Attracting more scientific communities
• Broadening information exchange, sharing of experiences, tools and even services
• Keeping in step with (or ahead of) funding agencies / policy makers in their push for long term data preservation and Open Data