Each spring the annual conference provides data professionals a variety of opportunities to participate in discussions about data sharing and management, data access and repository tools, metadata for research data, best practices for preserving data, global resources for information, new technologies professional development and much more.

Because of the continued health and economic concerns caused by the coronavirus, the Administrative Committee of IASSIST, in conjunction with the Program and Local Arrangements committees, has voted to change the plans for the 2021 conference and hold two events.

The main conference will be virtual and take place in May 17-20, 2021.

In addition, we will host a joint IASSIST/CESSDA meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden. The in-person meeting is currently scheduled for 14-16 September 2021.