ORCID-CASRAI Joint Conference: Research Evaluation, with an emphasis on emerging practice in the Humanities and Social Sciences

ORCID and CASRAI (Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information) are pleased to present a joint outreach conference and codefest, in Barcelona, Spain, on May 18 and 19, 2015.

Both ORCID and CASRAI hold annual large-scale meetings each year: The ORCID Outreach Meeting and the CASRAI ReConnect conferences. This year, we have decided to hold a combined event, bringing our communities together to explore the latest issues and innovations in research information, scholarly communication and associated standards for interoperability. We would like to invite you to join us for this event, kindly hosted by the Universitat de Barcelona. The theme of the conference is:
`Research Evaluation, with an emphasis on emerging practice in the Humanities and Social Sciences`.

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Topics including:

– Assessing research impact
– Innovations in metrics for research evaluation
– New tools and systems to support the collection and analysis of impact information
– Rewarding innovation in the Humanities and Social Sciences
– Standards for improved research information
– Research data citations and re-use
– Interoperation of research information systems and unique identifiers