Events
ETD 2026 – 28th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaMohamad Mostafa will participate in ETD 2026 in person, presenting “Building ETD Visibility, Usage, and Impact with Persistent Identifiers and Open Metadata: Use Cases from Australia, Tunisia, and Côte d’Ivoire.” The presentation will explore how DataCite DOIs and open metadata can improve the discoverability, accessibility, and impact of electronic theses and dissertations, drawing on practical use cases and insights from Australia, Tunisia, and Côte d’Ivoire.
DataCite Connect Leiden 2026 (#DataCiteConnect26)
Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Rooftop Café) Darwinweg 2, Leiden, NetherlandsThe DataCite Connect event in Leiden, the Netherlands, will take place on Monday, 26 October 2026, from 14:00 to 17:00 CET at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Rooftop Café.
DataCite Connect provides a forum for DataCite Members and the broader community to discuss best practices, identify new opportunities for collaboration, and provide feedback on DataCite’s services. A detailed agenda will be available soon.
United Nations World Data Forum
Mohamad Mostafa, Community Specialist at DataCite, will attend the UN World Data Forum to connect with and engage with community members from around the world. He will highlight how DataCite’s open research infrastructure and persistent identifiers help enhance the visibility, discoverability, citation, and reuse of research outputs, while supporting greater transparency and trust in research data.
Consorcio DataCite – CEDIA: Fortalecimiento de la Adopción de Identificadores Persistentes en Ecuador
Únase al seminario web de CEDIA y DataCite para conocer la propuesta del Consorcio CEDIA–DataCite, que ofrecería a las universidades y organizaciones de investigación de Ecuador una vía sostenible y rentable para acceder a la infraestructura de DataCite y registrar DOI para más de 30 tipos de resultados, recursos y actividades de investigación, incluidas tesis, disertaciones, conjuntos de datos, artículos, informes, actas de congresos, imágenes, software, premios y mucho más. La sesión será principalmente en español y está dirigida a universidades y organizaciones de investigación de todo Ecuador.
Configure Your DSpace Repository to Register DataCite DOIs
Are you interested in learning how to register DOIs with DSpace? Join staff from 4Science, DataCite, and the DSpace community for an information session about DSpace’s DOI registration functionality. The session will cover how to configure DSpace to mint and register DOIs and to update their metadata. Whether you are already registering DOIs through DSpace or exploring this option, this session will help you understand how to make the most of DSpace and what DataCite DOIs can do for your organization.
4th Edition of the Open Science in the South Conference
DataCite Community Specialist Mohamad Mostafa, together with ORCID Consultant Nabil Ksibi, will deliver a workshop titled “Open Research Infrastructure and Persistent Identifiers: Insights from DataCite and ORCID.” The workshop will provide an overview of the DataCite and ORCID global communities and services, highlighting practical use cases for integrating persistent identifiers into research workflows and improving research output visibility and impact tracking.
2026 Conference of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Leibniz Association Headquarters Chausseestraße 111, Berlin, Berlin, GermanyDataCite Community Specialist Maria Levchenko will join a panel of representatives from research funding organizations and infrastructure providers to share lessons from the DataCite community on building shared open infrastructure for funding information. Join the conference to connect with Maria and discover how DataCite supports the creation and sharing of open funding metadata.
ASREN 16th Annual Conference (e-AGE26)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt الأزاريطة والشاطبي، Bab Shar',, Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, EgyptMohamad Mostafa will present "Building Open Science Communities in the Arab World: Pathways to Equitable Research Visibility." The session will introduce DataCite's new membership model and how it offers organizations across the Arab world a more equitable pathway to shared research infrastructure. It will also highlight DataCite's role in enabling Open Science, with practical use cases from the region showing how DataCite services can improve the visibility and reuse of research outputs.
DataCite Membership Essentials
DataCite provides open community-driven infrastructure that makes research outputs, resources, and activities more open, discoverable, and impactful. Through our membership program, research organizations from around the world can join the DataCite community to integrate with DataCite services, access research insights and other member-only features, receive personalized guidance and support, and participate in DataCite governance.
DataCite Open Hours – December 2026
Join us for the last DataCite Open Hours of 2026! This is an opportunity to hear updates from the DataCite team, including new and upcoming feature developments. We’ll also hear from community members about how they are using DataCite services. We look forward to your participation!