Partnership • Interoperability • Trust
Events & Activities
Our events bring the ACCoRD community together - data providers, researchers, legal and compliance teams, policy experts, and anyone curious about making data contracts work better.
Workshops
Hands-on sessions that map current contracting workflows, identify challenges, and prototype improvements to wording and process. Outcomes feed directly into the ACCoRD framework.
ACCoRD Online Focus Group: Measuring and Managing Risk
Join us for an ACCoRD's Online Focus Group dedicated to measuring and managing
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To be confirmed
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Parts of the event may be audio recorded for summary purposes; photos may be taken. Let us know if you prefer not to be photographed.
ACCoRD: Roadmapping Workshop
For this final workshop we'd really love to bring together all the stakeholders across the whole data contracting process
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Parts of the event may be audio recorded for summary purposes; photos may be taken. Let us know if you prefer not to be photographed.
Past events
Couldn’t make it? Browse summaries, slides, and resources from earlier sessions.
ACCoRD Legal Perspectives Webinar
A focused webinar-style workshop exploring legal perspectives on research data contracts, hosted in collaboration with the Association of University Legal Practitioners (AULP). This session is for AULP members, providing space for legal insight, discussion, and reflection on current challenges and good practice.
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To be confirmed
Parts of the event may be audio recorded for summary purposes; photos may be taken. Let us know if you prefer not to be photographed.
NFCS NetworkPlus Spring Conference 2026
ACCoRD will be represented at the National Federated Compute Services (NFCS) NetworkPlus Spring Conference. The conference brings together the UK’s federated compute community to share developments, lessons learned, and future directions.
ACCoRD Survey Results Webinar
Join us online for a hybrid webinar where we will share early findings from the ACCoRD community survey. We are now halfway through the project, and thanks to everyone who has contributed so far, we have a rich set of insights emerging. This session will walk through what we have learned from the survey, what’s coming next, and how you can stay involved.
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- 10:00–10:30 - Networking and coffee [for in person attendees]
- 10:30–11:30 - Survey results webinar
- 11:30–12:00 - Networking and coffee [for in person attendees]
ACCoRD Online Focus Group
Help shape a UK-wide governance framework for research data contracts. Join facilitated breakout sessions to map the contracting process, surface pain points, and co-design practical, real-world solutions.
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- 10:00–10:10 - Welcome and Icebreaker
- 10:10–10:20 - Introducing ACCoRD
- 10:20–11:00 - Breakout Session 1: Process Mapping and Stakeholder Identification
- 11:00–11:10 - Feedback from Breakout Session 1
- 11:10–11:25 - Coffee Break
- 11:25–12:10 - Breakout Session 2: Good Practice and Challenges
- 12:10–12:20 - Feedback from Breakout Session 2
- 12:20–12:30 - Wrap Up and Next Steps
ACCoRD Launch Workshop
Help shape a UK-wide governance framework for research data contracts. Hear a keynote (TBA) and join facilitated breakout sessions to map the contracting process, surface pain points, and co-design practical, real-world solutions.
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- 13:00–13:15 - Welcome & ACCoRD overview
- 13:15–13:45 - Keynote / expert talk
- 13:45–14:00 - Intro to Breakout 1: Contracting process
- 14:00–14:20 - Breakout 1
- 14:20–14:30 - Summary
- 14:30–14:50 - Tea & coffee
- 14:50–15:05 - Intro to Breakout 2: Best practices & challenges
- 15:05–15:30 - Breakout 2
- 15:30–15:45 - Feedback
- 15:45–16:00 - Summary & next steps
Agenda from the internal topic guide.
NFCS NetworkPlus Autumn Conference 2025
Come and find us at the National Federated Compute Services NetworkPlus Autumn Conference. Dr Michelle Harricharan will be giving a lightning talk on the 23rd September at 10:40.