The workshop is aimed primarily at data managers and associated professionals working in population health, economics, behavioural studies and social sciences.

Speakers and topics for the event include:

• Jon Johnson, CLOSER – Why metadata is awesome: How DDI-Lifecycle can be used to enhance data management
• Louise Corti, The UK Data Archive – How metadata drives ‘The Archive’
• Gemma Seabrook, CLOSER – Making use of DDI to drive the CLOSER search platform
• Jeremy Iverson, Colectica – An in-depth presentation on metadata management tools

Lunch will be served on arrival.