About the Event
In late May 2025, Dr Samantha Pearman-Kanza presented on data stewardship and CaSDaR at Future Labs Live Basel, and chaired a lively panel discussion on ‘why should scientific publishers & the lab community care about FAIR data?’ This is a yearly 2-day in-person conference that has a strong focus on lab excellence, technology, and innovation, this event explores every aspect of modern laboratory management – from facilities and sustainability, through to operations and digital transformation.
Event Programme
This event features multiple stages with headline speakers, start-up showcases, interactive workshops, bold exhibits and countless opportunities to network.
Event Audience
This event was designed for the world’s leading lab innovators, buyers, and visionaries, alongside diverse representatives across industry and academia who are interested in data and digital transformation.
Event Organiser
This event is the European Edition of the Future Labs Live family, and was organised by Terrapin. Terrapin aims to create events that bring scale, knowledge and gravitas to promote innovation and technology that changes people’s lives. Samantha sits on the Advisory Board for Future Labs Live Basel to represent the academic community, and is keen to promote the importance of data stewardship across all of her communities.
Outputs
In her presentation, Samantha championed the need for Data Stewards across the whole research data lifecycle, noting that unless we invest the time and resources in the people who have the skills to steward our data, that we are not going to progress in our journey towards FAIRer well managed data. The presentation also introduced the now active CaSDaR (The Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research Network+), detailing our roadmap, deliverables, projects partners and team, and our overarching plans for the next four years. Samantha’s slides can be found here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15624618