Alex Ball reports on a conference on ‘Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet’ held by the International Council for Science’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on 28–31 October 2012. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a> Marieke Guy attended the annual Eduserv Symposium on 10 May 2012 at the Royal College of Physicians, London to find out what are the implications of big data for Higher Education Institutions. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/732/author-info">marieke guy</a> Jane Stevenson and Bethan Ruddock describe the work that the Archives Hub team has been doing to promote the sharing of content. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1089/author-info">bethan ruddock</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1004/author-info">jane stevenson</a> Neil Beagrie, Robert Beagrie and Ian Rowlands present findings from a UKRDS survey of researchers' views on and practices for preservation and dissemination of research data in four UK universities. <a href="/issue60">issue60</a> July 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/983/author-info">ian rowlands</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/623/author-info">neil beagrie</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1041/author-info">robert beagrie</a> Margaret Henty provides an Australian perspective on improving the environment in which eResearch is conducted through developing institutional capability and providing appropriate skills training. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/979/author-info">margaret henty</a>