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> Alexander Ball provides an overview of the Knowledge and Information Management Through Life Project Conference held in April, 2008. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a> Alex Ball provides an overview of the March 2007 KIM Project Conference. <a href="/issue51">issue51</a> April 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a>