Welcome to the HMC Conference 2025! 

„…BECAUSE CONTEXT MATTERS“

We would like to invite you to participate in the HMC Conference 2025, a space for exchange, collaboration, and innovation in metadata management. As research data landscapes evolve, metadata plays a crucial role in ensuring FAIRness, interoperability, and long-term usability. This year, we place a special emphasis on personal exchange and strengthening the community, creating a foundation for a conference that will grow in the years to come.

Why Join?

HMC Conference 2025 offers a dynamic environment to present ideas, discuss challenges, and explore solutions across disciplines. Whether you're a researcher, software developer, data steward, or infrastructure provider, this event is designed to foster meaningful discussions and new collaborations.

Throughout the conference, you will have the opportunity to:

• Gain insights into cutting-edge metadata developments and best practices
• Engage in interactive discussions and hands-on sessions
• Learn from real-world applications and success stories
• Network with experts and peers from various disciplines

Diverse Presentation Formats

We want to encourage participation and discussion through various engaging formats:

• Talks: Share your research, methodologies, or challenges with a broad audience.
• Posters & Pitches: Present your work in a concise and interactive setting.
• Demos: Showcase live tools, prototypes, and innovative implementations.
• Workshops & Tutorials: Dive deeper into discussions, workshops, tutorials, and training sessions.

Please find more detailed information here.

Conference Topics

This year’s key topics are:

1. Human Actors in the FAIR Data Landscape
2. Metrics, Tools, and Workflows for Metadata Assessment
3. Mapping FAIR Data Infrastructures
4. Metadata Annotation and Management
5. Technical Solutions for Findable and Machine-Readable Metadata
6. Interoperable Semantics at Domain and Application Levels
7. Infrastructure and Common Practices for Consolidation of (Meta)data
8. Data Fabric
9. AI/ML Solutions for MetaData Management
10. Development of Training Programs
11. Consulting Concepts
12. Enabling and Incentivizing Community-Driven Initiatives

Please find more detailed information here.

How to Participate?

Submit your abstract: 12 February – 23 March 2025 (a seat for you will automatically be reserved)

Register for the event: 24 March – 11 April 2025

This is your chance to contribute to the conversation, help shape the future of metadata, and become part of an engaged and growing community.