The Cancer Research Data Commons 2024 Fall Symposium: Ten Years of Empowering Cancer Researchers

The Cancer Research Data Commons (CRDC) is celebrating its 10^th Anniversary! This one-and-a-half-day event, open to the public and offering options for in-person and online participation, will be held on October 16 and 17.

The Symposium will highlight the accomplishments of the past 10 years and explore future advancements through a series of informative sessions, including the following:

• Interoperability Advances and Data Governance Improvements: Learn about the latest efforts to enhance data management and sharing within the cancer research community.
• Aggregated Data Search and Discovery Updates: Discover new streamlined processes for data submission and search capabilities.
• Success Stories: Hear how our data and resources have contributed to bench, clinical, and translational studies.
• Initiative and Agency Partnerships Reports: Get updates from the CRDC AI Readiness Initiative and the CRDC collaboration with the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop a Biomedical Data Fabric Toolbox, among others.

The CRDC Fall Symposium will begin with an afternoon collaboration session with the NCI Office of Data Sharing* (ODS), followed by a full day of CRDC-focused sessions.

Day One (October 16)

CRDC/ODS Collaboration Session
1:00–5:00 p.m. ET

This shared session will focus on how CRDC’s data science infrastructure fits in the ODS data sharing lifecycle to support cancer research.

Day Two (October 17)

CRDC Session
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. ET

This session agenda includes:

• Keynote presentation
• CRDC History, Current State, and Lessons Learned
• CRDC Success Stories
• NCI Programs Leveraging the CRDC
• CRDC Data Submission, Discovery, and Interoperability
• Future Spotlight
• CRDC Stakeholder Fireside Chat