Conference Calendar
OneGeochemistry is represented at most of the major, international geoscience and geochemistry conferences. Join us at an upcoming conference to find out more about the initiative and meet the current members; or browse our past events and presentations below. Additional resources can also be found in our Zenodo community.
| Geo4Göttingen, Göttingen, DE |
14-18 Sep 2025 |
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Geochemical Databases and Data Analysis Tools |
| NFDI4Earth Joint Plenary, Bremen, DE |
22-25 Sep 2025 |
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| SciDataCon 2025, Brisbane, AUS |
13-16 Oct 2025 |
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Coalition building to support sustainable digital data standards |
| GSA Connects 2025, San Antonio, USA |
19-22 Oct 2025 |
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Regarding Resilience of Community Databases |
| eResearch Australasia 2025, Brisbane, AUS |
20-24 Oct 2025 |
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How and where are you preserving your raw machine observable data for future science? |
| AGU 2025, New Orleans, USA |
15-19 Dec 2025 |
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| Goldschmidt 2025, Prague, CZ |
6-11 Jul 2025 |
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Database Resilience Town Hall |
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Booth 18: Open Data for Geo/Cosmochemistry: EarthChem & the Astromaterials Data System |
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14b-O3 - Software and Databases for Modernizing and Empowering Geochemical Research - GIS and Other Tools |
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| EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, AT |
27 Apr - 2 May 2025 |
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OneGeochemistry: Creating a Global Network of FAIR Geochemical Data through Community Consensus (SPM82) |
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| AGU 2024, Washington, USA |
9-13 Dec 2024 |
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OneGeochemistry: Collaboration amongst and beyond geochemistry and isotope researchers to enable integration of their data in interdisciplinary research infrastructures |
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| 2024 eResearch Australasia Conference, Melbourne, AUS |
29-31 Oct 2024 |
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| 37th International Geological Congress 2024, Busan, KR |
25-31 Aug 2024 |
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| Goldschmidt 2024, Chicago, USA |
18-23 Aug 2024 |
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Open Data in Geochemistry: Making, Delivering and Harnessing FAIR Data with Global Data Providers |
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OneGeochemistry Exhibition |
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OneGeochemistry: moving beyond stand-alone databases to an online Open FAIR Global Geochemical Data Network |
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| MetSoc 2024, Brussels, BE |
28 Jul-2 Aug 2024 |
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| EGU General Assembly 2024 |
14-19 Apr 2024 |
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The OneGeochemistry Initiative |
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FAIR Convergence using FAIR Implementation Profiles and the FAIR evolution pathways concept: lessons learned from the WorldFAIR Geochemistry Work Package |
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| AGU 2023, San Francisco, USA |
11-15 Dec 2023 |
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Interdisciplinary Science and Cross Domain Interoperability on a Global Scale Through FAIR Implementation Profiles; Examples from the WorldFAIR Geochemistry Work Package |
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FAIR Implementation Profiles for Geochemical Data, Data Collections and Repositories |
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The Path to Creating Open Global Networks of All Types of Geochemical Data from Multiple Countries, Repositories and Researchers: what variables and vocabularies are YOU using to describe your data? |
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Using FAIR Implementation Profiles (FIPs) and FAIR Enabling Resources (FERs) to Accelerate Machine-to-machine Interoperability of Geoscience Datasets Within and Across Repositories, Communities and Other Domains |
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| SciDataCon 2023, Salzburg, AUT |
25 Oct 2023 |
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Why Persistent Identifiers and How Their Connectivity Enhances Research |
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| IUGG 2023, Berlin, DE |
11-20 Jul 2023 |
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Addressing the need for global standards for geochemical data – the OneGeochemistry initiative |
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| Goldschmidt 2023, Lyon, FR |
9-14 Jul 2023 |
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OneGeochemistry Exhibition |
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6m - Data science techniques (ML, data analytics) for planetary science data: exploiting legacy geochemical data and optimizing future planetary missions |
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Basis for geochemistry data science applications; data standardisation through the OneGeochemistry initiative |
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How Historically the Technological Advances in Geochemical Analysis Exceeded our Ability to Store, Curate and Globally Share Geochemical Data |
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| EGU General Assembly 2023 |
23-28 Apr 2022 |
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OneGeochemistry: Towards a Global Network of Geochemical Data |
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Recent advances in computational petrology and geochemical data analysis |
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The OneGeochemistry initiative as a CODATA Working Group; bringing together international geochemical data systems for easy data discovery |
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The WorldFAIR project: enabling global interdisciplinary cooperation on integrating FAIR Data policy and practices in geochemistry with ten other disciplinary groups |
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| AGU 2022 |
12-16 Dec 2022 |
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V42A - Data-Driven Research in Geochemistry: Status Quo and Future Possibilities III Oral |
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V42A-02 - OneGeochemistry: Progress on the Path toward Shared, Reusable, and Interoperable Geochemical Data |
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V31B-01 - Challenging the Status Quo: What Databases/Data Compilations are You Using for Your Data-Driven Geochemical Research? Will they still be accessible in 2030? Are your data compilations ethical? |
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IN13A-08 - Global Cooperation for Interdisciplinary FAIR Data Policy and Practice: The WorldFAIR Project and OneGeochemistry |
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| Vocabulary Symposium 2022, Canberra, AUS |
14-15 Nov 2022 |
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Developing Vocabularies for the International OneGeochemistry Initiative: Specifying Locally, Harmonising Globally |
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| DDE Update Meeting, Paris, FR |
07-Nov-22 |
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| 1st International Conference on FAIR Digital Objects, Leiden, NL |
26-28 Oct 2022 |
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| 2nd FAIR Convergence Symposium, Leiden, NL |
24-26 Oct 2022 |
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| eResearch Australasia 2022, Brisbane, AUS |
17-20 Oct 2022 |
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Contributions from the Land Down Under to the EU Horizon Funded Project “WorldFAIR”: Global Cooperation on FAIR Data Policy and Practice |
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| GSA 2022 Denver, USA |
9-12 Oct 2022 |
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Toward a global network of interoperable geoanalytical data resources - the OneGeochemistry initiative |
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| GeoMinKöln 2022 Cologne, DE |
11-15 Sep 2022 |
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OneGeochemistry: Paving the way to true Interoperability in Geochemistry Data |
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| Goldschmidt 2022, Honolulu, USA |
10-15 Jul 2022 |
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Standards for the Publication of Geochemical Data - Fostering the Conversation |
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Earth Science meets Data Science: what are our needs for geochemical data, services and analytical capabilities in the 21st century? |
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Modern Geochemical Data Systems, Modelling Platforms and Data Standards: creating new opportunities to address scientific problems |
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| SciDataCon-IDW 2022, Seoul, KR |
20-23 Jun 2022 |
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Mapping the Global Landscape of Geochemistry Initiatives and Databases |
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WorldFAIR - Global cooperation on FAIR data policy and practice |
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| EGU 2022 |
23-27 May 2022 |
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Making Geoanalytical Data FAIR:Managing Data from Field to Laboratory to Archive to Publication |
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Where is my data, where did it come from and how was it obtained? Improving Access to Geoanalytical Research Data |
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| AGU 2021 |
13-17 Dec 2021 |
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The Future of X-informatics Lies in Collaborative Convergence: an Exemplar from the Global Global OneGeochemistry Initiative |
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| Virtual SciDataCon 2021 |
21-Oct-21 |
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The OneGeochemistry Initiative: Mobilising a Global Network of FAIR Geochemical Data to Support Research into the Grand Challenge of an Environmentally Sustainable Future |
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| eResearch Australasia 2021 |
11-15 Oct 2021 |
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OneGeochemistry: a Proposed International Framework to Enable Online Interchange of Globally Distributed Geochemical Data |
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| GeoKarlsruhe 2021, Karlsruhe, DE |
19-24 Sep 2021 |
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OneGeochemistry: Enabling a coordinated online global network of multiple distributed geochemical repositories and databases |
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| Goldschmidt 2021 |
4-6 Jul 2021 |
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Open Access Beyond Publications: Data, Software, Samples |
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OneGeochemistry: Creating a Global Network of Geochemical Data to Support the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals |
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| EGU 2021 |
19-30 Apr 2021 |
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OneGeochemistry - An International Initiative to Establish Data Standards for Geochemistry |
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Managing Geochemical Data from Field to Lab to Publication to Archive |
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Managing Open and Fair Data in Geochemistry: Where are we a decade after the Editors Roundtable? |
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| Goldschmidt 2020 |
21-26 Jun 2020 |
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OneGeochemistry: Creating a Global FAIR-Way to Access and Share Geochemistry Data |
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| CODATA 2019 |
1 Sep 2019 |
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OneGeochemistry: Towards an Interoperable Global Network of FAIR Geochemical Data |
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| AGU Fall Meeting 2019 |
1 Dec 2019 |
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OneGeochemistry: Toward a Global Network of Geochemical Data |
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Town Hall: Resilience of Geochemical Databases
9 July 2025: Goldschmidt Conference Prague.
In partnership with the OneGeochemistry initiative, representatives from major global geochemical databases issued a ‘Call to Action’ and held a Town Hall on Database Resilience at the Goldschmidt Conference in Prague, Czechia on 9 July 2025. Over 50 people attended and the goal was to offer a forum for the community to learn, discuss, and take action, towards more resilient data services for the future. The Town Hall aimed to:
- Raise awareness of the growing vulnerability of geochemical community databases.
- Promote the value of community databases for research in geochemistry and beyond.
- Deliberate on how to improve the sustainability and resilience of existing geochemical databases that depend on uncertain public funding.
The panelists included: Lesley Wyborn (AuScope/NCI/ARDC), Gerhard Wörner (DIGIS/GEOROC), Aleco Demetriades (IUGS Commission on Global Geochemical Baselines), Axel Renno (GeoReM, IAG), Mariano Remirez (Geochemical Society). Panelists considered four key scenarios that can threaten geochemical databases: natural disasters, cyberattacks, political interference and loss of funding/staff. Given that many of these threats happen on a national level, it is also essential that strategies are based on international collaboration and agreements regarding storage and access to back-up copies. All panel members emphasised the long term value of geo/cosmochemical databases. Many researchers rely on these publicly available databases to find data for use in research and teaching, or to store their own data when publishing in academic journals or other publication outlets. Unfortunately, many services depend on nationally awarded research grants that may or may not be available consistently and continuously in the future.
Databases in other disciplines that have achieved sustainability (e.g. Protein Database, Earthquake Databases) have in common highly standardised data structures/protocols. Geochemical data are extremely heterogeneous, and there are few accepted protocols and standards to enable interoperability of similar data types. In times of crisis, because of the small size of individual geochemical databases it is technically possible to copy threatened geochemical databases to safer sites. However, the true value in global geochemical databases is the harmonization of diverse and disparate datasets. It is not a question of archiving, therefore, but of integration and interoperability, which requires community agreed standards and protocols.
Consensus was that going forward we need greater involvement of the geochemical societies and of the Early Career Researchers: and above all, sustainable funding. Long term sustainability of geochemical databases requires scientific community backing; a business model that minimizes dependence on research grants; culture change; incentives for researchers to deposit datasets in geochemistry-specific repositories, as well as training and support for early career researchers.
There was agreement that OneGeochemistry should follow up with geochemical societies and associations on raising awareness of the vulnerability of databases and to make this topic a regular discussion at future conferences.
Editors Roundtable 2025
8 July 2025: Goldschmidt Conference Prague.
OneGeochemistry participated in the Editors’ Roundtable organized by the Astromat, DIGIS, and EarthChem cosmo-/geochemical data repositories at the Goldschmidt Conference 2025. The Editors’ Roundtable aims to foster a dialog between geochemical journals, publishers, and curated domain repositories with the goal to coordinate policies and procedures pertaining to the reporting of geo/cosmochemical data. It was first held in 2007/08 and a policy statement ‘Requirements for the Publication of Geochemical Data’ [1] was released in 2009. The Editors’ Roundtable re-started as an annual meeting at the Goldschmidt conference in 2023.
The 2025 Editors’ Roundtable included eleven journals with geo- and cosmochemical relevance: Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry; American Mineralogist; Critical Insights in Geochemistry and Geophysics; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology; Environmental Geochemistry and Health; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems; Geostandards & Geoanalytical Research; Icarus; Minerals; Precambrian Research; and Volcanica. Discussions centred around:
- Desire for better data quality vs. effort/resources required (for authors, editors and data systems alike; incl quantity and diversity of data within any one journal)
- Sticks & carrots: journal/publisher/society requirements vs. community culture change
- Question of sustainability of any one data system or consortium: best to rely on alliance of societies? (take inspiration from Elements magazine)
- Promise and opportunities around future automation (file formats, data ingestion, machine readability)
- Examples of success in other disciplines, e.g. crystallography and seismology, that have established specific data management and editorial review processes
- Small steps are better than nothing: encourage self-responsibility rather than trying to get it perfect from the start
With the goal to align data policies and ensure data quality review, repositories and editors revisited the 2009 policy statement [1]. Journal editors committed to enforcing these recommendations; while data systems will make available guidelines and tutorials to support authors. For more information, or to join future meetings, please contact onegeochemistry@codata.org.
At their meeting during the 2008 American Geophysical Union, the Editors Roundtable agreed on a joint editorial policy statement that established a common set of standards for reporting geochemical data. The policy addresses the problem of inconsistency and incompleteness of data and metadata in publications, and helps to facilitate the incorporation of data into digital data collections.
Goldstein, S. L., Hofmann, A. W., Lehnert, K. A., 2014. Requirements for the Publication of Geochemical Data. Version 1.0. Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA). https://doi.org/10.1594/IEDA/100426
