The Steering Committee (SC) of FDO2022 is composed of representatives of different organisations that lead the way in the development and implementation of FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs).
The role of the Steering Committee is to:
- Provide guidance on the key directions of the conference;
- Appoint members of the Programme Committee and Local Organising Committee and;
- Ensure that the event is meeting its high level objectives.

Dimitris Koureas
Co-chair
Chief Information Officer & Sector Director DSI
Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Barend Mons
Co-chair
Scientific Director GO FAIR Foundation, President of CODATA
LUMC

George Strawn
Honorary Chair
Director, Board on Research Data & Information
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), United States

Mikiko Tanifuji
Managing Director
National Institute for Materials Science

Hilary Hanahoe
Secretary General
Research Data Alliance

Carole Goble
Professor
The University of Manchester / ELIXIR-UK

Peter Wittenburg
member (co-chair programme committee)
Dr.
FDO Forum

Christine Kirkpatrick
Co-Chair of the FDOF SC
Division Director, Research Data Initiatives
San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD

Larry Lannom
Director of Information Management Technology and Senior Vice President
CNRI, USA

Ulrich Schwardmann
Consultant

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