A Festival for Persistent Identifiers - Research data management

"“Open identifiers deserve their own festival” say the organisers of PIDapalooza and if you have any interest in Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) then this is the event for you. With a unique style roughly modelled on a music festival (nail painting and tattoos were optional), the focus is on discussions and questions in short, parallel sessions rather than sitting through a load of presentations. This was the second PIDapalooza (the first kicked off back in November 2016 in Reykjavik), and was held in Girona on 23/24 January 2018. With a sell-out crowd and plans for the next festival being discussed, it looks set to become an annual event and, who knows, by drawing a disparate community together, might even help to solve some of the issues around PIDs...."