The Research Data Alliance (RDA; WDS Associate Member) 15th Plenary Meeting, with the theme Data for Real-World Impact, will be held on 18–20 March 2020 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

The Meeting will be hosted by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation with the support of the Australian Research Data Commons. It is organized in conjunction with the annual Collaborative Conference on Computational and Data Intensive Science (C3DIS), taking place in Melbourne on 16–18 March 2020. C3DIS aims to build a national community of practice of scientists, researchers, and computing, data and information management specialists.

The 15th Plenary Meeting will be attended by Ingrid Dillo (WDS-SC Vice-Chair), Rorie Edmunds (WDS Acting Executive Director), and Karen Payne (WDS-ITO Associate Director).