ACCoRD - A Community for Contract Regulation for Data - Online Focus Group

ACCoRD - A Community for Contract Regulation for Data - Focus Group

ACCoRD – A Community for Contract Regulation for Data is a groundbreaking initiative to streamline and improve research data contracting across the UK.

Join us for our first online focus group, and help shape the future of research data contracting in the UK.

Data contracts—formal agreements governing how research data is stored, shared, and used—are essential to the UK’s Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI). Yet, the current contracting process is often slow, complex, and inconsistent.

ACCoRD aims to change that by building a national framework for data contracts and a vibrant community of experts to guide its development.

This interactive focus group will help us gather evidence as to processes and challenges and share good practice, shaping the future of data contracting.

Who Should Attend

If you’re involved in research data contracting in any capacity, your voice matters. We welcome:

• Researchers and data users
• Legal and contracts professionals
• University contracting teams
• Data centre staff
• Policy makers and infrastructure experts

By attending, you’ll help shape a more efficient and equitable data contracting system—and have the opportunity to join the ACCoRD community moving this work forward.

Video and Audio Recording and Data Protection

This project has been approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee: 2025-1707

UCL Data Protection Registration Number: Z6364106/2025/08/82

Key points:

UK Research and Innovation, the NFCS Network Plus and ACCoRD seek to maximise the impact of our work and involve and benefit all partis of society by embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in all we do, In order to help us monitor participation, identify gaps and ensure that we are proactive in promoting fair approaches and opportunities

1. We are collecting EDI monitoring data as part of signing up for this event - thanks for completing the form (required to obtain a ticket).
2. We’ll be video recording parts the event to help summarize discussions. This means it won't be possible to withdraw any information you provide on the recording once the event starts (although you leave the session at any time)