The Research Data Insider: FAIRification of Genomic Annotations – Lessons from Establishing an RDA Working Group

This submission contains presentation slides from the August 2026 edition of the Research Data Insider, a monthly webinar series organised by the Training and Outreach Group of RDA Norway. The series focuses on topics relevant to research data management. Description: This talk, presented by Sveinung Gundersen, will introduce the aims and preliminary results of the “FAIRification of Genomic Annotations WG” in RDA, which is nearing completion. He will also reflect on the broader process of forming and running a domain‑specific RDA Working Group. Sveinung will share experiences with proposal development, international coordination, stakeholder engagement, and navigating the RDA ecosystem, including our experience as a pilot WG of the RDA TIGER project. The talk will highlight what has worked well, what has been challenging, and what might be useful for others considering similar initiatives. About the speaker: Sveinung Gundersen is a Senior Engineer with ELIXIR Norway, based in the Department of Biosciences at UiO. He holds a PhD in Bioinformatics and an MTech in Computer Science, specializing in statistical functional genomics and FAIR data infrastructure. He is currently developing Omnipy, a Python package for automating complex data integration and enforcing FAIR standards across research pipelines.