From the 10^th to the 13^th of September,  members of the BioData.pt team attended the TPDL 2018 conference that took place at the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.

João Cardoso presented a short communication on the ELIXIR Project during the Multi-domain Research Data Management Workshop. The presentation was titled "ELIXIR Project and Data Management Plans", and covered the following topics:

• Introduction on the ELIXIR Project
• Biodata.pt and ELIXIR PT
• What is a Data Management Plan and its drawbacks
• Why do we need a Machine-Actionable Data Management Plan
• The ELIXIR Data Management Plans Working Group
• The Data Stewardship Portal

The slides to the presentation can be accessed through their link at f1000Research.