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"Connecting Communities" was the motto of the 1st Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI) from 12 to 14 September 2023 in Karlsruhe. The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) association invited national and international stakeholders to introduce their projects for excellent research data management. NFDI4Health presented an innovative concept for a sustainable and FAIR data infrastructure in health research.

The 22nd German Congress for Health Services Research will take place under the motto "Health-related health services research - engine of evidence-based health policy" from 4 to 6 October 2023 in Berlin. NFDI4Health is organizing the symposium "Participatory research and citizen science: NFDI4Health projects introduce themselves" on 4 October 2023 from 16:45 to 18:15.

In Germany, it is currently difficult to link health data from different sources. This impairs the quality of healthcare - especially in comparison with neighboring European countries. A new white paper identifies weaknesses and points to possible solutions.

On 30 August 2023 a draft for the Health Data Use Act (GDNG) was published. The Health Data Use Act aims to improve access to qualitative and representative health data so that they can be used promptly for care, public health, research and innovation and for the further development of the health system - in compliance with data protection requirements. This Act also takes the first steps to prepare the German health system for integration into a European health system within the framework of the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

"Epidemiology in Transition - Innovations and Challenges" is the motto of the 18th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi). The event will take place in Würzburg from the 26^th till 28^th of September 2023.

"Science. Close to the people" is the motto of this year's annual conference of the German Society for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology. NFDI4Health uses this opportunity to make our latest methods and developments visible to the broad professional audience while actively shaping current public discussions.