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On 30 August 2023 a draft for the Health Data Utilization Act (GDNG) was published. The Health Data Utilization 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.

Research data form the basis for knowledge and innovation throughout all scientific disciplines. They play a fundamental role in the progress of our society. The key to using these data treasures is an effective infrastructure. With the first edition of the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure from 12 to 14 September 2023, the Association German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) is initiating a conference that will focus on establishing interdisciplinary research data management (RDM).

Last week, we were finally able to meet again in person and discuss how to get health data FAIR - that is, Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. It was an exciting and productive few days!

Dr. Juliane Fluck, consortium coordinator of NFDI4Health, is a speaker at the Digital Health Data Space (DHDS23).